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IND-W vs AUS-W 1st T20I: Shafali and Smriti shine in India's win, beat Australia by 9 wickets
India Women beat Australia Women by 9 wickets In a thrilling encounter at DY Patil Sports Academy on Friday in the first T20I match of the three-match series to take the 1-0 lead. It was a convincing nine-wicket win for India where Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana geared up to score (64*) and (54) respectively. It was a good comeback from Indian Women with a remarkable performance to take the 1-0 lead.
Australia Women, put into bat, set a target of 142 for India Women to chase. India’s bowling remained superb that bowled out Australia for 141. Titas Thakur returned with four wickets while Shreyanka Patil and Deepti Sharma returned with two wickets each. India’s bowling attack created early pressure on Australian batters that they failed to resist. Phoebe Litchfiled remained the top scorer for Australia with her 49-run score.
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Injury puts England’s Paige Scholfield out of South Africa tour
An injury sustained during training has put Paige Scholfield out of England’s tour of South Africa. She has now been withdrawn from England's T20 squad and will now return to UK to begin her rehabilitation.
"Paige Scholfield has been withdrawn from the England Women IT20 squad to tour South Africa after suffering an ankle in...