Australia Women vs India Women, 2nd ODI, India Women tour of Australia, 2026 - Commentary

Two ODIs, two authoritative performances. Australia may have faced a few challenges in the T20Is, but in the 50-over format they’ve shown exactly why they’re regarded as a powerhouse, particularly in these conditions. After dropping the first two ODIs, India will be determined to regroup and come back strongly in the third match to salvage pride and narrow the gap in the series. We’ll return on Sunday with live coverage of the third ODI. Until then, it’s goodbye from our side.

Alyssa Heally: I’m really pumped with that result. Like I said the other night, I was ecstatic with the way that we went about that chase. And to do it again tonight even better, I thought, was outstanding. Pretty pleased with that. It was one of those weird ones where I felt like they were well short of a par score, but at the same time it was frustrating for us, and I felt like we could have got them out a little bit earlier. But to keep them to 250 on that sort of wicket was just an outstanding effort from our group. We felt pretty well ahead at the halfway mark, we just had to get it done. Sometimes I’ve just got to get out of the way and let the young kids do their thing. That’s the future, right? That’s the future of this Australian cricket team moving forward in that top order. So to see them go about their business tonight, especially Phoebe, the way she took it on early and got herself set and gave us a real opportunity, was outstanding. Kudos to them both. We’ll just keep focusing on what we can do really well and the little phases of the game that we can win. And we’re doing those little things at the moment, which is great. And especially heading into next week as well, those little key moments are something that we speak about a lot. Nothing changes for Sunday, I’d say.

Harmanpreet Kaur: Well, definitely we didn’t bat well today because as a group we decided that let’s bat first and put a 300-plus total on the board because today’s pitch was far better than the previous one. But unfortunately, we again made the same mistakes and we kept losing wickets in between, and I think that’s why we were short of lots of runs. Even though we didn’t play good cricket, still there are so, so many positives. Girls are coming up and showing some good cricket. So I think it’s only about being there and keeping doing the right things again and again. And I think that’s what you have to do when you’re playing international cricket. As I mentioned, no matter whether we bat first or second, we have to bat really well because whenever we bat well, we’re always in a good situation. I think in the last two games we didn’t bat well, and I think that really cost us. So I think it’s only about batting well and batting deep, and hopefully in the next game we’ll do that.

Georgia Voll | Player of the Match: It was obviously nice to get over the line. I thought Phoebe was outstanding at the other end. Made my job super easy. Just out there having a lot of fun batting with her. And then obviously when Moons came in, sort of kept the momentum going. It was pleasing to get the win today. We keep things pretty simple, to be honest. She was sort of smashing them down the other end and I took a little while to get myself in. Once I sort of started feeling the ball nice, I could sort of expand my game a little bit, and then similar with her. And obviously it complements each other quite well. And yeah, we just love batting together. I love batting anywhere, to be honest. I think any chance you get to bat for Australia, you try and take it with both hands. So I’m just sort of trying to take any opportunity I can get and do the best job I can.

Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll combined for a commanding 119-run partnership for the second wicket, shifting the momentum decisively in Australia’s favour. Their positive intent and fluent strokeplay ensured the required rate never became a concern. After Litchfield departed, Voll elevated her game even further. She accelerated beautifully, piercing the gaps and clearing the ropes with ease. Reaching her century in just the 31st over, Voll’s innings was the defining highlight of the chase. Beth Mooney provided steady support from the other end during their partnership. Australia did lose a few wickets towards the end of the chase, but Australia’s clinical batting display culminated in a comprehensive five-wicket victory, wrapping up the chase with a massive 13.5 overs remaining and firmly establishing their dominance. Stay around for the presentations..

21:22 Local Time, 10:22 GMT, 15:52 IST: Australia deliver yet another authoritative performance to surge ahead 6-4 in the points tally of this multi-format series. Having trailed 4-2 at the beginning of the ODI leg, they’ve engineered a remarkable comeback to regain control of this multi-format series. India’s batting effort was competitive but never quite imposing. A total of 251 had its moments, thanks largely to composed half-centuries from Pratika Rawal and Harmanpreet Kaur, who steadied the innings to some extent. However, given the nature of the surface and the outfield, it always seemed a few runs short of a truly challenging score. Australia’s chase did not begin flawlessly, with Alyssa Healy dismissed early. But that minor hiccup only paved the way for a dominant response.

Deepti Sharma to Annabel Sutherland, THATS OUT!! Caught!!