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Australia v India - Women's T20 World Cup opening group match: match report

Liz WalshThe Daily Telegraph

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After Australia restricted India to what looks a below par 4-132, Alyssa Healy returned to form with an impressive 50, but a masterclass in spin bowling from Poonam Yadav cut through the hosts to hand India an opening night victory. FOLLOW LIVE!

But momentum soon shifted thanks to Jess Jonassen and Ellyse Perry who took three wickets in three overs and suddenly by the end of the seventh, India had slumped to 3/49.

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With three of India's best batters gone - including captain Harmanpreet Kaur out thanks to a bizarre stumping wit the ball rebounding from keeper Alyssa Healy's leg - the calm heads of Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma kept the scoreboard ticking over with steady singles until Rodrigues was trapped lbw by Delissa Kimmince for 26 (33).

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When Sharma started finding the boundary rope India would have been hoping to get to 150, but were contained by the Aussies and finished their 20 overs on 4/132, Jonassen the pick of the bowlers with 2/24 from four overs.

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