Chennai: Set a difficult target, thanks to some loose bowling and Suzie Bates's century, India eventually went down by 91 runs to New Zealand in the ICC quadrangular women's cricket series, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday. India's poor bowling came as a surprise after its impressive performance on Wednesday. The host will now face a virtual semifinal clash with Australia on Saturday.For the Australians, Lisa Sthalekar continued swinging a productive bat for an 82-ball 77, taking her team to a six-wicket win over England.Kiwi opener Maria Fahey edged a Rumeli Dhar delivery, which went straight to Hemlata Kala's outstretched arms. The score was 10 for one, and India looked set to trigger another collapse. What followed instead was a 101-run partnership between Bates and Haidee Tiffen.
Dominant partner
Bates was the more dominant partner, slashing, cutting and driving at will. Amita Sharma bore the brunt of some crisp cuts to the point boundry, going for 24 runs off her three overs.The relentless Bates was helped by some sloppy work on the field.She effectively used her feet against Preeti Dimri and Nooshin Al Khadeer, scoring 11 boundaries in her 122.Rebecca Rolls's 54-ball 58 saw the only six of the innings, when she sent one over mid-wicket. Rolls put on 104 with Bates for the third wicket, but the two century-plus partnerships were followed by a mini-collapse, after Bates started cramping.
Mediocre batting
The Indians' bowling no-show was followed by some mediocre batting. Once Karuna Jain failed to judge a run and Jaya Sharma was trapped plumb by Nicole Browne in the 15th over, the rest of the innings unfolded in a sea of dot balls.The ubiquitous Kiwi fielders were brilliant, letting past very little. The Indians were forced to wait for the rare loose ball, and despite Jhulan Goswami's slam-bang attempts at the fag end of the match, India fell 91 runs short, conceding a bonus point as well.
The scores: At MAC: New Zealand: M. Fahey c Kala b Dhar 4, S. Bates b Dimri 122, H. Tiffen c Goswami b Al Khadeer 34, R. Rolls st. Jain b Dimri 58, S. McGlashan (not out) 24, A. Mason c Jain b Goswami 3, R. Milburn (run out) 7, N. Browne b Goswami 0, H. Watson (not out) 1, Extras (b-3, lb-3, w-13) 19, Total (for seven wkts. in 50 overs) 272.
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-111, 3-215, 4-232, 5-235, 6-269, 7-269.
India bowling: Goswami 10-2-43-2, Dhar 10-1-28-1, A. Sharma 3-0-24-0, Dimri 10-0-57-2, Al Khadeer 10-0-61-1, Kamini 6-0-41-0, Kala 1-0-12-0.
India: K. Jain (run out) 13, J. Sharma lbw b Browne 29, M. Raj c Rolls b Mason 31, H. Kala b Mason 7, R. Dhar c Mason b Burke 11, M. Kamini b Mason 11, S. Paranjpe c Rolls b Browne 4, A. Sharma lbw b Burke 0, J. Goswami (not out) 27, N. Al Khadeer (not out) 19, Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-23, nb-1) 29, Total (for eight wkts. in 50 overs) 181.
Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-55, 3-84, 4-108, 5-119, 6-126, 7-127, 8-138.
New Zealand bowling: Milliken 8-0-47-0, Watson 10-3-17-0, Browne 9-1-27-2, Mason 10-1-36-3, Tiffen 3-0-20-0, Burke 8-2-18-2, S. Bates 2-0-11-0.
At IIT-Chemplast:
England: S.J. Taylor c Blackwell b Pike 101, L. Newton b Pike 13, S.C. Taylor c Pike b Fitzpatrick 54, C. Edwards lbw b Sthalekar 10, J. Gunn lbw b Nitschke 19, L. Greenway c Bulow b Nitschke 16, B. Morgan b Fitzpatrick 23, L. Askew (run out) 10, J. Smit (not out) 4, I. Guha (not out) 0, Extras (lb-8, w-6, nb-4) 18, Total (for eight wkts. in 50 overs) 268.
Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-157, 3-181, 4-201, 5-227, 6-246, 7-258, 8-267.
Australia bowling: C. Fitzpatrick 10-3-43-2, S. Andrews 8-0-37-0, C. Smith 4-1-27-0, K. Pike 8-0-35-2, S. Nitschke 10-0-74-2, L. Sthalekar 10-1-44-1.
Australia: M. Bulow b Guha 52, S. Nitschke b Morgan 21, K. Rolton c&b Colvin 35, L. Sthalekar c Greenway b Colvin 77, K. Blackwell (not out) 40, C. Fitzpatrick (not out) 35, Extras (lb-2, w-7) 9. Total (for four wkts. in 46.4 overs) 269.
Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-80, 3-151, 4-226.
England bowling: J. Gunn 7-0-43-0, L. Askew 7-0-41-0, I. Guha 7-2-36-1, B. Morgan 6-0-36-1, L. Newton 10-0-56-0, H. Colvin 9-0-45-2, C. Edwards 0.4-0-10-0.
courtesy:Hindu
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