# India women's cricket team in Australia in 2008–09

The India women's national cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2008. They played Australia in 1 Twenty20 International and 5 One Day Internationals. Every international match on the tour was won by Australia.

## Squads

| Australia | India |
| Karen Rolton (c) Alex Blackwell Kate Blackwell Leonie Coleman Sarah Elliott Jodie Fields (wk) Delissa Kimmince Shelley Nitschke Ellyse Perry Kirsten Pike Leah Poulton Emma Sampson Lisa Sthalekar | Jhulan Goswami (c) Nooshin Al Khadeer Anjum Chopra Anagha Deshpande (wk) Rumeli Dhar Thirush Kamini Reema Malhotra Sulakshana Naik (wk) Snehal Pradhan Seema Pujare Mithali Raj Priyanka Roy Amita Sharma Jaya Sharma Gouher Sultana |

## Tour Matches
### 50-over match: Australia Under-21s v India

* 22 October 2008 Scorecard
| India 72/1 (22.4 overs) | v | Australia Under-21s |
| Jaya Sharma 42* (70) Jess Jonassen 1/16 (6 overs) | | |
* No result Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Peter Tate (Aus)
* Australia Under-21s Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 30 overs per side.
* No further play possible due to rain.

### 50-over match: New South Wales v India

* 25 October 2008 Scorecard
| India 227/5 (50 overs) | v | New South Wales 179 (46.1 overs) |
| Jaya Sharma 64 (95) Sharon Millanta 2/50 (9 overs) | | Laura Wright 96 (129) Seema Pujare 4/27 (8 overs) |
* India Women won by 48 runs Bradman Oval, Bowral Umpires: Marc Nickl (Aus) and Yohan Ramasundara (Aus)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 50-over match: Australia Under-21s v India

* 26 October 2008 Scorecard
| India 231/7 (50 overs) | v | Australia Under-21s 149 (47.2 overs) |
| Thirush Kamini 66 (90) Em Preston 3/36 (7 overs) | | Jess Duffin 60 (84) Rumeli Dhar 3/15 (7 overs) |
* India Women won by 82 runs Bradman Oval, Bowral Umpires: Terry Keel (Aus) and Yohan Ramasundara (Aus)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

## Only WT20I

* 28 October 2008 Scorecard
| Australia 142/4 (20 overs) | v | India 140/4 (20 overs) |
| Shelley Nitschke 49 (39) Gouher Sultana 2/30 (4 overs) | | Mithali Raj 51* (45) Lisa Sthalekar 1/21 (4 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 2 runs Hurstville Oval, Sydney Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Peter Tate (Aus) Player of the match: Karen Rolton (Aus)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Delissa Kimmince (Aus), Thirush Kamini, Seema Pujare, Jaya Sharma and Gouher Sultana (Ind) all made their WT20I debuts.

## WODI Series
### 1st ODI

* 31 October 2008 Scorecard
| India 183/6 (50 overs) | v | Australia 186/2 (37.4 overs) |
| Jhulan Goswami 46 (45) Emma Sampson 2/34 (10 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 75 (101) Rumeli Dhar 1/17 (8 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 8 wickets Hurstville Oval, Sydney Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 1 November 2008 Scorecard
| Australia 215/6 (50 overs) | v | India 129 (45.1 overs) |
| Lisa Sthalekar 104* (112) Nooshin Al Khadeer 2/47 (10 overs) | | Mithali Raj 74 (106) Kirsten Pike 3/29 (8.1 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 86 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Peter Tate (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Lauren Ebsary (Aus) made her WODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 5 November 2008 Scorecard
| Australia 223/6 (50 overs) | v | India 169/7 (50 overs) |
| Sarah Elliott 96 (129) Seema Pujare 2/46 (10 overs) | | Thirush Kamini 33 (68) Lisa Sthalekar 4/20 (10 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 54 runs North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Peter Tate (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 8 November 2008 Scorecard
| Australia 281/3 (50 overs) | v | India 163 (45.1 overs) |
| Alex Blackwell 106* (145) Snehal Pradhan 1/46 (9 overs) | | Anagha Deshpande 31 (37) Ellyse Perry 3/21 (9 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 118 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Terry Keel (Aus) and Tony Ward (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 9 November 2008 Scorecard
| India 177/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 178/3 (29 overs) |
| Priyanka Roy 40 (85) Shelley Nitschke 2/16 (10 overs) | | Shelley Nitschke 94 (56) Mithali Raj 2/18 (2 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 7 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Terry Keel (Aus) and Tony Ward (Aus)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.