Jensen ventures down the track, speared flat and wide outside off. Fizzes through to the keeper. Bhatia whips the bails off. India open the WWT20 with an emphatic 34-run win
IND Women vs NZ Women, 1st Match, Group B at Providence, T20 World Cup, Nov 09 2018 - Match Result
2.10pm That is that. Sixteen months after shellacking 171* v Australia in the 50-over semi-final in Derby, Harmanpreet Kaur produced a similar brutal innings to ensure India opened their WWT20 campaign with an emphatic win. It was the first T20I hundred by an Indian woman. Here's Annesha's blockbuster profile of Harmanpreet
Harmanpreet Kaur (who else?), Player of the Match: Excited but still a long way to go. As a team, we have a lot to improve. I know if I settle down, I can go for my shots. Jemi also played really well. When you're hitting well, you need somebody to rotate the strike. The bowling needs to improve, though. I had a bit of fever yesterday, now feeling well
Amy: Just to be honest, we got outplayed today. Tuhuhu's spell came off well, but Harman played an outstanding innings. We weren't confident with the lbw review. We tried a lot of different options but it was too late. I thought the girls played with confidence and it's good for us moving forward. We have some three days to reset ourselves.
Harmanpreet, again: Well, winning and losing is part of the game. When Ramesh Sir joined us, a lot changed and we are really happy to have him in the team. Mithali didn't get lot of runs in the first six overs and she agreed to play down and contribute. Jemi likes to express herself and never takes pressure. We need young players who are excited about playing cricket.
That's all we have for you from this match. Join Karthik Krishnaswamy and Alagappan Muthu for Australia v Pakistan and West Indies v Bangladesh. Goodbye from myself, Deivarayan Muthu, and Binoy George
Another ripper from Deepti Sharma, sprinting in from long-on. Short and outside off, swatted away in the air, she tears in and claims a terrific low catch even as the ball dips on her
full on off, backs away and swishes to the covers
flighted on leg stump, slog-swept over short fine leg for back-to-back boundaries. Some late cheer for NZ
tossed up on middle, so slow that the batsman has enough time to jump across off and slog-sweep it over backward square leg
on a length on middle, down the track and cracked down to long-on
dragged down outside off, smeared off the back foot between point and the covers
on a length and spins away outside off, Martin steps out but is beaten in flight. Slices a loft to Kaur at cover. The India captain is on a roll today
tossed up wide and spins away further, launched up and over the covers
tosses past the tramline and turns away, sliced off an outside edge to short third man
shuffles across and sweeps it away behind square
Poonam drops a return catch. She moves to her right but this drive bursts out
pitched up and outside off, muscled down to long-on
slashes outside off. The outside edge streaks down to third man
full-toss outside off, crashed to sweeper cover
full-toss on off, slugged away to the square-leg boundary
pitched up and seams away outside off, the batsman swings again and the ball carries to the keeper. Not given by the umpire. Harman calls for a review - yes, we have DRS for this tournament. Daylight between bat and ball. Not out
slower cutter outside off, swing and a miss
off-side wide
picked off the pads just wide of short fine leg
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Providence Stadium, Guyana | |
Toss | India Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2018/19 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | WT20I no. 515 |
Hours of play (local time) | 11.00 start, First Session 11.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-12.50, Second Session 12.50-14.20 |
Match days | 9 November 2018 - day (20-over match) |
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