Australia v India: third women’s one-day cricket international – live

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24th over: India 135-7 (Deepti 4) Suddenly King has 3 for 18 from five overs.

WICKET! Gautam lbw King 0, India 135-7

Two in three balls, King looping one up as Kashvee Gautam tries to sweep and misses. Any time you do that you’re in peril with umpires, the ball going on to hit her front pad rather than back leg, which means it was towards the line of leg stump, but the ball-tracking again says umpire’s call for hitting leg.

WICKET! Ghosh b King 18, India 135-6

Now that is game over. Ghosh does get hold of King in the over, clearing her front leg to dig out a full ball over the long-on fielder for six, but two balls later King skids another ball through at off stump, much like the one that got Harmanpreet. Ghosh is not trying to block it, she’s trying to back away and cut it, forced by the required run rate to manufacture scoring chances. No dice, no contact, bowled top of off.

23rd over: India 129-5 (Deepti 4, Ghosh 12) Just not working for India. This must be one of the slower pairs between the wickets, and they have a couple of near run-outs. The runs don’t come. Three singles. They need ten and a half.

22nd over: India 126-5 (Deepti 3, Ghosh 10) Another over giving away nothing by King, who so far has conceded 12 from her four overs while India needed about 40 from them. There’s also a dropped catch, a feather from Deepti’s edge that the keeper misses standing up. Mooney has had quite a few errors behind the stumps, as she prepares for life after Healy.

21st over: India 124-5 (Deepti 2, Ghosh 9) After a few sighters, Ghosh does get going. Consecutive boundaries from Tahlia McGrath to close an over, driven through the off side. They need 286 from 29 overs, so about 10 an over.

20th over: India 116-5 (Deepti 2, Ghosh 1) There’s only one possible route to Indian victory now which is that Richa Ghosh smacks about 180.

WICKET! Harmanpreet lbw King 25, India 115-5

Lovely line, suffocatingly close to the off stump. Was that a top-spinner or did it just skid? It carries on towards the stumps, beats the forward press of Harmanpreet Kaur and pins her on the front pad just in line with off stump. The umpire gives it immediately, and a DRS review doesn’t change that. The Indian captain’s 25 off 33 hasn’t helped the cause that much.

19th over: India 112-4 (Harmanpreet 23, Deepti 1) Three runs and the run out in that over, and India’s chase looks pretty well done.

WICKET! Deol run out (Gardner / McGrath) 14, India 110-4

Sloppy running brings the stand to an end. Harmanpreet taps the ball to square leg, the first run is easy, but Deol seems to be easing her way down the pitch, not racing. Only expecting one. Harmanpreet turns for the second and goes, but Deol doesn’t until she sees her captain moving, and has to start late. Gardner luckily ignores the teammate yelling “Keeper!” and throws instead to the bowler’s end. Deol gestures to her ear, saying that she didn’t hear a call. Or that there wasn’t one.

18th over: India 109-3 (Harmanpreet 21, Deol 14) Still no plan or confidence with how to take on King. Deol trying to sweep, but almost coming undone when one ball dives at her boots and she has to drop her hands to keep up with it and make contact. Two runs from that, two other singles, King has the tap turned off.

17th over: India 105-3 (Harmanpreet 20, Deol 11) Finally, an over where India do what they need to do. The ones and the twos first, from almost every ball, then Harmanpreet whacks the final ball of the set over mid off and it skims for four. That’s the nine an over that they need. Tahlia McGrath is the bowler. Drinks.

16th over: India 96-3 (Harmanpreet 15, Deol 7) As if the chase wasn’t hard enough, Australia can now call on Alana King. The supreme leg-spinner in the women’s game for the last couple of years, with flight and control and the ability to rip the ball, she slides her second ball on into the pads of Deol. Pitches in line with middle and leg, skids through. Inside edge? Trending past leg? She continues, fielding well off her own work, then beating Deol’s stroke, leaving the batter needing to run down just to drive a single from the final ball of the over. Two runs from the over!

15th over: India 94-3 (Harmanpreet 14, Deol 6) Singles, dots, and three from the Gardner over. This really isn’t good enough from the current batting pair, as the required rate climbs past 9.

14th over: India 91-3 (Harmanpreet 12, Deol 5) Nice bit of timing from Deol, who plays Sutherland through deep third where it takes a good chase and a neat flick-back from Alana King to stop the boundary. The rest of the over though, not much intent to score.

13th over: India 87-3 (Harmanpreet 11, Deol 2) It looks like it’s going to be another suffocating over from Gardner, but the final ball is full and wide, and Harmanpreet using a whipcrack of the wrists to snap through the line of that ball as it lands, sending it down to bounce one foot inside the long-off rope for four.

12th over: India 81-3 (Harmanpreet 6, Deol 1) Still going very leg stump is Sutherland, picked off by Harmanpreet through square although Hamilton in the deep at fine leg makes up good ground to save two runs. A single from the last ball is the only other score. Harmanpreet using up too many deliveries early.

11th over: India 78-3 (Harmanpreet 3, Deol 1) A few singles to close the Gardner over. Two fairly slow starters at the crease now, not ideal for India. They need 332 more from 39 overs, which is 8 and a half. They’re currently going at just over 7.

WICKET! Rodrigues c Hamilton b Gardner 42, India 76-3

Action packed as soon as the Powerplay finishes and Australia’s premier spinner comes on. The first ball is a reverse sweep for four, the second is an attempted repeat that sees the ball beat Rodrigues and hit Mooney but bounce away, the stumping chance missed, then the third ball does bring the wicket, the conventional sweep this time bringing a simple top edge to short fine leg for the player on debut to take her first catch.

10th over: India 72-2 (Rodrigues 38, Harmanpreet 2) Great catch by Mooney down the leg side, given out on the field, but Harmanpreet reviews and the replay shows that it was all thigh pad, no bat. Sutherland keeps sending down dot balls, India’s captain not taking anything on until she steps forward and times the pants off a straight drive, but so straight the bowler can deflect it into the other set of stumps and stop any scoring. No run from the over.

9th over: India 72-2 (Rodrigues 38, Harmanpreet 2) Another scoop from Rodrigues against Hamilton but a field change means she only gets two for it, and the over only concedes three. A win for the debutant.

8th over: India 69-2 (Rodrigues 36, Harmanpreet 1) Dross to end the over, Sutherland thumping a ball in short that just limps up off the surface and hangs outside the off stump, like something a kid with a tennis ball would send down. Rodrigues waits for it to reach her vicinity and clubs it through point for four. That makes 16 runs from the over, along with a decent ball to take the wicket.

WICKET! Rawal lbw Sutherland 27, India 62-2

Runs from the over, with Rawal glancing another boundary, then Sutherland fires down leg and Beth Mooney behind the stumps fumbles a take to give up five wides. But it all comes good for Sutherland with another ball angled towards leg stump but starting from a better line, given by the umpire. I thought there was enough doubt about that in real time to review but India don’t. Ball tracking says umpire’s call. I wouldn’t have given that one, but it sneaks in under the cutoff.

7th over: India 53-1 (Rawal 23, Rodrigues 30) It takes Pratika Rawal three balls to get off strike from Hamilton, who then bounces Rodrigues to take out any chance of the lap shot again, but Rodrigues is equal to the new length, bandicooting up on her toes to guide it down through gully for four. Then a genuine nick from the next ball that skims away safely through the slip area for two. Cordon deux?

“That’s you, mate!” shouts Healy to the bowler. Imagine, making your Australian debut in 2026 in Healy’s final ODI match. What a handover.

6th over: India 46-1 (Rawal 22, Rodrigues 24) Good shot from Rodrigues, moving across to change the line of the ball so she can pick up the flick shot high over square leg from Carey for four. Only one other run from the over though.

5th over: India 41-1 (Rawal 21, Rodrigues 20) Scoop shot from Rodrigues! She has the left-armer Hamilton to content with, and the right-hander does so by throwing the front foot around, opening up her stance, and shovelling the ball over short fine leg. Four there, then repeats the does two balls later. Defends the next, on off stump, then smokes her on-drive for a third boundary in the over!

They need 8 an over and now they’re ahead of that rate.

4th over: India 29-1 (Rawal 21, Rodrigues 8) Three fours in a row for Rawal! Often questioned for her scoring rate, although there’s nothing actually wrong with it, she has a burst here against Carey by driving through cover, glancing fine, then driving through point. That last shot especially looks effortless, just places the bat there and it pings away.

3rd over: India 17-1 (Rawal 9, Rodrigues 8) Another over for Hamilton, another boundary, Rodrigues on the walk and glancing an angled ball through fine leg.

2nd over: India 12-1 (Rawal 8, Rodrigues 4) Jemimah Rodrigues wastes no time, guiding a boundary away through deep third to end Carey’s over.

WICKET! Mandhana c Gardner b Carey 0, India 8-1

Shades of Tendulkar in the World Cup final of 2003! The highest-quality operator in the Indian side, the player who has to come off for them to have a chance, goes having faced just a few balls, looking to force the pace early. Nicola Carey swinging the ball away from the left-hander, who walks down the track and tries to loft over the off side. Can’t d0 more than skew a ball high to cover, where the catch is taken by a Ash Gardner running back.

1st over: India 8-0 (Rawal 8, Mandhana 0) Eight an over required, eight an over acquired. Easy. Lucy Hamilton on debut bowls her first over in international cricket, the tall left-armer angling the ball across Pratika Rawal, who leaves four alone before driving an overpitched ball through the covers, then reaching for a square drive and flashing it in the air square of the wicket, just past backward point and then beating the sweeper.

Thanks Megan. That’s not a score, that’s a colossus. If India are to have a prayer of chasing it, they’ll need to go for it right away, so we’ll in for some early action if that’s the case. The far more likely scenario is that they’ll get nowhere near it, given that conceding such a score is a flattening experience. Let’s see if Smriti Mandhana can get on one of her rolls.

Well, it’s now time for me to say goodbye to you all after a monster first innings. However, you’re in for a treat with the brilliant wordsmith Geoff Lemon jumping into the driver’s seat for the second innings. So sit back, relax and let him guide you through this chase. I’ll see you next time!

Australia set India 410 for victory

A massive innings from Australia – around the 25 over mark it was already looking like 400 might be on the cards. A slower pace later in the innings when a couple of wickets fell made that start to look less likely, but a batting masterclass from Carey and Mooney at the death pushed them easily past that total.

It was a real treat for Australian fans to see Healy come out with such a dominant performance in her final ODI. Her 158 from 98 balls was full of flair and determination and puts an emphatic exclamation mark on her highly decorated career. Mooney was brilliant in support, with a fantastic century of her own, finishing with 106 from 84 balls.

Carey was a revelation as a late order hitter – her 34 came from just 15 balls, her strike rate of 226.67 was exactly what Australia needed after a few quick wickets to India.

There wasn’t too much to celebrate for India, with none of their bowlers finishing with an economy rate under 6. Sneh Rana was their best with 2-66 from her 10 overs. Sree Charani also got two wickets, but giving away 106 from her 10 overs gave Australia way too much room to move.

It is an overwhelming total for India to chase, but they will hopefully go into it with some belief on a good batting wicket.

50th over: Australia 409-7 (Carey 34, Mooney 106)

Well to really rub salt in the wound, India are behind on over rates and have to bring a fielder up into the inner circle for this final over. Mooney starts with two twos to get to 99 and bring up the 400 runs for Australia. She pulls one away for a single and brings up her sixth ODI century. Deepti bowls a very good ball to Carey, but she slams her bat down and opens the face to protect her wicket and pick up a single. Mooney picks up another four and then some very hard running gets them a two from the final ball.

49th over: Australia 397-7 (Carey 33, Mooney 95)

Carey starts the over with a beautiful reverse sweep that runs away for four and follows it up with a drive through deep point for four. Next up it’s a sweep that also goes for four – a great boosting of the strike rate from her late in the innings. She defends one back to the bowler, then switch hits for six in a frankly ridiculous shot and follows that up with a four. She is having a field day!

48th over: Australia 375-7 (Carey 11, Mooney 95)

Kashvee comes back for her last over of the day. A couple of singles straight up get Mooney in the 90s. It’s a decent over from Kashvee for most of the over with just ones and twos from it, but then Mooney gets in position for the scoop and manages to flick it down to the boundary for four.

47th over: Australia 365-7 (Carey 7, Mooney 89)

Deepti returns for her ninth over and Carey takes a single straight away to give Mooney the strike. They are content with taking the singles and keeping the strike rotating to make sure the score keeps on ticking up. Carey gets things moving a bit faster with a big sweep shot, which can’t find the rope, but they run two and then do the same thing again next ball.

46th over: Australia 356-7 (Carey 1, Mooney 87)

Charani returns for her ninth over of the game. She succeeds in keeping McGrath on strike with a dot first ball and is rewarded with the wicket, which brings Wareham to the crease. She gets off the mark with a quick single to get Mooney back on strike. Wareham then loses her wicket and Carey comes in and runs a quick single to keep the strike.