Australia v India: one-off women’s cricket Test, day two – live | Australia women’s cricket team

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16th over: Australia 65-4 (Rawal 29, Deepti 0) Rawal squeezes Sutherland to gully, where Brown takes a smart catch and holds the ball up tentatively in celebration. The players arenm’t sure whether it was a bump ball; the umpires go upstairs and replays show that Rawal did indeed hit the ball into the ground before it flew to Brown.

15th over: Australia 65-4 (Rawal 29, Deepti 0) A quiet second over from Tahlia McGrath. That last wicket of Harmanpreet feels like a decisive blow to India.

14th over: Australia 64-4 (Rawal 28, Deepti 0) Sutherland has 2 for 14 in this innings and 6 for 60 in the match. I think she scored a few runs as well.

WICKET! Australia 64-4 (Harmanpreet c Hamilton b Sutherland 11)

Rawal pushes nervously at Sutherland, worried about the inswing, and is beaten by one that goes straight on. But the threat of the inswinger does for Harmanpreet later in the over. She plays a similar shot to Rawal, except this time it takes the edge and is beautifully caught low down by Hamilton at second slip. She is quietly having a superb Test debut; Sutherland is loudly dominating every facet of the match.

13th over: Australia 62-3 (Rawal 27, Harmanpreet 11) Tahlia McGrath replaces Darcie Brown, who bowled a threatening spell of 6-1-24-1. After a couple of deliveries, Beth Mooney calls for a helmet and stands up to the stumps. She’s soon in the action, taking the ball cleanly when Rawal is beaten by an outswinger.

12th over: Australia 60-3 (Rawal 26, Harmanpreet 10) Harmanpreet takes ten from Sutherland’s third over, including terrific drives through extra cover for four off the first and last deliveries.

11th over: Australia 50-3 (Rawal 26, Harmanpreet 0) A surprise short ball from Brown sits up nicely and is pulled over midwicket for four by Rawal. She gets four more through the slips, a false stroke though one she played with soft hands to ensure it bounced short of the cordon.

Batting is still tough out there but Rawal is making the best of a difficult situation. Like Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland, she has a technique and tempo that are perfectly suited to this format.

10th over: Australia 40-3 (Rawal 16, Harmanpreet 0) A skilful maiden from Sutherland ends with a big inswinger to Harmanpreet, who offers no stroke and is relieved to see the ball whoosh just past off stump.

9th over: India 40-3 (Rawal 16, Harmanpreet 0) Once again, Rawal waits until the length is safe enough to drive and then punches Brown through point for a couple. At the risk of sounding like the oldest fart in town, this situation is crying out for the kind of classical, disciplined batting that Rawal has demonstrated.

8th over: India 38-3 (Rawal 14, Harmanpreet 0) That was such a strange shot from Rodrigues. There’s a time and place for the ramp, even in Test cricket, but Western Australia is not that place.

WICKET! India 38-3 (Rodrigues c Mooney b Sutherland 14)

You can’t keep a good goat down. Sutherland takes her first wicket, and her fifth of the match, with the penultimate ball of her first over. It was a horrible shot from Rodrigues, who had played so well until that point. She jumped into position for the ramp, was surprised by the extra bounce – it’s the Waca – and spooned a simple catch down the leg side.

REVIEW! India 35-2 (Rawal not out 11)

Pratika Rawal overturns an LBW decision on view. She padded up to a huge inswinger from Annabel Sutherland, who has just come into the attack, and was given out on the field. But it looked touch and go on height and, after Rawal went upstairs, the technology suggested it would have bounced over the stumps.

7th over: India 34-2 (Rawal 11, Rodrigues 14) An inside-edge negates a big LBW appeal from Brown against Rawal, who responds by timing a boundary through extra cover. It’s notable that she and Rodrigues are playing with softer hands than the openers; in doing so, they’ve reduced the deficit to 91.

6th over: India 30-2 (Rawal 7, Rodrigues 14) A very wide delivery from Hamilton is flashed through extra cover for four by Rodrigues, whose shot selection has been immaculate so far.

She plays an even better stroke to end the over, timing Hamilton straight down th ground for four. Lovely stuff.

5th over: India 22-2 (Rawal 7, Rodrigues 6) A wide half-volley from Brown is squeezed expertly behind square for four by Rawal. This has been a calm, measured response to the loss of those two early wickets. In the circumstances, Mandhana and Verma’s shots were ill-conceived at best.

4th over: India 18-2 (Rawal 3, Rodrigues 6) Rodrigues drives Hamilton carefully through the covers for four and then down the ground for two.

3rd over: India 12-2 (Rawal 3, Rodrigues 0) I missed most of that over as I was trying to change the picture at the top of the page. The lack of shouting in the commentary box suggests that nothing much happened.

2nd over: India 10-2 (Rawal 3, Rodrigues 0) You’d expect Rawal and now Jemimah Rodrigues to bat with more patience. They need to because Australia are all over India like a cheap cliche.

WICKET! India 10-2 (Verma c Mooney b Hamilton 5)

There you go. Hamilton slips in a wide, full-length tempter to Verma, who edges a big drive through to Beth Mooney. Lovely bowling, thoughtless batting.

1.3 overs: India 10-1 (Verma 5, Rawal 3) Shafali Verma tries to drive Lucy Hamilton and snicks the ball this far short of second slip. It bounces through for four runs but these are great signs for Australia. India are going hard against the swinging ball, an approach that feels fraught with peril.

1st over: India 4-1 (Verma 0, Rawal 2) Pratika Rawal is the new batter.

WICKET! India 2-1 (Mandhana b Brown 2)

A sensational start for Australia! Smriti Mandhana has gone second ball, dragging an inswinger from Darcie Brown back onto the stumps. Not a great shot, in truth, especially when you know the ball is likely to swing back towards you. Mandhana departs after making just six runs in the match.

Alyssa Healy addresses the team ahead of her final innings in the field as Australian captain. The players all burst out laughing because Phoebe Litchfield has a fly on her tooth. “You’d think I’d have something poetic to say,” says Healy, “but I couldn’t stop laughing.”

WICKET! Australia 323 all out (Hamilton c Rana b Satghare 23)

Hamilton is dropped by Gautam, a fairly straightforward chance at mid-on. But it doesn’t hurt India: two balls later she cloths a pull and is take at midwicket by Rana. Satghare finishes with 4 for 50 on debut, a fine effort, and India trail by 125.

Australia’s total was built on two classical innings: 76 from Ellyse Perry and 129 from Annabel Sutherland, hwere fourth century in only seven Tests. The timing of the innings has worked out perfectly for Australia, who will take the new ball just as the sun is setting over the Waca.

90th over: Australia 321-9 (Hamilton 21, Brown 0) Hamilton hits Gaud for two boundaries, an efficient cut and a high-class off drive, to extend Australia’s lead to 123. I’ll be surprised if Hamilton finishes her Test career batting at No10; she can really play.

“Jan and Rosie here, still following the cricket in Khao Lak, Thailand,” write Jan and Rosie. “Need your updates so keep them coming. A huge tropical thunderstorm here.”

No such weather in Perth, though it was 40 degrees earlier today.

89th over: Australia 311-9 (Hamilton 13, Brown 0) Sayali Satghare has excellent figures on debut: 18-2-48-3.

WICKET! Australia 311-9 (King c Rana b Satghare 21)

A wicket straight after the dinner break. King chips Satghare towards short extra cover, where Sneh Rana swoops to her left to take an accomplished catch. King, such a valuable lower-order batter, goes after another useful innings.

Annabel Sutherland, who scored a majestic 129 to put Australia in charge, gives her reaction

How good’s Test cricket?! It was pretty good out there – it’s a lovely, lovely place to bat. Once you’re set, it’s pretty good fun.

Test matches don’t come around too often, so try to make the most of it and soak it up with some time in the middle.

[On her parents seeing all four of her Test hundreds] Yeah, well, they wanted to lob over to Perth. I was like, ‘Sure…’. Nah, it’s obviously really nice to have them up in the crowd; it’s cool.

[On the state of play in the Test] Hopefully we can get a few more on the board and then the bowlers have got an important job to do. You never know what happens under lights. There’s still a bit in the pitch which is exciting for us.

Dinner: Australia lead by 112

88th over: Australia 310-8 (King 21, Hamilton 12) A loose ball from Gaud is put away for four with the minimum of fuss by King, who strolls off for dinner with Australia in a healthy position. The main reason for that is the magnificent Annabel Sutherland, who followed four wickets on day one with her fourth Test hundred today. She’s about to talk to the Channel 7 team.

87th over: Australia 305-8 (King 17, Hamilton 12) This has been a very sensible partnership, with the balls faced (70) almost as important as the runs scored (28). The longer King and Hamilton bat, the more likely it is that India will face the new pink ball under lights. There be monsters, etc.

86th over: Australia 303-8 (King 16, Hamilton 11) India have a caught-behind appeal turned down when Hamilton pushes at a lovely outswinger from Gaud. It didn’t sound right and replays confirm that it hit the hip rather than the outside edge. But it was a fine delivery, the first of three to go past the edge during an excellent over.

85th over: Australia 303-8 (King 16, Hamilton 11) Just one over for Gautam, who is replaced by Satghare. King takes a very tight single to midwicket, with the non-striker Hamilton scrambling to make her ground. It would have been very close with a direct hit.

84th over: Australia 300-8 (King 15, Hamilton 9) Hamilton turns Kranti Gaud for a single to bring up the 300. Australia’s batting depth makes them such a hard team to finish off, and though this partnership is only worth 23, there are already some signs of frustration from the Indian players.

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