T20I Australia Women v India Women, Multi Format Series, T20s Feb 15, 19, 21 @ 1845hrs

[Gough]

Schedule
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 1st T20I Australia Women vs India Women Sydney Cricket Ground
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 2nd T20I Australia Women vs India Women Manuka Oval
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 3rd T20I – Australia Women vs India Women Adelaide Oval

Australia from, Sophie Molineux (c), Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham
India from, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G Kamalini (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Shreyanka Patil

 

[cats_09]

Let's go Sophie - good luck in your first game as our new captain

 

[ExchangeStatMan]

Surprisingly give how much T20 we have these days, this is only the 5th ever WT20I played at the SCG.

 

[Cleavy]

it wouldn't be cricket in Sydney without the bloody rain

 

[ExchangeStatMan]

The boundary ropes down the ground, have been brought in at least 30 metres.

 

[icyflakes]

The boundary ropes down the ground, have been brought in at least 30 metres.

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Not that unusual, they always bring the ropes in for the W

 

[ExchangeStatMan]

Not that unusual, they always bring the ropes in for the W

It feels like tonight hitting square will be much harder on both sides. Reckon it’s at least 80 metres both ways square. Down the ground maybe a 70 metre hit from where I am sitting.

 

[icyflakes]

Oh my god whats going on with the anthem sound mixing - the singer is about a second off the background music.

 

[icyflakes]

what the hell is this delay about?

 

[icyflakes]

one of the worst reviews in existence

 

[cats_09]

The Mooney and Perry wickets seem poor shoot selection from two experienced players, especially Perry who had been looking solid

Don't understand the want to keep going aerial when along the ground works just as well

 

[icyflakes]

The Mooney and Perry wickets seem poor shoot selection from two experienced players, especially Perry who had been looking solid

Don't understand the want to keep going aerial when along the ground works just as well

Especially when the outfield seems surprisingly fast given the rain.

Hoping Ash goes big here, she may not be captain material in CA's eyes but shes arguably their best player.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Has Perry indicated a finish date?.. Sutherland is there best batsmen should be in top 4 in all formats.

 

[icyflakes]

Hoping Ash goes big here, she may not be captain material in CA's eyes but shes arguably their best player.

Welp that was entirely her own fault, terrible shot Ash

 

[cats_09]

Has Perry indicated a finish date?.. Sutherland is there best batsmen should be in top 4 in all formats.

With Wareham coming in at 6, I assumed Sutherland wasn't playing - I would have had Sutherland & Carey ahead of Wareham, and coin toss depending on match situation as to Sutherland or Gardner

 

[cats_09]

I know some (not necessarily on here) questioned why wasn't Litchfield appointed as the long term captain - that shot there is a good example of why

We're 4 down after 9 innings and have just lost Gardner the over before - we needed to consolidate somewhat where we look to put the bad balls away and respect good bowling

That was an absolute nothing shot from Litchfield and gift of a wicket

 

[icyflakes]

I know some (not necessarily on here) questioned why wasn't Litchfield appointed as the long term captain - that shot there is a good example of why

We're 4 down after 9 innings and have just lost Gardner the over before - we needed to consolidate somewhat where we look to put the bad balls away and respect good bowling

That was an absolute nothing shot from Litchfield and gift of a wicket

3, maybe 4 absolute gifts out of the 5 wickets so far. Braindead shot selection.

 

[cats_09]

Looks like we're looking at Sutherland as being a potential finisher or lower order hitter - is that her best role or when we get the best out of her, compared with allowing her to build an innings?

 

[icyflakes]

Looks like we're looking at Sutherland as being a potential finisher or lower order hitter - is that her best role or when we get the best out of her, compared with allowing her to build an innings?

Interesting batting order this match in general - can't say I see Sudds as a finisher, but I don't see any of our lineup as finishers, so maybe testing the waters?

Do you think the changes are Soph coming in or just a shakeup from the selectors/coaches as a result of Heals leaving?

 

[icyflakes]

Every single batter has looked completely comfortable then plays an absolute dogshit shot.

 

[cats_09]

Interesting batting order this match in general - can't say I see Sudds as a finisher, but I don't see any of our lineup as finishers, so maybe testing the waters?

Do you think the changes are Soph coming in or just a shakeup from the selectors/coaches as a result of Heals leaving?

This move feels like what we did with McGrath where she started coming in later and later, and I remember asking last year, "what is McGrath's role in this team?", as she barely bowls and would come down the batting order

If we're doing that with Sutherland I can see it getting confusing for her, unless we're going to be using her up the order in ODIs and Test matches, so it's a conservation option in T20s and not trying to push her too hard to carry too much of the load


In terms of options in that finisher type role, watching Perry tonight and her approach in recent T20s for Aus, I wonder if she could drop down the order should she keep looking to go big from ball 1

Wareham is another who during the WBBL has shown she's capable of going big late in the innings - I know we had her coming in at 5/6 for the Gades and that was more often than not also too early in the innings this past season with how we lost early wickets. But maybe she's the sort of player who we could look at coming in between the 12th & 15th overs, rather than the 8th

 

[cats_09]

Every single batter has looked completely comfortable then plays an absolute dogshit shot.

So annoying

We had had a good over until then, you've been given a life and surely it's head down, refocus and get out of the over

And then Carey gives it away to start the next over


Every time we've looked like a partnership forming and lost a wicket, we've then lost one the next over

Mooney - 2.4
Voll - 3.2

Perry - 7.2
Gardner - 8.4
Litchfield - 9.1

Wareham - 13.5
Carey - 14.2

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Every single batter has looked completely comfortable then plays an absolute dogshit shot.

It's T20, you were expecting smart batting?

 

[icyflakes]

This move feels like what we did with McGrath where she started coming in later and later, and I remember asking last year, "what is McGrath's role in this team?", as she barely bowls and would come down the batting order

If we're doing that with Sutherland I can see it getting confusing for her, unless we're going to be using her up the order in ODIs and Test matches, so it's a conservation option in T20s and not trying to push her too hard to carry too much of the load


In terms of options in that finisher type role, watching Perry tonight and her approach in recent T20s for Aus, I wonder if she could drop down the order should she keep looking to go big from ball 1

Wareham is another who during the WBBL has shown she's capable of going big late in the innings - I know we had her coming in at 5/6 for the Gades and that was more often than not also too early in the innings this past season with how we lost early wickets. But maybe she's the sort of player who we could look at coming in between the 12th & 15th overs, rather than the 8th

I like the Pez call - good way to utilise her in the twilight of her career

 

[cats_09]

It's T20, you were expecting smart batting?

I was going for less stupid decision making