Ellyse Perry’s historic performance sets up win against India

THERE was a sense of déjà vu for Australia in its second ODI against India with another masterful performance from youngster Georgia Voll, which was paired another experienced star’s career-best figures in Ellyse Perry.

This Australian women’s series against India, has been one to remember for a few reasons. It started with Voll’s two first digs for her country netting a half-century and then her maiden ton on Sunday, accompanied by Megan Schutt‘s first five-fa in ODI cricket.

In the second ODI, it was Perry who broke records with her batting top-scoring with 105 off 75 balls. Her knock was her third ODI ton and the fastest ODI century scored against India, it also broke the record for the most amount of sixes (six) in a women’s ODI innings.

During the innings Perry also notched up 7000 runs and 300 wickets in international cricket becoming the first ever woman to do so, she also surpassed the 4000 ODI run ledger and was the fourth Australian woman to do so.

The Australian women won by a staggering 122 runs after making 371 from their 50 overs with India only managing 249, bowled out inside 45 overs. The total was Australia’s third highest total ever.

The run chase built, not only from Voll’s maiden ton and Perry’s century, but also from half centuries from both Phoebe Litchfield (60 off 63) and Beth Mooney (56 off 44).

The 130-run opening partnership between good friends Voll and Litchfield really put India on the back foot early and they never seemed to recover.

This was followed by Perry’s then Mooney’s efforts before India took the final five wickets for just 30 runs after Perry’s dismissal. McGrath hit a quickfire unbeaten 20 off 12 balls to get the team to 370 runs.

For India, there were only two multiple wicket-takers in Saima Thakor (3-62) and debutant Minnu Mani (2-71). Unfortunately for their leg-spinner Priya Mishra, she notched up the most expensive spell in ODI history with 1-88 off her 10 overs.

In the chase, it was the tourists that were under significant pressure needing to pull off the biggest run chase (the record is 302) to successfully to win the match.

Explosive wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh was brought in to open as a result of the chase with India needing to score quickly to get ahead. She did her job, albeit slowly, scoring 54 off 72 balls to try to kickstart their innings.

A few of their stars got starts but could not go on with Harmanpreet Kaur (38 off 42) and Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 39) trying to continue to push the run-rate up while staying at the crease unsuccessfully.

Mani continued to have an impressive debut come the second half, adding an unbeaten 46 runs to her two-wicket haul.

It was a big spread of wicket-takers for the Australians with Schutt, Kim Garth, Ash Gardner, Alana King and Sophie Molineux all taking one each. Annabel Sutherland was took a game-high four wickets, including the dangerous Harleen Deol, as well as Thakor, Renuka Singh Thakur and Mishra.

Both teams will head to Perth to take on each other in the last ODI at the WACA on Wednesday.

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