IND W beat NZ W: India seal consolation win, avoid whitewash

IND W beat NZ W: India avoid whitewash after Mandhana, Harmanpreet heroics –Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur starred with the bat as India defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the fifth and final ODI here at the John Davies Oval, Queenstown on Thursday. With this win, India registered their first win of the series, but the White Ferns took the ODI series 4-1.

IND W beat NZ W: Mandhana, Raj, Harmanpreet score fifties as India seal consolation win, avoid whitewash ahead of Women’s World Cup

Chasing 252, India’s opening pair of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana put on 29 runs but this stand was cut short in the fifth over as Hayley Jensen got the better of Verma (9). Deepti Sharma and Smriti Mandhana then got together at the crease and the duo formed a 60-run stand for the second wicket.

However, this partnership was ended by Fran Jonas as she got the better of Deepti (21) and this brought Harmanpreet Kaur to the middle. Mandhana and Harmanpreet put on 64 runs, but as soon as India started to gain full control, Jensen got the better of Mandhana (71) and India was reduced to 153/3, still, 99 runs away from the target.

Harmanpreet Kaur brought an end to her half-century drought, but with India 27 runs away from the target, Harmanpreet (63) ended up losing her wicket. However, skipper Mithali Raj (57*) and Richa Ghosh (7*) ensured that India registers a comfortable victory.

Earlier, Amelia Kerr played a knock of 66 as New Zealand posted 251/9 in the allotted fifty overs. For India, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana returned with two wickets each. Sophie Devine (34), Lauren Down (30) and Hayley Jensen (30) also played useful knocks helping the hosts post more than 250 runs on the board.

IND W beat NZ W: Mandhana, Raj, Harmanpreet score fifties as India seal consolation win, avoid whitewash ahead of Women’s World Cup

India Women innings – 252/4

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Shafali Verma	c LR Down b HNK Jensen	9	11	1	0	81.82
Smriti Mandhana	c SW Bates b AC Kerr	71	84	9	0	84.52
Deepti Sharma	c RA Mair b F Jonas	21	41	1	0	51.22
Harmanpreet Kaur	c AE Satterthwaite b HM Rowe	63	66	6	1	95.45
Mithali Raj (C)	Not out	54	66	5	0	81.82
Richa Ghosh (WK)	Not out	7	8	1	0	87.50
Extra	27 (b 0, w 20, nb 0, lb 7)
Total	252/4 (46)
Yet To Bat	S Rana, J Goswami, RS Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Meghna Singh

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Hayley Jensen	4	29	1	7.25
Hannah Rowe	9	41	1	4.56
Frances Mackay	10	47	0	4.70
Rosemary Mair	2	18	0	9.00
Fran Jonas	8	40	1	5.00
Amelia Kerr	10	55	1	5.50
Sophie Devine	3	15	0	5.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Shafali Verma	1-29	4.1
DB Sharma	2-89	17.4
S Mandhana	3-153	28.3
H Kaur	4-225	42.1

New Zealand Women Batting 1st

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Suzie Bates	lbw b Meghna Singh	17	25	3	0	68.00
Sophie Devine (C)	c RS Gayakwad b S Rana	34	41	2	1	82.93
Amelia Kerr	c Richa Ghosh b DB Sharma	66	75	6	0	88.00
Amy Satterthwaite	c S Rana b DB Sharma	12	21	1	0	57.14
Lauren Down	lbw b S Rana	30	37	1	2	81.08
Katey Martin (WK)	c Richa Ghosh b Poonam Yadav	15	17	1	0	88.24
Hayley Jensen	c J Goswami b RS Gayakwad	30	33	4	0	90.91
Frances Mackay	b RS Gayakwad	15	33	1	0	45.45
Hannah Rowe	Not out	13	12	0	1	108.33
Rosemary Mair	runout (RS Gayakwad / Meghna Singh)	7	6	1	0	116.67
Extra	12 (b 0, w 7, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	251/9 (50)
Yet To Bat	F Jonas