The India women's national cricket team toured Australia in January 2016 together with the Indian men cricket team. The tour included a series of three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs were part of the ICC Women's Championship.[1]

Squads

ODIs T20Is
 Australia[2]  India[3]  Australia[4]  India[5]

Tour match

22 January
14:00 AEDT (UTC+11)
Scorecard
Australia Governor-General XI Australia
19/1 (4 overs)
v
Beth Mooney 9* (23)
No result
Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and David Taylor (Aus)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain interrupted play after 4 overs.

T20I series

1st T20I

26 January
14:00 ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Scorecard
Australia 
140/5 (20 overs)
v
 India
141/5 (18.4 overs)
Alyssa Healy 41* (15)
Poonam Yadav 2/26 (4 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 46 (31)
Megan Schutt 2/23 (4 overs)
India Women won by 5 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Geoff Joshua (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind)
  • India women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Beth Mooney and Naomi Stalenberg (Aus) both made their debut in WT20I.
  • This was India's highest successful run score in a T20I.[6]

2nd T20I

29 January
14:30 AEDT (UTC+11)
Scorecard
Australia 
125/8 (18 overs)
v
 India
69/0 (9.1 overs)
Meg Lanning 49 (39)
Jhulan Goswami 2/16 (4 overs)
Mithali Raj 37* (32)
India won by 10 wickets (DLS method)
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Geoff Joshua (Aus)
Player of the match: Jhulan Goswami (Ind)
  • India women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced Australia Women's innings to 18 overs and India Women were set a target of 66 runs in 10 overs.
  • Lauren Cheatle (Aus) made her debut in WT20I.
  • This was India Women's first bilateral series win in any formats against Australia Women.[7]

3rd T20I

31 January
14:30 AEDT (UTC+11)
Scorecard
Australia 
5/136 (20 overs)
v
 India
8/121 (20 overs)
Ellyse Perry 55* (41)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/36 (4 overs)
Vellaswamy Vanitha 28 (25)
Ellyse Perry 4/12 (4 overs)
Australia won by 15 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)
  • India women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Deepti Sharma (Ind) made her debut in WT20I.

ODI Series

1st ODI

Australia 
276/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
175 (46.5 overs)
Alex Blackwell 114 (112)
Shikha Pandey 3/32 (10 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 42 (72)
Ellyse Perry 4/45 (10 overs)
Australia Women won by 101 runs
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Tony Wilds (Aus)
Player of the match: Alex Blackwell (Aus)

2nd ODI

India 
252/8 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
253/4 (46.4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 102 (109)
Ellyse Perry 3/54 (10 overs)
Nicole Bolton 77 (74)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/42 (7.4 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Damien Mealey (Aus)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)

3rd ODI

Australia 
231/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
234/5 (47 overs)
Alex Blackwell 60 (64)
Shikha Pandey 3/50 (10 overs)
Mithali Raj 89 (113)
Ellyse Perry 2/50 (10 overs)
India Women won by 5 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Tony Wilds (Aus)
Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)

References

  1. ^ "Match schedules announced for cricket's 2015-16 summer. Cricket Australia". Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Australia ODI Squad". ESPN. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ "India ODI Squad". ESPN. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Australia T20I Squad". ESPN. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ^ "India T20I Squad". ESPN. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ^ "India Women pull off record chase". ESPNcricinfo. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (29 January 2016). "India Women celebrate historic series win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2016.


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