<p>India's batting fell like a house of cards as they were all out for just 62 runs after being invited to bat at Toby Howe Cricket Ground.<br /><br />The Australia eves overhauled the target with 9.4 overs to spare with Leah Poulton scoring an unbeaten 31 and Meg Lanning contributing 23 runs.<br /><br />Harmanpreet Kaur waged a brave lonely fight during the Indian innings with a gritty 41 off 49 balls as none of her teammate could manage to reach double digit scores.<br />Four of Indian batters recorded ducks and the highest contribution after Harmanpreet's knock came in the form of extras (6).<br /><br />Fast bowler Clea Smith began the rot by removing both the Indian openers Poonam Raut (4) and Anagha Deshpande (1).<br /><br />Mithali Raj became a victim of Sarah Coyte, who was most succesful bowler for Australia with four wickets, as India slumped to three for eight.<br /><br />Coyte gave away just five runs in her four overs and ran thorugh the Indian lower order.<br />India never recovered from the disastrous start and managed to cross the 50-run mark only due to Harmanpreet's knock, which was studded with three fours and two sixes.<br /><br />Diana David, Amita Sharma, Snehal Pradhan and Gouher Sulatana could not open their accounts while V Krishnamurthy and skipper Jhulan Goswami made two runs each.<br />Smith (2/16) and Shelley Nitscke (2/10) took two wickets each for Australia.<br />India will next play New Zealand on Saturday.</p>
<p>India's batting fell like a house of cards as they were all out for just 62 runs after being invited to bat at Toby Howe Cricket Ground.<br /><br />The Australia eves overhauled the target with 9.4 overs to spare with Leah Poulton scoring an unbeaten 31 and Meg Lanning contributing 23 runs.<br /><br />Harmanpreet Kaur waged a brave lonely fight during the Indian innings with a gritty 41 off 49 balls as none of her teammate could manage to reach double digit scores.<br />Four of Indian batters recorded ducks and the highest contribution after Harmanpreet's knock came in the form of extras (6).<br /><br />Fast bowler Clea Smith began the rot by removing both the Indian openers Poonam Raut (4) and Anagha Deshpande (1).<br /><br />Mithali Raj became a victim of Sarah Coyte, who was most succesful bowler for Australia with four wickets, as India slumped to three for eight.<br /><br />Coyte gave away just five runs in her four overs and ran thorugh the Indian lower order.<br />India never recovered from the disastrous start and managed to cross the 50-run mark only due to Harmanpreet's knock, which was studded with three fours and two sixes.<br /><br />Diana David, Amita Sharma, Snehal Pradhan and Gouher Sulatana could not open their accounts while V Krishnamurthy and skipper Jhulan Goswami made two runs each.<br />Smith (2/16) and Shelley Nitscke (2/10) took two wickets each for Australia.<br />India will next play New Zealand on Saturday.</p>