India hammer NZ in warm-up tie

A half-century from Poonam Raut and three wickets by medium pacer Jhulan Goswami helped India record a comfortable eight-wicket win over New Zealand in a warm-up match for the ICC Women’s World Cup here on Monday. 

Opting to field, India dismissed the visitors for 201 in 47.5 overs, and then chased down the target with almost seven overs to spare at the Bandra Kurla Complex.

Opener Raut top-scored for the hosts with an 89-ball 69, hitting 12 fours in the process.
Thirush Kamini made 43, while Harmanpreet Kaur (46) and skipper Mithali Raj remained unbeaten on 36 taking India to a convincing victory.

Brief scores: New Zealand: 201 all out in 47.5 overs (Frances Mackay 69, Sara McGlashan 56, Suzie Bates 27; Jhulan Goswami 3-26, Ekta Bisht 2-32, Gouher Sultana 2-35) lt to India: 204/2 in 43.3 overs (Poonam Raut 69, Harmanpreet Kaur 46, Thirush Kamini 43, Mithali Raj 36).

England: 270/9 in 50 overs (Charlotte Edwards 78, Heather Knight 42, Lydia Greenway 35; Sunette Loubser 3-49, Yolandi Potgieter 2-33, Marcia Letsoalo 2-47, Shabnim Ismail 2-61) bt South Africa: 219/6 in 50 overs (Mignon Du Preez 64, Trisha Chetty 57, Savanna Cordes 33; Holly Colvin 2-29).

Sri Lanka: 189 all out in 50 overs (Prasadani Weerakkody 39, Chamani Seneviratna 38, Sandamali Dolawatte 27; Mohammad Sayyed 3-23, Mukund Sardar 2-21, Laxman Yadav 2-20) lt to Mumbai Combined XI: 194/6 in 42.3 overs (Ashutosh Singh 50, Abhishek Desai 49, Vinay Mishra 34; Shashikala Siriwardene 2-26).

Australia: 333/5 in 50 overs (Jess Cameron 62, Rachael Haynes 61, Lisa Sthalekar 59, Elyse Villani 50, Jodie Fields 35, Alex Blackwell 27) bt West Indies: 198 all out in 44.3 overs (Deandra Dottin 52, Merissa Aguilleira 32, Shakera Selman 29; Ellyse Perry 2-36, Lisa Sthalekar 2-42).