Stumps - Australia 96-3
Well, what a fascinating day’s play at the Waca. It wasn’t just the new waterslides providing spills and thrills with 13 wickets taken during the day. Australia won the toss and chose to bowl and made the most of their opportunities with some early wickets – starting with Lucy Hamilton taking the wicket of Smriti Mandhana on debut.
India put some partnerships together, but none solid enough to build a big total. Jemimah was the best of their batters, finishing with 52, but she’ll be disappointed that she couldn’t go on with it after spooning up a catch to Gardner in the deep. Kashvee provided some hope for India late in the innings, but no one was able to stay with her and they finished on 198, well below what they would have been aiming for.
An early wicket brought some spark back to India, with Satghare on debut bowling a peach of a ball to get in between Voll’s bat and pad and take out her leg stump. Kranti picked up the wicket of Litchfield and then Satghare taking down Healy – both caught by Jemimah, who was her usual electric self in the field.
A solid partnership by Perry and Sutherland late in the day means that Australia probably wins the day, but it’s a close call with some strong bowling by India’s debutante seamers.
All in all, a great day of cricket – with plenty more to come! Join us back here tomorrow as we take you through day 2.
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27th over: Australia 96-3 (Ellyse Perry 43, Annabel Sutherland 20)
Our first look at spin in this innings in what will likely the be the last over before stumps, with Sneh Rana into the attack. There’s almost a chance straight away with Perry edging down the leg side, but it hits Richa on the leg and runs away to the boundary for four. Perry gets very strong on defence after that and then finds a single to give Sutherland the strike. Sutherland gets inside the line of the ball and pulls it away for four to make it a very productive over for Australia.
