Australia A Women win the first one-day game by 42-runs. After winning the toss England A Women chose to field first at the EPC Solar Park, Canberra.
Molly Strano was adjudged the Player Of The Match for her impressive all-around performance. Batting first Australia managed to score 261 runs in their 50-overs. Phoebe Litchfield top-scored with 54 runs of 78 deliveries. Elyse Villani, Grace Harris, and Heather Graham got off to decent starts but couldn’t convert them into big runs.
Captain Georgia Redmayne had a bad day at the office, trapped LBW by Tash Farrant on a golden duck. Erin Burns too returned to the pavilion without troubling the scoreboard.
Contributions from Molly Strano and Heather Graham enabled Australia A to reach a respectable total. Tess Flintoff stole valuable runs in the end, she scored 18 not out of just 9 deliveries including the only six of Australia’s innings.
Sarah Glenn was the pick of the bowlers for England A, she claimed 3 wickets in her 8 overs conceding 52 runs in the process.
England A women’s top order failed to make an impact. Captain Eve Jones scored just 5 runs of 12 balls and her partner Emma Lamb scored 8 of 10 deliveries. Georgia Elwiss and Alice Davidson-Richards steadied the visitor’s ship in the middle.
Georgia scored a patient 50 off 73 deliveries while Alice scored 72 off 86 deliveries, her inning was packed with 9 fours and one six. An unfortunate run-out brought an end to Alice’s inning.
In the end, the effort by the English middle-order batters wasn’t enough to take their side to victory. England A Women were all out for 219 runs of 46.1 overs.
All seven Australian bowlers contributed to the wickets tally, except for Grace Harris. However, she executed the Alice Davidson- Richards run-out. Overall a satisfying victory for Australia’s A Women.
Brief scores:
England A Women won the toss and elected to bowl.
Australia A Women- 261/9 (50 overs)
Phoebe Litchfield – 54 (78)
Molly Strano- 39* (46)
Sarah Glenn- 3/52 (8)
Alice Davidson-Richards- 2/23 (6)
England A Women- 219/10 (46.1)
Alice Davidson-Richards- 72(86)
Georgia Elwiss- 50(73)
Molly Strano- 2/27 (8)
Tess Flintoff- 2/30 (6)