Australia Women vs India Women 3rd ODI, LIVE cricket Score: Hosts eye ODI sweep, 27th consecutive win

04:38 (IST)

'Very hard to judge'

Opening batter Smriti Mandhana, who struck a fluent 86 in the second game against Australia that helped the Indians post a stiff 275-run target, weighed in on the no-ball called for height in the last ball of the final over bowled by Jhulan Goswami. Nicola Carey pulled straight into the hands of the midwicket fielder and the Indians erupted in celebrations for a few moments before the on-field umpires decided to have a second look at the delivery, ultimately ruling it illegal due to it being marginally waist high.

"We have not really seen the ball yet as a team. We were out there on the field, so it is very hard to judge if it was a waist-high no-ball or not," said Mandhana on the eve of the third ODI in Mackay.

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04:34 (IST)

Can they be the first side in four years to do it? The 26-match streak will definitely be one of the talking points in Sunday's clash between Australia and India as Mithali Raj and Co attempt to shrug off the heartbreaking last-ball defeat in the second game behind and collect their first points of the multi-format tour of Australia, while bringing the seemingly indestructible Aussie juggernaut to a halt.

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04:30 (IST)

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third one-day international between Australia and India at the Great Barrier Reef Arena, a.k.a. the Harrup Park in Mackay, with Australia currently leading the three match series 2-0 and very much ahead of their opponents in the multi-format series.

Australia Women Vs India Women, 3rd ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: Follow this space for the latest update on the third one-day international between Australia and India in Mackay.

Preview: After narrowly escaping from the jaws of defeat on Friday, Australia will hope to produce another clinical display in all departments when they take on India in the third and final one-day international at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay on Sunday.

Opener Beth Mooney led from the front with a brilliant unbeaten 125 and was ably assisted by the likes of Tahlia McGrath (74) and Nicola Carey (39*) as the hosts recovered from a shaky start, getting reduced to 52/4 after being set 275 to win, to seal victory in the very last delivery of the game.

India had earlier produced a batting display that was a major improvement from the first ODI, as Smriti Mandhana's 86 and Richa Ghosh's 44 along with a late impetus from the likes of Jhulan Goswami and Pooja Vastrakar helped them finish on 274/7.

The victory stretched Australia's winning run in the 50-over format to a staggering 26. Meg Lanning's side have not lost in the format since October 2017 against England. They'll hope to make it 27 in the clash against the Indians on Sunday before the tour moves to the city of Gold Coast where the one-off pink-ball Test as well as the three T20Is will be hosted at the Carrara Oval.

Squads:

India: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht.

Australia: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Maitlan Brown, Stella Campbell, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Redmayne, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham.

Match Starts at 5:35 am IST.

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