Australia 275 for 5 (Mooney 125*, McGrath 74, Carey 39*) defeated India Women 274 for 7 (Mandhana 86, Ghosh 44, Goswami 28*; McGrath 3-45, Molineux 2-28) by five wickets
The scorecard may record that Australia won the second One-Day International by five wickets; for those who watched as India celebrated victory and then had it denied in a dramatic, chaotic conclusion such a cool description of ‘five-wicket win’ will never do.
Not since the 2019 Men’s World Cup Final have we seen such a finish.
The final over was anarchy, all eight balls of it. Australia, with Mooney and Nicola Carey in the middle, needed thirteen runs for victory and India’s captain Mithali Raj called on the veteran Jhulan Goswami, mighty for India with both the bat and the new ball, to see them home.
AUSTRALIA V INDIA TALKING POINTS
- India's flying start
- Richa Ghosh impresses again
- Aussie new-ball strategies
- India make hay under lights with the new ball
- Beth Mooney leads the fightback
- The missed LBW call and the controversial no-ball decision
- Sophie Molineux's impressive return to form
Injured Aussie spinner Jess Jonassen and Sporting News' Melinda Farrell dissect one of the greatest ODI finishes in recent memory below.
