Australia Women vs India Women, 3rd T20I, India Women tour of Australia, 2026 - Player Highlights

Sutherland to Smriti, out Caught by Ashleigh Gardner!! Good catch by Gardner while on the run! Slower one, Mandhana slogs across the line but doesn't get it off the middle. It's going to the right of deep midwicket where Gardner does really well. Superb knock comes to an end. Smriti c Ashleigh Gardner b Sutherland 82(55) [4s-8 6s-3]

Sutherland to Smriti, SIX, flat-batted all the way! And again it's hit the ropes on the full. Back of a length across off, pace off perhaps and Mandhana muscles it over mid-on

Kim Garth to Smriti, 1 run, misses out on a boundary ball! Full toss, she steps across the stumps, perfectly positioned to split the gap behind square but finds short fine leg

Kim Garth to Smriti, no run, well executed by Garth. It's a wide yorker, Mandhana lets it go but it's well inside the marker

Kim Garth to Smriti, 1 run, full outside off, driven to sweeper cover

Kim Garth to Smriti, no run, Mandhana not happy that it's not called a wide. But it's a fair decision. She moved well across the stumps and Garth followed her, bowled it well wide and she left it alone

Kim Garth to Smriti, FOUR, picks her spot nicely. Some premeditation as she walks across the stumps, gets a slower ball and drags it behind square with the sweep. Square leg and fine leg both in the ring, and Mandhana finds the gap

Molineux to Smriti, 1 run, balloons off the edge over point! Mandhana steps out for a big shot, the ball slides away from her and catches the outside half. It goes over the infield and the fielder chases it down

Molineux to Smriti, 1 run, pushed through flat, back of a length, Mandhana steps out and drives to long-on

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, 1 run, slow through the air outside off, Mandhana hangs back to pull and mistimes it in the air in front of deep midwicket

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, 1 run, flat and wide outside off, Mandhana reaches out and cuts through point

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, SIX, swept flat and hard! Has that hit the ropes on the full? Third umpire will have a look. Fired in full from round the wicket, Mandhana shuffles across, gets low and hits it over square leg. It has indeed struck the ropes on the full. It's an actually rope there, no cushions, so a little harder to make that call

Wareham to Smriti, 1 run, advances down, gets a full toss and bunts it through midwicket. Not happy with herself for missing out on that one

Wareham to Smriti, FOUR, not to the pitch of it but still goes through! Clean swing through the line after stepping out, hits it straight and beats Perry to her right at long-on

Darcie Brown to Smriti, no run, angling across off, back of a length, Mandhana cuts to backward point

Darcie Brown to Smriti, 2 runs, full and wide, Mandhana reaches out, drives through extra cover and is back for two

Darcie Brown to Smriti, 1 run, slower ball slanted down leg, Mandhana sweeps wide of fine leg, only a single. Missed out there!

Darcie Brown to Smriti, SIX, that made such a great sound. The moment you heard it you knew the ball was going out of the ground. 89 meter six - what a way to bring up fifty! Full in the slot, angled in from round the wicket and Mandhana absolutely smokes it over midwicket

Molineux to Smriti, 1 run, knocks it down to long-on

Molineux to Smriti, 1 run, sliding away from round the wicket, Mandhana steps across and punches to long-on

Sutherland to Smriti, 1 run, down the leg-side, good length ball, Mandhana whips it down to fine leg

Sutherland to Smriti, 2 runs, slower ball floated up outside off, Mandhana is through the lofted shot early and miscues it in the air. Clears the infield though with mid-off and mid-on both inside the ring

Sutherland to Smriti, no run, good length across middle, defended from the crease

Sutherland to Smriti, FOUR, slower ball on the pads, Mandhana is quick to sink to her knees as she spots the variation, sweeps it behind square and finds the gap

Sutherland to Smriti, 1 run, back of a length on leg, Mandhana swipes it to fine leg

Wareham to Smriti, 1 run, now the lofted shot into the off-side, and it doesn't carry to deep extra cover

Wareham to Smriti, 2 runs, dances down and lofts it through the line, it falls wide of long-on where Perry does really well to flick it back in

Wareham to Smriti, 1 run, dances down, takes it on the full and drives through cover

Darcie Brown to Smriti, 1 run, back of a length across off, Mandhana has a big hack and drags it through midwicket

Darcie Brown to Smriti, FOUR, she plays this shot for fun. That is her zone and you just don't bowl there. Width outside off, short of length and Mandhana cuts it between point and short third

Darcie Brown to Smriti, no run, full and wide, she looks to drive down the ground as mid-off is in the ring. Ends up mistiming it to the fielder

Sutherland to Smriti, 1 run, short ball at the body, Mandhana hangs back, swivels across and pulls to deep midwicket

Sutherland to Smriti, 2 runs, advances down, gets a short one at the body and tries to go for the pull. Has swatted it in the air over mid-on. There's no timing and it doesn't have the legs to go to the ropes

Sutherland to Smriti, no run, back of a length across off, punched to point

Molineux to Smriti, 1 run, darted in on leg, Mandhana clips through midwicket

Molineux to Smriti, FOUR, swivels across and pulls nicely! Pushed through flat outside off, not all that short but Mandhana commits to it and hits it sweetly through square leg

Molineux to Smriti, no run, tries punching off the back foot, Molineux has taken all the pace out of it and Mandhana mistimes it to cover

Molineux to Smriti, FOUR, smashes the sweep behind square! Fired in full at the stumps, and Mandhana is in position quickly to cash in

Kim Garth to Smriti, no run, hard length delivery, angled in on off, Mandhana blocks from the crease

Kim Garth to Smriti, 2 runs, goes for a big slog, slices it in the air and gets away with it. Quite a few mishits from Mandhana already. Probably trying to go too hard and losing shape

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, 1 run, drifting in on middle and leg, Mandhana advances again, goes for a big shot and drags it off the inside half through midwicket

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, FOUR, gets hold of this one! Advances down, Gardner senses it and bowls it wide but Mandhana reaches out and lofts over extra cover. Was right to the pitch of it

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, no run, tossed up on off, turns away off a good length, defended forward

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, no run, just short of mid-on! Mandhana itching to break free, dances down for a big hit but the ball slides in and she drags it off the inside half oin front of mid-on. The fielder dives forward but can't get to it

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, 2 runs, drifting down leg, Mandhana steps across the stumps, looks to sweep and drags it very fine past the keeper. Oh there's a review for LBW! Don't know what Australia saw there. That's nowhere near the pad and came off the under-edge

Kim Garth to Smriti, 1 run, length ball angling away outside off, Mandhana carves it through point, there's protection in the deep

Kim Garth to Smriti, no run, good length on off, Mandhana advances for a big shot, goes hard through the line and drags it off the inside half to mid-on

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, 1 run, some turn as Mandhana looks to drive, it takes a thick edge and runs fine past the keeper. Short third cuts it off

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, no run, now dances down but is nowhere close to the pitch of it. Flat length ball sliding in, Mandhana tries to drive through cover and chops it into the ground off the under-edge

Ashleigh Gardner to Smriti, no run, hangs back to this length ball and punches to mid-off

Darcie Brown to Smriti, no run, around a good length just outside off, pushed to cover

Darcie Brown to Smriti, no run, full delivery just outside off, driven nicely but finds the fielder

Darcie Brown to Smriti, FOUR, ordinary bowling. With all those wides, she's now just looking to keep it within the tramlines without really looking to attack the pitch. Loose half-volley outside off, easy peasy for Mandhana who cracks it away through the covers

Darcie Brown to Smriti, no run, pitched up just outside off, driven gently to cover

Darcie Brown to Smriti, no run, good length across off, punched into the off-side off the front foot, finds the fielder

Darcie Brown to Smriti, wide, oh dear, well down the leg-side and it's another wide. One of her teammates runs up to her with a smile and Darcie sports a nervous smile as well

Darcie Brown to Smriti, 2 wides, now the inswinger down leg, no control from Darcie, keeper fumbles as well

Darcie Brown to Smriti, wide, angled away wide outside off, left alone