13th Match, Super Six: Australia Women v India Women at Sydney, Mar 14, 2009

ICC Women's World Cup - 13th match, Super Six

Australia Women v India Women

India Women won by 16 runs

• Women's ODI no. 696 | 2008/09 season
• Played at North Sydney Oval, Sydney
• 14 March 2009 (50-over match)

	India Women innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AA Deshpande†	c Ebsary b Sthalekar	45	86	62	7	0	72.58
	20.3 flighted delivery and Deshpande down the track and hits it high in the air to deep midwicket and Ebsary settles under the ball to take the catch. India lose their first wicket as Deshpande falls after a good knock. 69/1
	A Chopra	c Nitschke b Farrell	76	168	137	6	1	55.47
	41.2 down the wicket and mishits it high in the air to mid-on, Nitschke takes it comfortably. 155/3
	MDT Kamini	c Sthalekar b Nitschke	2	15	16	0	0	12.50
	27.4 flighted delivery and Kamini plays across the line, mistimes the ball in the air and Sthalekar at midwicket takes the catch. 99/2
	M Raj	c †Fields b Sthalekar	44	70	50	4	0	88.00
	44.6 wide outside the off stump and turns in, Mithali Raj cuts and gets an edge and Fields takes a sharp catch. 181/4
	A Sharma	not out	31	37	22	3	0	140.90
	J Goswami*	c Nitschke b Sthalekar	5	8	5	0	0	100.00
	46.6 flighted delivery tossed wide and Goswami mishits in the air to Nitschke at midwicket. Sthalekar picks up three wickets. 201/5
	H Kaur	not out	19	13	8	2	1	237.50
	Extras	(w 12)	12
	Total	(5 wickets; 50 overs; 206 mins)	234	(4.68 runs per over)

Did not bat R Malhotra, R Dhar, P Roy, G Sultana

Fall of wickets1-69 (Deshpande, 20.3 ov), 2-99 (Kamini, 27.4 ov), 3-155 (Chopra, 41.2 ov), 4-181 (Raj, 44.6 ov), 5-201 (Goswami, 46.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	EM Sampson	8	2	46	0	5.75	(1w)
	RM Farrell	10	3	30	1	3.00	(2w)
	41.2 to Chopra, down the wicket and mishits it high in the air to mid-on, Nitschke takes it comfortably. 155/3
	EA Perry	9	0	56	0	6.22	(3w)
	DM Kimmince	7	0	31	0	4.42	(3w)
	LC Sthalekar	10	0	52	3	5.20	(1w)
	20.3 to Deshpande, flighted delivery and Deshpande down the track and hits it high in the air to deep midwicket and Ebsary settles under the ball to take the catch. India lose their first wicket as Deshpande falls after a good knock. 69/1 44.6 to Raj, wide outside the off stump and turns in, Mithali Raj cuts and gets an edge and Fields takes a sharp catch. 181/4 46.6 to Goswami, flighted delivery tossed wide and Goswami mishits in the air to Nitschke at midwicket. Sthalekar picks up three wickets. 201/5
	S Nitschke	6	1	19	1	3.16
	27.4 to Kamini, flighted delivery and Kamini plays across the line, mistimes the ball in the air and Sthalekar at midwicket takes the catch. 99/2

	Australia Women innings (target: 235 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	S Nitschke	b Goswami	17	40	28	2	0	60.71
	10.3 lovely delivery pitches and comes in and Nitschke misses it and the ball knocks the top of the off stump. 41/1
	AJ Blackwell	c Raj b Malhotra	54	140	105	2	0	51.42
	36.4 comes down the track to a full toss and pulls it in the air straigh to Mithali Raj at short midwicket, takes a good catch. 139/5
	KL Rolton*	st †Deshpande b Sultana	8	13	13	2	0	61.53
	13.5 uses her feet and Sultana bowls it wide outside the off stump, Rolton misses the cut and Deshpande collects the ball and whips off the stumps, Rolton fails to get back in time. 50/2
	LC Sthalekar	c †Deshpande b Sharma	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
	14.4 full delivery outside the off stump, Sthalekar looks to drive through the off side, gets the outside edge and Deshpande takes the catch low down slightly to her right. 53/3
	JM Fields†	c Kaur b Malhotra	43	63	59	5	0	72.88
	32.5 cuts in the air to Kaur who moves to her right at point to take the catch. Fields goes after a good knock. 121/4
	JE Cameron	c Roy b Dhar	25	37	29	2	0	86.20
	42.5 short and wide delivery and Cameron hits in the air to mid-off, Priyanka Roy takes the catch. 170/7
	EA Perry	b Sultana	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	37.4 chops it down on to the stumps, Australia Women are 6 down for 140. 140/6
	LK Ebsary	not out	39	31	36	5	0	108.33
	RM Farrell	not out	20	30	22	2	0	90.90
	Extras	(lb 4, w 8)	12
	Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 196 mins)	218	(4.36 runs per over)

Did not bat DM Kimmince, EM Sampson

Fall of wickets1-41 (Nitschke, 10.3 ov), 2-50 (Rolton, 13.5 ov), 3-53 (Sthalekar, 14.4 ov), 4-121 (Fields, 32.5 ov), 5-139 (Blackwell, 36.4 ov), 6-140 (Perry, 37.4 ov), 7-170 (Cameron, 42.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	J Goswami	10	4	34	1	3.40	(1w)
	10.3 to Nitschke, lovely delivery pitches and comes in and Nitschke misses it and the ball knocks the top of the off stump. 41/1
	R Dhar	10	0	41	1	4.10	(1w)
	42.5 to Cameron, short and wide delivery and Cameron hits in the air to mid-off, Priyanka Roy takes the catch. 170/7
	G Sultana	10	2	33	2	3.30
	13.5 to Rolton, uses her feet and Sultana bowls it wide outside the off stump, Rolton misses the cut and Deshpande collects the ball and whips off the stumps, Rolton fails to get back in time. 50/2 37.4 to Perry, chops it down on to the stumps, Australia Women are 6 down for 140. 140/6
	A Sharma	10	0	57	1	5.70
	14.4 to Sthalekar, full delivery outside the off stump, Sthalekar looks to drive through the off side, gets the outside edge and Deshpande takes the catch low down slightly to her right. 53/3
	P Roy	4	0	17	0	4.25
	R Malhotra	6	0	32	2	5.33	(2w)
	32.5 to Fields, cuts in the air to Kaur who moves to her right at point to take the catch. Fields goes after a good knock. 121/4 36.4 to Blackwell, comes down the track to a full toss and pulls it in the air straigh to Mithali Raj at short midwicket, takes a good catch. 139/5

Match details

Toss Australia Women, who chose to field Points India Women 2, Australia Women 0

Player of the match A Chopra (India Women)

Umpires AL Hill (New Zealand) and BG Jerling (South Africa) TV umpire SS Prasad (Singapore) Match referee BL Aldridge (New Zealand) Reserve umpire K Cross (New Zealand)

Match notes

Australia Women innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15 Power Play 3: Overs 45.1 - 50 India Women innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15 India Women 50 runs of 15.3 overs. Power Play 3: Overs 42.1 - 47