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India A's struggle continues. They lost the T20 series 3-0 and are now trailing 1-0 in the three-match 50-over contests.
Australia A win by four wickets. They chase down 250 with three overs to spare.
Minnu Mani dismisses Katie Mack.
Australia A are 245/3 after 45 overs. They need five more runs to win the match.
Tahlia McGrath falters at the threshold of a win. She departs after scoring 56 off 61 balls.
Katie Mack has already scored 123 runs and is pushing Australia A to a win.
Katie Mack and Tahlia McGrath have added more than 100 runs for the third wicket. Australia A need 13 more runs to win off 37 balls.
Australia A are 211/2 and need 39 more runs to win.
Australia A need 69 more runs to win off 84 balls to win the game.
Mack is batting on 87 and is likely to score a century. Australia A are 174/2 after 34.1 overs.
Katie Mack has added a 50-run stand alongside Tahlia McGrath for the third wicket. Australia A are 170/2 after 30.3 overs.
Australia are 140/2 after 30 overs.
Australia A captain Tahlia McGrath has joined Katie Mack in the middle. Australia A are 127/2 after 26.2 overs.
Charli Knott departs after scoring 26 runs. Australia are 115/2 after 24 overs.
Australia are 87/1. Katie Mack (42* off 51) and Charli Knott (19* off 29) are batting together in the middle.
Australia A are 66/1 with Mack and Knott at the crease.
India A need to see the back of Mack as soon as possible. Mack is batting on 28 off 35 balls.
Charli Knott has replaced Maddy and Australia are 55/1 after 13.2 overs
Minnu Mani dismisses Maddy Darke to provide India A with the first breakthrough. Australia A are 51/1 after 12.1 overs.
Australia A are 43/0 after 10 overs.
Australia are 24/0 and Mannat comes into bowl.
Australia A are 17/0 after five overs.
Meghna Singh and Sayali Satghare are operating for India A with the ball.
Australia are 13/0 after 4.3 overs. India A need to make early inroads.
Australia A are in pursuit of 250 to win the 1st 50-over match. Katie Mack and Maddy Darke are out in the middle.
Maitlan Brown claims a four-for for the hosts
India post 249/9 at the end of 50 overs.
Satghare tries to launch Maitlan Brown out of the ground and gets stumped in the process. India are seven down for 246.
India A are 244/6 with Sayali Satghare and Shipra Giri batting together.
India A are 238 after 48 overs and can easily cross the 250 mark.
Maitlan Brown dismisses Raghvi Bisht. Bisht departs after scoring 82 off 102 balls.
Raghvi Bisht is batting on 82 and India A are 230/5 after 47.2 overs.
Raghvi is taking the attack to Australia A now. She is batting at a strike rate of 77.55 and India A are 221/5 after 46 overs.
Raghvi and Shipra have added 50 runs for the sixth wicket. India are 215/5 after 45.1 overs.
Can Shipra and Raghvi get India A close to 250???
Raghvi Bisht (66 off 85 balls) and Shipra Giri (11 off 20 balls) have taken India A across the 200-run mark. India A are 204/5 after 43 overs.
Raghvi and Shipra need to smartly add momentum to India A's innings. The current run rate is of 4.65.
India A are 187/5 after 40 overs and need Raghvi Bisht to bat right till the end.
Fifty for Raghvi Bisht. She continues the fight for India A in Mackay. India A are 183/5 after 39.1 overs.
Raghvi Bisht is batting on 42* off 66 deliveries.
Wicketkeeper-batter Shipra Giri has joined Raghvi Bisht in the middle. India are 166/5 after 36.3 overs.
Grace Parsons comes back into the attack and dismisses Minnu Mani to break the stand. India are 163/5 after 35.2 overs.
Minnu Mani (25* off 42) and Raghvi Bisht (37* off 60 balls) have added fifty runs for the fifth wicket.
India have crossed the 150-run mark in 32.3 overs. Raghvi and Minnu are still at the crease.
Minnu Mani has recovered well after a slow start and is now on 18* off 31 balls with the help of two fours
India A are 141/4 after the end of 30 overs. Raghvi and Minnu Mani are scoring at a rate of 4.70.
Raghvi Bisht and skipper Minnu Mani have to bat deep for India to post anything close to 225 to 250.
Raghvi is batting on 31* off 46 balls with the help of two fours and is looking poised for a fifty.
Tejal Hasabnis came into the middle after India A lost both Shweta Sehrawat and Priya Punia inside 2.1 overs with just 11 runs on the board. However, Tejal batted with plenty of aplomb and scored a brilliant half-century to take India A out of trouble. Tejal scored 53 off 67 balls and smashed seven boundaries during her stay at the crease.
Nicola Hancock removed both Indian openers upfront and has bagged 2/21 in three overs already.
Shweta Sehrawat (1), Priya Punia (6) and Shubha Satheesh (16) failed to provide a solid start to India.
Captain Minnu Mani has joined Raghvi Bisht in the middle after the fall of Tejal Hasabnis' wicket. Both Mani and Bisht need to stitch a huge partnership.
India A are 116/4 after 24 overs.
Katie Mack,
Charli Knott,
Tahlia McGrath (c),
Tess Flintoff,
Nicole Faltum †,
Tahlia Wilson,
Maddy Darke,
Kate Peterson,
Grace Parsons,
Maitlan Brown,
Nicola Hancock
Shweta Sehrawat, Priya Punia, Shubha Satheesh, Tejal Hasabnis, Raghvi Bisht, Minnu Mani (c), Shipra Giri (wk), Sayali Satghare, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Saika Ishaque
Australia A women's captain Tahlia McGrath won the toss and elected to field first.
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