Beth Mooney became a victim of one of the most bizarre runouts on the cricket field on Saturday as Australia continued to struggle against India in the Only Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Australia were bowled out for 219 in the first innings of the Women’s Test and India replied by taking a 187-run lead.
Australia needed a strong reply and openers Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney did exactly that by scoring 49 runs quickly before the tragedy struck. Mooney played a defensive shot to the silly point where Richa Ghosh was positioned. Mooney had stepped out after playing the shot and forgot that there was a danger of a runout as Ghosh was quick with her return, causing a direct hit.
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How about that for game awareness
That was brilliant from Richa Ghosh
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By the time Mooney realised the danger, she was out.
Soon after Phoebe Litchfield was cleaned up as India took two crucial wickets.
Australia were 140/2 at the time of writing thsi report and trailed India by 47 runs.
India’s first innings total of 406 is their highest-ever total against Australia and Harmanpreet Kaur and Co are aiming to secure their second successive Test win.
Last week they defeated England in the Only Test to make a new record. The 337-run win was India’s biggest victory in women’s Test history.
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