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12th over: Australia 71-0 (Litchfield 26, Voll 43) Priya comes back for her second – she gave away nine runs from her first, so she will look to tighten her streak here. It starts well as Litchfield is unable to get the ball across the field from the first delivery and then Priya is able to beat the bat in the next two. However, Priya then misses the full length and delivers a full toss, which Litchfield successfully pulls to high mid-wicket, but Priya’s luck is just one. Voll takes a nice cut shot for another single, then Priya drives her field this well, but unfortunately for her, Litchfield pulls off a reverse sweep for four to end another good over. They were drinking in the field now.

11th over: Australia 65-0 (Litchfield 21, Voll 42) This end of the power play was now good for Australia. Deepti continues to bowl without fielding restrictions, so it will be interesting to see if and how the approach of the batters and bowlers changes here. Litchfield plays a beautiful pull shot but finds the field near the boundary and it’s just one. Voll doesn’t have the same outcome, running a pitch to the ball and getting it across the field and across the four boundaries.

10th over: Australia 59-0 (Litchfield 20, Voll 37) Priya enters the attack for the first time today and there’s an attempt at a run on the first ball after Voll tries to run and is dismissed but he lands easily. Voll takes some time to find the leg spinner, but then manages to create a low full toss by moving his feet to the ball and sending the delivery past deep cover for four. At the end of the streak, Litchfield also uses his big feet to cut across the field for a shot and even use it over the top rope.

9th over: Australia 50-0 (Litchfield 16, Voll 32) Litchfield took off the gloves and seemed to shake them dry to the end of the no-hitters, in case you’re wondering what the heat and humidity are like in there! Two of their 50 companies from the first group of this Deepti through one to Voll. It’s a big budget, who runs out of it.

8th over: Australia 49-0 (Litchfield 16, Voll 31) The first over of the over starts with a wide ball from Thakor. He tries straight and bowls full next ball, but misses the length and gives Litchfield exactly what he’s looking for, moving his feet to the ball and flicking it past long on for four, followed by a shot past deep backward square for. the next ball is the next four. Litchfield looks to have found his rhythm now and is a little less stunning than he was in his earlier innings. Thakor tries to finish it, but gives another broad – I have to see her walking away from the attack after this, with heat and effort.

7th over: Australia 37-0 (Litchfield 7, Voll 30) Deepti Sharma comes into the attack now – she didn’t bowl at all in the last overs as she didn’t bowl too many rounds defending such a low total. Litchfield found Deepti one morning in the world at Voll. Voll starts off cautiously, with a couple of defensive shots in a row, before trying a little dribble and running, but can’t clear the wide field. She found two runs behind her to finish.

6th over: Australia 34-0 (Litchfield 6, Voll 28) Thakor returns to Litchfield, who is trying to find a little harder than Voll at the time. He must not overcome that impatience, which often happens when he makes too many balls. As I say, he leans back to chip it to Punia in the middle, who jumps but can’t hold the ball. Litchfield manages to get off the mark with one close ball and then pushes Voll to the boundary again from soft mid-off.

5th over: Australia 29-0 (Litchfield 5, Voll 24). Voll looks incredibly comfortable from there, starting over with a high cover pass for another boundary and following it up with yet another straight drive past the bowler for four. Voll has only been picked as a replacement for Healy for this series against India, so he will be dropped from the team when they travel to New Zealand later this month. It makes it seem like something the selectors really need to reconsider at the moment. The men take one very fast, which requires Voll to make a big break, but he makes his ground and the relationship between these two rams means that these individuals are always in, who puts pressure on the fields.

4th over: Australia 19-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 15) Voll picks up where he left off with another straight over the first ball, straight back to Thakor for the boundary. Some quick field adjustments force it to play at deep backward square leg for just one and Litchfield gets back into batting, spending a lot of time at the non-striker’s end. Litchfield comes down the pitch to attack the ball, but beats a full delivery, which forces her to bat and again to play the rest of the game.

3rd over: Australia 14-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 10). Thakur returns to bowl in his second round, bowling to Voll in this first game. Voll made some runs straight away when he shot a lovely cut to high point to pick up two runs. Richa Ghosh calls the keeper in the second ball of the round LBW, but nobody else is very interested in it and it appears that Voll has got a bit of bat on it. Thakur starts to build some ball pressure but Voll is able to release it with a nice straight drive back past the bowler for four through this very quick outfield.

2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 3). Voll takes the first chance to face the delivery and starts with a little poke to point, which is an easy field, before he plays and mishits a good ball from Thakor. Starting to feel a bit frustrated at his inability to break through the field just yet, Litchfield came down the pitch to offer a few words of support. Finally, Thakor bowls on the loose leg side, which Voll manages to pull off his pads close to the boundary, but it is well fielded by Punia on the boundary, and three runs from him.

1st over: Australia 4-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 0) I am not surprised that Thakur opens the balls for India and starts with a big ball, which Litchfield defends. On the next ball, Litchfield gets the chance to score, driving beautifully through mid-field to open the scoring boundary. But there is a great recovery from Thakur and there are no, the team runs away from the net.

Openers are on the field in Australia and we are ready to compete!

Megan Schutt talks pre-match and makes the case that ODIs are the best format of cricket, despite the relatively unpopular opinion these days.

“I hate it, I absolutely love it. I think it’s the perfect form,” he said.

By all accounts it’s hot in Brisbane today – 29.6 degrees now and it’s not even 9:30 yet, claiming a high of 35 degrees. Humidity will also be a factor, currently hovering around 60%. There is also a forecast of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, so depending on if and when they hit, DLS could become a factor in the game. That may play into Australia’s thinking first, wanting to go at a decent rate to chase down India’s tricky chase if the match is cut short. Lots of interesting factors in the game here today!

One change for Australia today with Sophie Molineux in Georgia Wareham. For India, there is one change too with Minnu Mani on debut, replacing Titas Sadhu.

Australia win the toss and elect to bat

While the results of the first game might suggest another easy match for the Australians, there is plenty of potential in India’s squad and they have every chance of winning if they play at their best. The two teams have had some very exciting matches in recent years. The 2021 series was singularly memorable – while the series boils down to pure results (Australia won the ODIs 2-1, led the T20s 2-0 and the only Test), there were some outstanding contests in those matches; including the last ball in Australia’s second ODI win in Mackay.

Meanwhile, in India, last year, the Indian team sealed their dominance in the Test arena, defeating Australia by eight wickets at the Wankhede. The opportunity to beat India is there, let’s see if they can join it today.

If you need a little more update on the last match, you can go back to the famous match and relive the glorious Voll innings while we wait for today’s match to start.

The beginning

Megan Maurice