Australia v India: third women’s T20 international 

WICKET! Litchfield v Shafali b Charani 26 (Australia 63-4)

Litchfield goes for one too many switch hits, catches his bat on the ground, which takes the power out of the shot and sends up a easy catch for Shafali.

8th over: Australia 59-3 (Litchfield 22, Gardner 15)

Litchfield faces up to Deepti, looking to build into her innings. She pulls out the reverse swept again, Australia but she can only get one run from it to bring Gardner back on strike. Gardner rotates the strike and Litchfield goes for a traditional sweep, top edges it, but it lands safely. She then pulls out the hit switch – this is a real bouquet of shots from Litchfield in this over!

7th over: Australia 54-3 (Litchfield 19, Gardner 14)

Arundhati bowls her first over of the Australia afternoon and there’s a big appeal for lbw on Gardner from the first ball of the over. The umpire is not interested, but India decides to review. It turns out the umpire was correct though and India loses a review. Gardner flicks one down to deep backward square for two, then puts a catching chance up in the air, but as we’ve seen so often tonight, it falls safely among fielders. She makes the most of her luck and drives the next ball for four – she’s starting to find some runs now.

6th over: Australia 44-3 (Litchfield 18, Gardner 5)

third women’s T20 Deepti comes into the attack for the first time and Gardner again finds herself stuck on strike and unable to do much about it. Finally she manages to chip one up and over the infield to get a single and get Litchfield on strike. Immediately, she can find more gaps in the field, with a well run two and then a reverse sweep for four.

5th over: Australia 37-3 (Litchfield 12, Gardner 4)

Renuka bowled her third over on the trot and dotted up Gardner from the first four balls. She breaks her run of dots with a wide, but it does not ease the frustration from Gardner who desperately wants to feel some bat on ball. The next ball is another dot and her frustration grows. Finally she finds what she’s looking for on the last ball of the over, with a shot that punctures the gap through covers and they run a good three.

4th over: Australia 33-3 (Litchfield 12, Gardner 1)

Litchfield gets straight into action third women’s T20 at the start of Shreyanka’s second over with a drive long past off for four. She gets Perry back on strike and Shreyanka removes her – she almost appeals after clean bowling her, so shocked she is that she’s taken down this superstar. Gardner comes to the crease with a mountain of work to do for Australia.

3rd over: Australia 27-2 (Litchfield 7, Perry 1)

Harmanpreet keeps faith in Renuka after a poor first over and brings her back for a second in a move that immediately pays off when she gets Mooney’s wicket. This brings Perry to the creativity in her 350th game – what fairytale can she weave tonight? Litchfield gets things moving with a boundary to relieve some pressure.

2nd over: Australia 20-1 (Litchfield 1, Mooney 6)

Shreyanka takes the new ball from the other end with her off spin. She’s Australia almost successful, taking Voll’s wicket. She’ll be very happy with that, after sitting out the second match. Litchfield begins cautiously, seeing off two dots and then she manages to rotate the strike to get Mooney back in the action. There’s a big appeal on Mooney, but it’s pretty clearly not out and Richa manages to talk to her teammates out of burning a review.

1st over: Australia 18-0 (Voll 10, Mooney 5)

Renuka takes the new ball for India and Voll immediately forms for a ramp, but can’t get bat on ball. It doesn’t bother her though, as next ball she drives it straight back over the bowler’s head for six. Renuka follows Brown’s lead with a few wides thrown into her first over and eventually Mooney gets her first glance at the bowling and hits her first ball for four. It’s a very expensive over from Renuka to start the innings!

India, riding on a blazing half-centuries from vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and charismatic batter Jemimah Rodrigues, scored a huge 176 for 6 in the deciding third and final Women’s T20I against Australia in Adelaide on Saturday (February 21, 2026).

India endured a slightly tricky start as Shafali Verma departed early (7), continuing a disappointing run in the series that has seen her fall short of her potential.

Attempting to take on a fuller delivery from pace stalwart Kim Garth outside off stump, she went for a lofted shot straight down the ground but failed to obtain the desired distance. Annabel Sutherland settled comfortably under the skier at mid-on in the third over, with India at 19 for 1.

third women’s T20 Mandhana and Jemimah cut loose in the sixth over bowled by Sophie Molineux, gathering three boundaries in a 14-run burst that firmly put India back on track.

At the end of the Powerplay, India were 54 for 1.

Both Mandhana and Jemimah kept the scoreboard ticking, with Mandhana in a particularly punishing temper. She took on leg-spinner Georgia Wareham in the ninth over — Wareham’s first — executing a powerful sweep that bisected deep square leg and deep midwicket to perfection. At the halfway mark, India were 86 for 1.

Mandhana brought up her half-century in style, achieving the milestone off 38 balls with a six off pacer Darcie Brown in the 12th over.

India soon raced to the 100-run mark in just 71 balls.

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