They may have left India empty-handed after last year's World Cup -- but a host of Australia's top cricketers have wasted no time in hitting the ground running on their return to the country in the Women's Premier League in Mumbai.
Ash Gardner, one of the Australians' biggest success stories before they got knocked out in the semis in the DY Patil Stadium last November, returned to the stadium on Saturday, leading from the front with a blistering captain's knock of 65 before guiding Gujarat Giants to a 10-run victory over UP Warriorz.
Her key lieutenant was Georgia Wareham, the Aussie spinning allrounder whose thunderous three-six cameo of 27no off 10 balls at the death helped Gujarat reach their highest WPL total of 4-207.
