Commonwealth Games: Australia beat India by nine runs to win cricket gold

Commonwealth Games T20 Gold Medal Match, Edgbaston: Australia 161-8 (20 overs): Mooney 61 (41 balls), Lanning 36 (26) India 152 (19.3 overs): Harmanpreet 65 (43) , Rodrigues 33 (33)Australia won by nine points Scorecard
After winning the Women's World Cups and Ashes in the Twenty20 and 50+ formats, this success completed a beautiful quadruple for Meg Lanning's side.
Beth Mooney hit 61 to help Australia reach 161 -8 on his 20 overs.
Harmanpreet Kaur's superb 65 gave hope to the India, but his dismissal sparked a meltdown and they were all out for 152.
New Zealand won bronze after beating England by eight wickets earlier in the day.
C' is the first time women's cricket has been featured at the Commonwealth Games.
Australian batsman Tahlia McGrath was allowed to participate in the final despite testing positive for Covid-19 before the start of play.
Cricket Australia said medical staff had a "range of comprehensive protocols" in place to minimize the risk of transmission to other players and officials.
Despite losing Alyssa Healy early for seven years, Australia got off to a good start and were 83-1 after 10 overs.
But Captain Lanning was fired for 36 thanks to a brilliant line-up from Radha Yadav, who returned the ball over the stumps to eliminate it on the non-attacking side.
< p class="" data-reactid=".vwe4u5y7i8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14">India were down to 22-2 in their response, but a brilliant 96 partnership between the skipper Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues raised hopes of an upset.
They were tied with the Australia's scoring rate before 15th, but Rodrigues and Harmanpreet fell in quick succession and India saw their chances of victory fade.
They kept fighting and went to the final because they needed 11 runs to win with two wickets remaining.
But Meghna Singh was exhausted by the second ball and Yastika Bhatia lb trapped in the next delivery at spa rk scenes of jubilation among Aussie players as they celebrated gold to add to their remarkable ha...

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Commonwealth Games: Australia beat India by nine runs to win cricket gold

Commonwealth Games T20 Gold Medal Match, Edgbaston: Australia 161-8 (20 overs): Mooney 61 (41 balls), Lanning 36 (26) India 152 (19.3 overs): Harmanpreet 65 (43) , Rodrigues 33 (33)Australia won by nine points Scorecard

After winning the Women's World Cups and Ashes in the Twenty20 and 50+ formats, this success completed a beautiful quadruple for Meg Lanning's side.

Beth Mooney hit 61 to help Australia reach 161 -8 on his 20 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur's superb 65 gave hope to the India, but his dismissal sparked a meltdown and they were all out for 152.

New Zealand won bronze after beating England by eight wickets earlier in the day.

C' is the first time women's cricket has been featured at the Commonwealth Games.

Australian batsman Tahlia McGrath was allowed to participate in the final despite testing positive for Covid-19 before the start of play.

Cricket Australia said medical staff had a "range of comprehensive protocols" in place to minimize the risk of transmission to other players and officials.

Despite losing Alyssa Healy early for seven years, Australia got off to a good start and were 83-1 after 10 overs.

But Captain Lanning was fired for 36 thanks to a brilliant line-up from Radha Yadav, who returned the ball over the stumps to eliminate it on the non-attacking side.

< p class="" data-reactid=".vwe4u5y7i8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14">India were down to 22-2 in their response, but a brilliant 96 partnership between the skipper Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues raised hopes of an upset.

They were tied with the Australia's scoring rate before 15th, but Rodrigues and Harmanpreet fell in quick succession and India saw their chances of victory fade.

They kept fighting and went to the final because they needed 11 runs to win with two wickets remaining.

But Meghna Singh was exhausted by the second ball and Yastika Bhatia lb trapped in the next delivery at spa rk scenes of jubilation among Aussie players as they celebrated gold to add to their remarkable ha...