Australia's all-conquering women's side has come crashing back to earth, pumped by India in the first T20 in Mumbai.
Having swept the ODI series 3-0, the Aussie innings struggled to find momentum and were eventually rolled for 141.
Batting first, the top order all failed to fire, the Aussies reduced to 4-33 at the end of the sixth over.
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Openers Alyssa Healy (8) and Beth Mooney (17) both fell cheaply, while first drop Tahlia McGrath and No.5 Ashleigh Gardner both made ducks.
Prodigy Phoebe Litchfield's sensational run of form continued, and a 79-run partnership with Elysse Perry looked like it was getting the Australian innings back on track.
But when she holed out to mid-off for 49 in the 15th over, it triggered a collapse. The Aussies lost their final six wickets for just 29 in less than five overs.
In reply, the hosts never looked troubled. When Georgia Wareham finally broke the 137-run opening stand in the 16th over – a great boundary catch by Tahlia McGrath to remove Smriti Mandhana for 54 – the hosts needed only five runs to win with 29 balls still in hand.
Skipper Alyssa Healy was blunt in her assessment of Australia's performance.
"Not ideal – we didn't play very well at all tonight," she said during the post-match presentation.
"I think we left a lot out there with the bat and then probably didn't start too well with the ball either.
"Lots to work on for the next two games."
Healy said the early wickets were the biggest hurdle in setting a competitive target.
"Normally we bank on one or two good partnerships to get us to a really good total, but we couldn't get going or get any momentum tonight."
The second match in the T20 series is on Sunday night (AEDT).
Australia's all-conquering women's side has come crashing back to earth, pumped by India in the first T20 in Mumbai.
Having swept the ODI series 3-0, the Aussie innings struggled to find momentum and were eventually rolled for 141.
Batting first, the top order all failed to fire, the Aussies reduced to 4-33 at the end of the sixth over.
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Openers Alyssa Healy (8) and Beth Mooney (17) both fell cheaply, while first drop Tahlia McGrath and No.5 Ashleigh Gardner both made ducks.
Prodigy Phoebe Litchfield's sensational run of form continued, and a 79-run partnership with Elysse Perry looked like it was getting the Australian innings back on track.
But when she holed out to mid-off for 49 in the 15th over, it triggered a collapse. The Aussies lost their final six wickets for just 29 in less than five overs.
In reply, the hosts never looked troubled. When Georgia Wareham finally broke the 137-run opening stand in the 16th over – a great boundary catch by Tahlia McGrath to remove Smriti Mandhana for 54 – the hosts needed only five runs to win with 29 balls still in hand.
Skipper Alyssa Healy was blunt in her assessment of Australia's performance.
"Not ideal – we didn't play very well at all tonight," she said during the post-match presentation.
"I think we left a lot out there with the bat and then probably didn't start too well with the ball either.
"Lots to work on for the next two games."
Healy said the early wickets were the biggest hurdle in setting a competitive target.
"Normally we bank on one or two good partnerships to get us to a really good total, but we couldn't get going or get any momentum tonight."
The second match in the T20 series is on Sunday night (AEDT).
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