MUMBAI: Left-handed opener Phoebe Litchfield’s magnificent century powered Australia Women to crush India in the third ODI by 190 runs and clean-swept the three-match series.
Opting to bat first in the third WODI, Australia put up a massive total on the board, courtesy of a marathon opening partnership between Litchfield and skipper Alyssa Healy.
The openers added 189 runs for the first wicket to give Australia a flying start.
Both the batters appeared confident to breach the triple figures and add further to the misery of the hosts but Pooja Vastrakar finally broke the shackles in the 29th over.
Vastrakar cleaned up Healy, who fell agonizingly short of her well-deserved century. She scored 82 in 85 balls, hitting four boundaries and three sixes.
Healy’s dismissal sparked a collapse in Australia’s batting unit and they lost three more wickets – Ellyse Perry (16), Beth Mooney (3) and Tahlia McGrath (0) – in quick succession before Phoebe Litchfield also perished briefly after amassing her century.
Litchfield top-scored with a 125-ball 119, laced up with 16 boundaries and a six.
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Later, Ashleigh Gardner (30), Alana King (26) and Annabel Sutherland (23) contributed notably with important cameos to propel Australia to a dominant total of 338/7.
Shreyanka Patil led the bowling attack for India with 3/57, followed by Amanjot Kaur with two wickets while Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma made one scalp apiece.
Set to chase a mammoth 339, the Indian batting unit failed completely and could only accumulate 148 runs before bundling out in the 33rd over.
Opening batter Smriti Mandhana remained the top-scorer for India with a run-ball 29 up the order.
Besides her, Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodriguez offered brief retaliation in the middle by scoring 25 each but their efforts were not enough Australia romped to a massive victory.
For Australia, Georgia Wareham bagged three wickets while Megan Schutt, Sutherland and King picked up two wickets each.
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