India A Women beat Australia A Women by 281 runs in the one-off unofficial Test at the I.S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Vaishnavi Sharma took nine wickets in the match, while Niki Prasad scored 91 and claimed seven wickets to win Player of the Match.
India A Women Post 364 After Choosing to Bat
India A Women elected to bat first on September 29 and built their total around a strong top and middle order. Tanisha Singh top-scored with 92 off 166 balls, and Shubha Satheesh made 59 before Lilly Mills trapped her LBW. Priya Punia scored 46, and Anushka Sharma added 44.
Prasad struck 14 fours and two sixes in her 91 off 112 balls. India A closed the opening day on 351 for 9 and were bowled out for 364 in 103.3 overs. Mills took 4 for 98, and Charli Knott finished with three wickets.
Vaishnavi Sharma Takes Nine Wickets in the Match
Vaishnavi bowled 20.4 overs in the first innings and returned 6 for 52, which dismissed Australia A for 176 in 63.4 overs. Captain Rachel Trenaman scored 44, and Tahlia Wilson made 35, but neither batter converted the start into a bigger score. Prasad removed both openers and finished the innings with 2 for 27.
India A led by 188 runs and batted again with the aim of setting a large target. They reached 134 for 2 at the close of day two, then lost four wickets in the first part of day three. Mills dismissed Tejal Hasabnis, Yastika Bhatia and Tanisha Singh, and Frankie Nicklin removed Prasad to leave India A on 156 for 6.
Anushka Sharma made 48, and Punia scored 59 in the innings, while Vaishnavi hit 24 off 14 balls to take the total to 257. Mills claimed 5 for 88, and Nicklin took 4 for 67. Australia A needed 446 to win.
Prasad Completes All-Round Display as Australia A Collapse
Trenaman and Wilson put on 51 for the first wicket in the chase. Wilson was run out for 28, and Australia A then lost five wickets for five runs in 7.1 overs. Courtney Webb, Knott and Anika Learoyd were all dismissed for ducks, and Trenaman fell for 26.
Prasad removed Sianna Ginger and Milly Illingworth to leave Australia A on 80 for 8. Tess Flintoff and Mills then added 74 runs for the ninth wicket and extended the innings into the final session. Vaishnavi bowled Mills out for 32 with an LBW decision, and Prasad dismissed Flintoff for 58 to end the match.
Australia A were all out for 164 in 76 overs. Vaishnavi took 3 for 58 in the second innings, which gave her match figures of 9 for 110. Prasad claimed 5 for 50 in the second innings and ended the game with 91 runs and 7 for 77. Shuchi Upadhyay took three wickets across both innings.
The result gave India A Women victory in the only match of the Australia A Women tour of India.
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