India seamer Arundhati Reddy ran through the Australian batting during the third ODI on Wednesday, December 11 at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth. The right-arm seamer picked up four wickets to get India off to a terrific start in the match. Reddy came into attack after Australian openers Georgia Voll and Phoebe Litchfield got their team off to a great start by adding 52 runs in eight overs.
She was hit for a four on her very first delivery by Litchfield but quickly made a comeback by dismissing both openers in her second over itself. Voll was the first victim of the India seamer as she was left bamboozled with a vicious inswinging delivery which crashed into her leg stump.
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She further dismissed Phoebe Litchfield getting her caught behind by Richa Ghosh for 25. As a result, Australia had both openers back in the pavilion with 60 runs on the board. Reddy further got the big scalp of Ellyse Perry who failed to read her swing and had to return back to the pavilion for just 4. She further got rid of Beth Mooney as Ghosh took another sharp catch behind the stumps to leave Australia reeling at 78/4 in 16.1 overs. Reddy eventually finished with figures of 4/26 in ten overs.
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Annabel Sutherland’s century guides Australia to 298
Meanwhile, after the early blow, Ashleigh Gardner and Annabel Sutherland rescued their team’s innings with 96-run stand for the fifth wicket off 107 balls. Gardner brought up her sixth ODI fifty, playing a brilliant knock of 50 (64) with the help of five boundaries before being eventually dismissed by Deepti Sharma.
Following her dismissal, Sutherland found another able partner in Tahlia McGrath and continued to hold one end. She brought up her second ODI hundred playing a scintillating innings of 110 (95) with the help of nine fours and four sixes. The duo got involved in another massive 122-run stand off 95 balls which helped Australia cross the 290-run mark.
McGrath remained unbeaten on 56* (50) smashing five fours in her innings as Australia finished on 298/6 in 50 overs setting India a massive target to avoid a whitewash in the three-match series.
