MUMBAI: Even before she could settle in the dugout, Ellyse Perry was summoned in the middle on the fourth ball of Australia’s chase. With skipper Alyssa Healy back in the pavilion, and youngster Phoebe Litchfield at the other end, the onus was on her to set them up to chase a total of 282 — the highest ever put on by India women in ODIs against them.
With the target still far away, the ideal approach would have been to block, get your eye in before putting back the pressure on the home side. But it’s Perry we are talking about.
