2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series

The 2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in India in March 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Australia women, England women and the India women cricket teams.[4] The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures, with the top two teams progressing to the final on 31 March 2018.[5] Ahead of the WT20I fixtures, India A played two warm-up fixtures against England.[6]

2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series
Date19–31 March 2018
LocationIndia
Result Australia won the series
Player of the series Megan Schutt[1]
Teams
 Australia  England  India
Captains
Meg Lanning[n 1] Heather Knight[n 2] Harmanpreet Kaur
Most runs
Meg Lanning (175)[2] Danni Wyatt (213)[2] Smriti Mandhana (208)[2]
Most wickets
Megan Schutt (9)[3] Jenny Gunn (5)[3] Jhulan Goswami (5)[3]

In the third match of the series, England's Jenny Gunn became the first player, male or female, to play in 100 Twenty20 International matches.[7] In the fifth match, Australia's Meg Lanning became the first player for Australia, male or female, to score 2,000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals.[8]

Australia Women and England Women qualified for the final, after India Women lost their first three matches of the series.[9][10] In the final, Australia Women beat England Women by 57 runs to win the series. In the match, Australia Women scored 209 runs, the highest team total in a WT20I fixture.[11][12] Australia Women also set a new record for the most fours scored in a Twenty20 International by any side, male or female, with 32 boundaries.[13]

With nine wickets at an average of 12.33, the series leading wicket taker, Australian Megan Schutt, was named player of the series.[1][3][14]

Squads
 Australia[15]  England[16]  India[6]

Tour matches

1st 20-over match: India A Women v England Women
19 March 2018
Scorecard
England 
176/4 (20 overs)
v
 India A
131 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 57* (41)
Radha Yadav 2/37 (4 overs)
Dayalan Hemalatha 41 (32)
Natasha Farrant 2/21 (3 overs)
England Women won by 45 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Bhanushali Ashish (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

2nd 20-over match: India A Women v England Women
20 March 2018
Scorecard
India A 
85/9 (20 overs)
v
 England
210/4 (20 overs)
Vellaswamy Vanitha 40 (51)
Katie George 4/6 (3 overs)
Nat Sciver 54 (35)
Shannti Kumari 2/34 (4 overs)
England Women won by 9 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sandeep Chavan (Ind) and Milind Pathak (Ind)
  • India A Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 4 3 1 0 0 6 1.323
2  England 4 2 2 0 0 4 −0.923
3  India 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.399
Source: Cricinfo

WT20I series

1st WT20I
22 March 2018
Scorecard
India 
152/5 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
156/4 (18.1 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 67 (41)
Ashleigh Gardner 2/22 (4 overs)
Beth Mooney 45 (32)
Jhulan Goswami 3/30 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 6 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Aus)
  • Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sophie Molineux (Aus) made her WT20I debut.
  • Points: Australia Women 2, India Women 0.

2nd WT20I
23 March 2018
Scorecard
Australia 
149/8 (20 overs)
v
 England
150/2 (17 overs)
Rachael Haynes 65 (45)
Jenny Gunn 3/26 (4 overs)
Nat Sciver 68* (43)
Delissa Kimmince 1/12 (1 over)
England Women won by 8 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Eng)

3rd WT20I
25 March 2018
Scorecard
India 
198/4 (20 overs)
v
 England
199/3 (18.4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 76 (40)
Tash Farrant 2/32 (4 over)
Danni Wyatt 124 (64)
Deepti Sharma 2/36 (4 overs)
England Women won by 7 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Danni Wyatt (Eng)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jenny Gunn (Eng) became the first cricketer, male or female, to play in 100 T20I matches.[17]
  • Smriti Mandhana (Ind) scored the fastest half-century by an Indian women in WT20Is (25 balls).[18]
  • This was India Women's highest score in WT20Is and was the third highest team total in WT20Is.[18]
  • Danni Wyatt (Eng) scored her second century and made the second-highest individual score in WT20Is.[18] She also became the second player to score two WT20I centuries and also registered the highest individual score as an opener in a WT20I.[19][20][21]
  • This was the highest successful run-chase in WT20Is and the second highest team total made by a team in a WT20I match. This was also the highest team total made by England in a WT20I.[18][22]
  • Points: England Women 2, India Women 0.

4th WT20I
26 March 2018
Scorecard
Australia 
186/5 (20 overs)
v
 India
150/5 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 71 (46)
Pooja Vastrakar 2/28 (3 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 50 (41)
Megan Schutt 3/31 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 36 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Megan Schutt (Aus)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Megan Schutt became the first bowler for Australia Women to take a hat-trick in WT20Is.[23]
  • Australia Women and England Women qualified for the final as a result of this match.[9]
  • Points: Australia Women 2, India Women 0.

5th WT20I
28 March 2018
Scorecard
England 
96 (17.4 overs)
v
 Australia
97/2 (11.3 overs)
Ellyse Perry 47* (32)
Nat Sciver 1/9 (1 over)
Australia Women won by 8 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)
  • Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Meg Lanning became the first player for Australia, male or female, to score 2,000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals.[24]
  • This was England Women's biggest defeat, in terms of balls remaining, in WT20Is (51).[25]
  • Points: Australia Women 2, England Women 0.

6th WT20I
29 March 2018
Scorecard
England 
107 (18.5 overs)
v
 India
108/2 (15.4 overs)
Danni Wyatt 31 (22)
Anuja Patil 3/21 (3.5 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 62* (41)
Danielle Hazell 2/17 (3 overs)
India Women won by 8 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Anuja Patil (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Women 2, England Women 0.

Final
31 March 2018
Scorecard
Australia 
209/4 (20 overs)
v
 England
152/9 (20 overs)
Meg Lanning 88* (45)
Jenny Gunn 2/38 (4 overs)
Nat Sciver 50 (42)
Megan Schutt 3/14 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 57 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Aus)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Australia Women's total of 209 was the highest team total in WT20Is.[11]
  • Australia Women scored the most fours in a Twenty20 International by any side, male or female, with 32.[13]

Notes
  1. Rachael Haynes captained Australia in the second WT20I match.
  2. Danielle Hazell captained England in the final.

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