3rd Place Playoff: Australia Women v India Women at Sydney, Mar 21, 2009

ICC Women's World Cup - 3rd place play-off

Australia Women v India Women

India Women won by 3 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) (D/L method)

• Women's ODI no. 705 | 2008/09 season
• Played at Bankstown Oval, Sydney
• 21 March 2009 (50-over match)

	Australia Women innings (46 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	LJ Poulton	b Goswami	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	S Nitschke	c Deshpande b Dhar	6	21	14	0	0	42.85
	AJ Blackwell	c Sharma b Sultana	19	64	54	1	0	35.18
	KL Rolton*	c Goswami b Roy	52	129	93	1	1	55.91
	JM Fields†	c Kamini b Sultana	6	15	16	0	0	37.50
	JE Cameron	c Raj b Dhar	7	18	25	0	0	28.00
	LC Sthalekar	c †Naik b Roy	30	51	32	2	0	93.75
	EA Perry	run out (Kamini/†Naik)	2	9	5	0	0	40.00
	RM Farrell	b Goswami	9	20	13	1	0	69.23
	EA Osborne	c Roy b Sharma	6	7	9	0	0	66.66
	SJ Andrews	not out	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 3)	5
	Total	(all out; 44.4 overs; 175 mins)	142	(3.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Poulton, 0.4 ov), 2-8 (Nitschke, 5.5 ov), 3-35 (Blackwell, 17.1 ov), 4-50 (Fields, 21.3 ov), 5-63 (Cameron, 26.6 ov), 6-123 (Rolton, 39.1 ov), 7-124 (Sthalekar, 39.5 ov), 8-131 (Perry, 41.3 ov), 9-139 (Osborne, 43.2 ov), 10-142 (Farrell, 44.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	J Goswami	9.4	3	21	2	2.17
	R Dhar	9	1	24	2	2.66
	A Sharma	8	0	25	1	3.12	(1w)
	G Sultana	9	0	27	2	3.00
	P Roy	5	0	21	2	4.20	(1w)
	H Kaur	4	0	22	0	5.50	(1w)

	India Women innings (target: 143 runs from 46 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AA Deshpande	lbw b Osborne	18	44	27	2	0	66.66
	A Chopra	b Osborne	15	36	38	1	0	39.47
	S Naik†	c Perry b Sthalekar	28	65	44	3	0	63.63
	M Raj	st †Fields b Sthalekar	15	35	41	2	0	36.58
	MDT Kamini	c †Fields b Perry	11	40	31	0	0	35.48
	P Roy	b Sthalekar	6	14	19	1	0	31.57
	R Dhar	not out	24	47	27	2	0	88.88
	A Sharma	lbw b Perry	3	8	6	0	0	50.00
	J Goswami*	not out	18	34	30	2	0	60.00
	Extras	(b 1, w 6)	7
	Total	(7 wickets; 43.5 overs; 165 mins)	145	(3.30 runs per over)

Did not bat H Kaur, G Sultana

Fall of wickets1-33 (Chopra, 10.4 ov), 2-40 (Deshpande, 12.1 ov), 3-72 (Raj, 22.3 ov), 4-85 (Naik, 28.3 ov), 5-98 (Roy, 32.5 ov), 6-98 (Kamini, 33.3 ov), 7-104 (Sharma, 35.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SJ Andrews	5	0	23	0	4.60
	RM Farrell	4	0	17	0	4.25
	EA Osborne	9	0	21	2	2.33	(1w)
	LC Sthalekar	10	1	27	3	2.70	(1w)
	S Nitschke	9	1	30	0	3.33	(1w)
	EA Perry	6.5	1	26	2	3.80	(3w)

Match details

Toss Australia Women, who chose to bat Series India Women won the 3rd place play-off

Player of the match R Dhar (India Women)

Umpires AL Hill (New Zealand) and SS Prasad (Singapore) Match referee BL Aldridge (New Zealand) Reserve umpire K Cross (New Zealand)

Match notes

Australia Women innings Rain stopped play at 27/2 off 13.3 overs, 4 overs lost Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 14 Power Play 3: Overs 42.1 - 46 50 in 82 minutes, 127 balls (21.1 ov) 100 in 137 minutes, 213 balls (35.3 ov) Rolton 50: 123 minutes, 90 balls (1 x 4, 1 x 6) 50 partnership (Rolton/Sthalekar): 43 minutes, 66 balls India Women innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 14 Power Play 3: Overs 42.1 - 46 50 in 54 minutes, 89 balls (14.5 ov) 100 in 127 minutes, 207 balls (34.3 ov)