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MUMBAI: India might have been handed a comprehensive 1-4 defeat in the series but the biggest takeaway for the hosts from the five-game T20 rubber has been self-belief, said women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur.

NEW DELHI: All-rounder Heather Graham claimed a hat-trick after Asheigh Gardner and Grace Harris' power-packed batting performances as Australia women floored India in the fifth and final T20I in Mumbai on Tuesday. With a 54-run victory in the final match, Australia bagged the series 4-1.

The Brisbane Heat will take on the Adelaide Strikers in The Challenger on Thursday night, with the winner to face the Sydney Sixers in Saturday's WBBL final.

Perth's WBBL title defence has suffered a blow after they slumped to a 33-run loss to Brisbane, but the Heat's Georgia Redmayne was injured while batting.

Brisbane Heat have surged to second spot on the WBBL ladder after beating the Sydney Thunder by 14 runs in Hobart.

When a group of women from all walks of life were asked to play in the inaugural Test cricket series against England in the summer of 1934, they brought hope of mending the fractured sporting relationship.

Brisbane Heat openers Georgia Redmayne and Grace Harris have combined for a 165-run opening stand to set up a 21-run WBBL win over the Melbourne Renegades.

The depth of Australia's batting line-up is fuelling a freedom which the side hopes can deliver women's T20 gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

In the end, having let go of a golden opportunity to beat mighty Australia, the Indian women’s team was left heartbroken. For a while, fired by a sensational opening spell by seamer Renuka Singh Thakur, who took a T20I career-best 4/18, India seemed to be on top of the Southern…