Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav bowled India to an upset 17-run win over defending champions Australia in the opening game of the women’s Twenty2...
Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav bowled India to an upset 17-run win over defending champions Australia in the opening game of the women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Sydney on Friday.
India were restricted to 132/4 off their 20 overs before a half-century from Australian opener Alyssa Healy appeared to have put the home team on track for victory.
But then Yadav was brought into the attack.
Voted India’s top female player last year, she bagged the crucial wickets of Healy, Rachael Haynes and Ellyse Perry, and was desperately unlucky not to grab a hat-trick in her match-winning 4-19.
Alyssa, where did that go wrong tonight? It seemed reasonably in hand with you going well. Can you put your finger on what happened?
ALYSSA HEALY: Probably me getting out wasn’t ideal. I think you probably needed sort of a match-winning score there. But yeah, I think we probably didn’t chase as smart as what we have in the past. I think full credit to Poonam Yadav; I thought she bowled quite cleverly tonight. We obviously prepared for her, but just didn’t play her very well tonight and sort of lost our way in the middle.
I think when only two batters get over double figures, you’re not going to chase down a total too many times. Yeah,...
