India Women's National Cricket Team Vs Australia Women's National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Australia beat India by six wickets in Brisbane
India Women's National Cricket Team Vs Australia Women's National Cricket Team Match Scorecard shows Australia completed a six-wicket victory in the opening one-day international in Brisbane, chasing 215 and reaching 217-4 in 38. 2 overs. The result levels the multiformat contest after India won the T20 leg 2-1 and gives the hosts momentum ahead of the remaining fixtures to be played in Hobart.
India innings at Allan Border Field
India were dismissed for 214 in 48. 3 overs after a middle-order fightback. Smriti Mandhana made 58 off 68 balls and captain Harmanpreet Kaur added 53 off 84 deliveries, but the batting line-up failed to convert those starts into a bigger total. Number eight Kashvee Gautam contributed 43, offering late resistance, while Australia's bowling attack produced decisive breakthroughs — off-spinner Ash Gardner finished with 3-33 and Megan Schutt took 2-42.
India Women's National Cricket Team Vs Australia Women's National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
Australia reached 217 for four in 38. 2 overs to seal the chase with 11. 4 overs to spare. Openers set the platform: Alyssa Healy scored 50 from 70 balls, while Beth Mooney compiled a fluent 76 off 79 to anchor the innings. All-rounder Annabel Sutherland finished unbeaten on 48 and struck the boundary that sealed the win with a six off Deepti Sharma.
Ash Gardner and the bowling impact
Ash Gardner described the performance as "kind of a perfect performance, " highlighting how the bowlers set the tone for the match. Her 3-33 helped restrict India to a chaseable total; that control up front allowed Australia to bat without taking excessive risks in the middle overs. The cause-effect here is straightforward: disciplined bowling produced regular wickets and kept the scoring in check, which then eased the pressure on the top order and enabled a measured chase.
Healy's half-century arrived as she begins the final series of her career, her 50 providing experience at the top of the order when the chase needed steadying. Mooney’s 76, described in match commentary as a classic innings for the player, included a fifty that marked her 20th one-day half-century for the country.
The timing matters because Australia had lost the T20 series and were under scrutiny for how they would respond; this comprehensive ODI victory gave them a rapid answer. With the bowlers having established control and the batters converting that platform into a comfortable finish, Australia now heads to Hobart aiming to reproduce this combination of disciplined bowling and composed batting.
Match specifics: India 214 all out (48. 3 overs); India top scores Mandhana 58, Kaur 53, Gautam 43. Australia 217-4 (38. 2 overs); Mooney 76, Healy 50, Sutherland 48 not out. Key bowling figures include Gardner 3-33 and Schutt 2-42.
Coaching and playing staff stressed simplicity and adaptation as the pillars of the victory. Gardner emphasised focusing on execution and adapting when necessary, a plan that proved effective when the first 10 overs of each innings posed early challenges.
The series moves on to Hobart for the remaining matches, where Australia will seek to build on this performance and India will aim to respond after posting a competitive total in Brisbane.
