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Tanya Aldred (earlier) and Rob Smyth (later)

India beat Australia by eight wickets in one-off Test – as it happened

India’s Sneh Rana celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Alana King during day four of the women's Test in Mumbai
India’s Sneh Rana celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Alana King during day four of the women's Test in Mumbai. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images

That’s all for our coverage of this one-off Test match. Disappointing as the result is for Australia, it’s surely good for the future of women’s cricket. If India learns to love women’s Test cricket, it has a much bigger chance of taking off.

Thanks to Jim and Tanya for all their hard work over the last four days, and to you for reading. Merry festivities!

India celebrate their historic victory over Australia
India celebrate their historic victory over Australia. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images

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Here’s the report on a seismic victory for India

Australia 219 (McGrath 50, Vastrakar 4-53) and 261 (McGrath 73, Rana 4-63) lost to India 406 (Sharma 78, Mandhana 74, Rodrigues 73, Ghosh 52, Gardner 4-100) and 75-2 by eight wickets.

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