Beth Mooney

2022 - 12 - 9

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IND-W Vs AUS-W, 1st T20I: Beth Mooney Slams Unbeaten 89 As ... (Outlook India)

Sent into bat, the Indian women's team posted 172 for five.

However, Perry had her revenge when she cramped Shafali for room on the leg side and the batter ended up giving a catch to skipper Alyssa Perry. Medium pacer Renuka was then hit for three successive fours by Mooney, even as her captain struck the first six of the Australian innings. [Beth Mooney](https://www.outlookindia.com/topic/beth-mooney) made short work of India's 173-run target with a belligerent 57-ball 89 to power the Australian women's team to a convincing nine-wicket victory in the first T20 International in Navi Mumbai on Friday. Australia thus took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. However, Garth had the prized scalp of Harmanpreet -- her first for Australia after representing Ireland for a decade -- when the Indian captain played away from her body and hit it straight to fielder at cover. It was as good as over for India after Mooney took 18 runs in the 15th over to bring the equation down from 55 runs off 36 balls to only 37 runs in the last five overs.

Beth Mooney powers Australia women to nine-wicket win over India ... (The Indian Express)

Chasing a stiff target, the formidable Australian opening pair of skipper Alyssa Healy and Mooney gave Australia the start it needed, adding 73 runs in just ...

Schutt was brought back after a wicket maiden by Perry, and she conceded just three runs to keep India at 48 for two at the end of the six powerplay overs at the DY Patil Stadium. India were off to a flying start with the teenaged Shafali Verma smashing Megan Schutt for a four and a six over long-on in the first over, which yielded 12 runs. It was as good as over for India after Mooney took 18 runs in the 15th over to bring the equation down from 55 runs off 36 balls to only 37 runs in the last five overs. However, Perry had her revenge when she cramped Shafali for room on the leg side and the batter ended up giving a catch to skipper Alyssa Perry. The loss of the skipper, for a 23-ball 37, failed to disturb Australia’s momentum as Mooney found an able ally in Tahlia McGrath. Sharma smashed four successive boundaries in the final over, bowled by Megan Schutt to boost India’s run rate after Richa Ghosh (36 off 20 balls) and the returning Devika Vaidya (25 off 24) added 56 runs for the fifth wicket.

India vs Australia, 1st T20I as it happened: Beth Mooney stars as ... (Scroll.in)

Recap of the first T20 International between India and Australia at the DY Patil stadium in Mumbai.

IND 142/5 (18 overs): Two fours for Deepti! IND 76/3 (11 overs): Devika sweeps the ball hard but finds the fielder in the deep and gets just a single. IND 45/1 (4 overs): A hat-trick of fours for Mandhana! IND 154/5 (19 overs): Fine batting by Deepti as she picks up two fours in this over as well. AUS 39/0 (5 overs): Another big over for Australia, this time Renuka is hit for three fours. The left-hander then ends the over with a pull over mid-wicket for two. AUS 47/0 (6 overs): Off-spinner Deepti Sharma joins the attack and concedes eight runs in her first over. AUS 68/0 (8 overs): Shot of the match so far by Healy. AUS 166/1 (17 overs): Now Meghna Singh is taken to the cleaners. Sutherland bangs it in and Harmanpreet hits a powerful pull in the gap for four. Harmanpreet then pulls the ball hard and again, it goes straight to the fielder in the deep for just a single. This is frighteningly good (yet again) by Australia.

Beth Mooney's brilliant blitz guides Australia to T20 win over India (The Guardian)

Beth Mooney demonstrated why she is perhaps the best T20 batter in women's cricket, elegantly guiding Australia to a nine-wicket triumph over India in the ...

“It was not easy when we were out in the field, but great to get the result. The pair put on an unbroken 100-run stand for the second wicket off 56 balls as the Australians eased to 173 for one with 11 balls remaining, winning their 21st match in all in 2022 across T20Is, ODIs and Tests. Ensuring the required run rate never got out of hand, the 28-year-old Victorian did not need to resort to slogging, just terrific placement and timing, as she moved to her unbeaten 89 off just 57 balls with 16 boundaries, while being well supported by McGrath, whose 40 not out came off 29 balls.

Beth Mooney leads Australia to nine-wicket T20 win over India (Sporting News AU)

Australia have kept their impressive unbeaten run alive with a strong win against India in Mumbai.

Patil Sports Academy, and India used the home crowd support to post a strong total. More than 25,000 fans were in attendance at the Dr. "We didn't finish great with the ball but we knew we were in the game and if we batted well we could get over the line. The countries will face off in the second T20I on Monday, December 12, with the action to begin at 12:30 am (AEDT). The wicketkeeper was pleased with the win, but acknowledged there were plenty of areas in which to improve. The latter stages of the inning belonged to Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma who top-scored for the 'Women in Blue' with 36 runs each.

Beth Mooney stars again as Australia keeps unbeaten cricket run ... (ABC News)

Beth Mooney stars with an unbeaten knock against India as Alyssa Healy leads Australia to victory in her first match as captain.

We didn't finish great with the ball but we knew we were in the game and if we batted well, we could get over the line. As per stats, 185 is a par score here. The left-hander stroked her way to an unbeaten 89, and with some substantial help from both new captain Alyssa Healy and all-rounder Tahlia McGrath on Friday, made a potentially difficult target in Mumbai look a piece of cake as the world champions maintained their unbeaten record in all formats in 2022.