Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll bring Australia tons to victory in ODI series over India | cricket

Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll bring Australia tons to victory in ODI series over India | cricket

A record-breaking knock from Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll’s maiden international hundred gave Australia a comprehensive 122-run victory over India in the second women’s ODI in Brisbane.

Perry hit six sixes – the most by an Australian in a single women’s ODI innings – in her 105 off just 75 balls as Australia stormed to an unassailable 2-0 series lead on a sweltering Sunday at Allan Border Field.

Earlier, 21-year-old Queenslander Voll backed up her impressive performance on debut in the series opener, scoring 101 off just 87 deliveries as Australia posted an impressive score of 371-8.

In pursuit of an unlikely victory target of 372, the tourists showed more fighting spirit than on Thursday when they were rolled for 100, but were dismissed for 249, falling well short of their target.

Annabel Sutherland was the pick of the Australian bowlers with 4-38 while Richa Ghosh top-scored for India with 54.

Priya Punla also failed to bat for the tourists amid speculation she had suffered an on-field injury during Australia’s innings, putting her place in doubt for the third and final game of the series in Perth on Wednesday.

After Australia won the toss and elected to bat, Voll and Phoebe Litchfield got the hosts off to a great start as they posted a 130-run stand before Litchfield fell for 60 off 63 balls in the 20th over.

However, things did not improve with the breakthrough for the Indians as Voll and Perry shared a 92-run partnership on the second wicket, which was only broken when Voll fell shortly after reaching triple figures.

Ellyse Perry on the way to another century. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP

Perry and Beth Mooney (56 off 44) then took the score to over 300 with a 98-run stand in just 69 balls, but Perry’s dismissal in the 44th over sparked a mini-collapse with Australia tied for 6 in the final few overs :30 lost.

Stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath’s unbeaten cameo of 20 from just 12 balls ensured Australia posted the highest total score against India of any nation in women’s ODIs. It was also only the fourth time that Australia crossed the 350 mark in an innings in 50-over cricket.

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Perry’s knock saw her overtake Meg Lanning (40) for the most sixes by an Australian in women’s ODIs, taking her career tally to 42, while in ODIs she passed the 4,000-run mark in her career and became the first woman cricketer to record 7,000 runs and 300 wickets in international cricket.

She also scored the fastest hundred against India in women’s ODIs, reaching her milestone in just 72 deliveries.

There was little to celebrate for the Indian women as legspinner Priya Mishra conceded 1-88 in her 10 overs – the most expensive figure by an Indian in women’s 50-over cricket.

Quick Saima Thakor (3-62) and debutant Minnu Mani (2-71 off nine) were the only multiple wicket-takers for the tourists.

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