Mooney brings up her fifty and Australia's win in some style! Quicker and fuller outside off, she creams it through covers to signal the end of the match
SA Women vs AUS Women, 1st ODI at Adelaide, AUS v SA [W], Feb 03 2024 - Match Result
AUS Women won by 8 wickets (with 186 balls remaining)
Well, that concludes our coverage for this first ODI. Keep an eye out for the report, that will soon be up. Hope to have your company for the second ODI on Wednesday. Till then, on behalf of Harshith and Gnasher, this is Sudarshanan signing off. Ciao!
6:18pm Kim Garth, Player of the Match: It was nice to bowl on a wicket that offered a bit for the bowlers. Credit to Schutt for setting the tone. She was the highlight in what was a complete show from the bowlers. We just complement each other very well. She bowls the inswingers and I try to take the ball away. We are in a really good spot after a closely-fought T20 series. Maybe haven't put together a complete performance yet. We are strong in this format, glad to get every opportunity to play.
Laura Wolvaardt, South Africa captain: "Very tough day at the office, after a good T20s. Needed better application with the bat early on. We could have done a lot better in a lot of things. Kappie batted well, need to chat what worked for her. Seamers came out well. Losing Kapp not ideal. We have got to take positives and come back stronger."
Alyssa Healy, Australia captain: "Not to do too much. After winning the toss, getting early wickets crucial, our bowlers did that well. That was expensive spell [from Schutt]! Really great leader, great bowler. Good to celebrate her 200th game in front of Adelaide Oval crowd. There's still a few things we can work on. We played a fantastic game, we love ODIs and we backed it up well."
6:14pm Australia seal a clinical win and go 6-2 in the multi-format series! The result was never in doubt after the bowlers helped restrict South Africa to their lowest ODI score against Australia - 105. Add to it that they were without Kapp, who was injured. The touring seamers began well, dismissing Litchfield and Healy in relative quick succession. But Mooney and Perry showed why they are regarded so highly, bringing their experience into play with an unconquered partnership. Five overs of spin from South Africa went for 43
Quicker and flatter outside off, cut away to backward point
Toying with the attack and the field, Mooney. Quicker and fuller outside leg, she sweeps it fine to beat deep backward square leg to her left
Low full toss on leg, worked away to midwicket
Now Mooney uses the depth of the crease. Length ball, 82.9kph, going away from her. She goes deep back and cuts it through backward point
Flatter and shorter outside off, 87kph, punched through cover
Fuller on off, driven to mid-off
Fuller on off and middle, 76.3kph, lunges and defends it to the off side
Quicker down leg, punished. Mooney gets down and sweeps it through square leg. The fielder in the deep gets around and slides but only parries it away. Fifty partnership up
Around the stumps
Slows it down, fuller on off, Mooney reverse sweeps it through third, 67.5kph
Tossed up full around off, 84.2kph, Mooney charges down and hits it off the meat over mid-on
Floated on the stumps, once again Perry charges down to take it on the full and whip it through midwicket. Brits does well in the deep to keep it down to one
Goes back and across and punches it across to short midwicket
Shortens the length, she goes back and cross-bats it past midwicket
Hurries it through, 88.3kph, she goes back to cut but misses
On a length now, punched to cover
Goes wide of the crease and bowls it on a length on off and middle, goes back and turns it across
Flatter down leg, goes back and clips it to deep square leg
Goes back to the length ball at 73.8kph, and steers it to backward point
Quicker and fuller on off, swept to deep square leg
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Adelaide Oval | |
Toss | Australia Women, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Australia Women led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | WODI no. 1363 |
Match days | 3 February 2024 - daynight (50-over match) |
Umpires | Sue RedfernDRS |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
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