After Australia had declared their first innings on 420-8, England avoided the follow-on and asked Australia to bat again, declaring at 275-9.
India Women produced a spotless effort to crush Australia by nine wickets in the first T20I
India's tennis icon Sania Mirza, who played her last Grand Slam at the Australian Open last month, was roped in by the Royal Challengers Bangalore team as their mentor in the inaugural Women's Premier League.
The duo progressed following their fine showing in India's victory over Pakistan in the women's T20 World Cup opener.
Tahlia McGrath and Ellyse Perry kept Australia's hopes alive as they put together a dogged partnership in the post-lunch session on Day 3.
Smriti Mandhana, on Friday, rose three rungs to fourth but Jemimah Rodrigues dropped to seventh in the latest ICC women's T20 International rankings
Top-order batter Georgia Redmayne and fast bowler Stella Campbell received their maiden call-ups.
Shafali met Tendulkar and posted a picture with him on her Twitter handle.
India's teen sensation Shafali Verma moved up a rung to regain her position at the top of the ICC Women's T20I rankings for batters while her opening partner Smriti Mandhana dropped a spot to fourth.
Even though the score is below-par against Southern Stars, Vastrakar's clean hits at least gave them something to fight for.
India's limited overs vice-captain Smriti Mandhana slammed a 39-ball 45 to power defending champions Sydney Thunder to a six-wicket win over Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash league.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
Australia will play against Sri Lanka in the first T20I at North Sydney Oval on September 29.
The second edition of the Women's Premier League, beginning in Bengaluru on Friday with a high-profile match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and runners-up Delhi Capitals, will be optimistic about meeting its existential purpose of giving a wider platform to promising home-grown talents.
Amidst concerns that cash-strapped governing bodies will give priority to men's events over less-lucrative women's fixtures once the health crisis triggered by coronavirus pandemic is over, star Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry believes that women sport will emerge unscathed. Sporting activities around the world have been brought to a grinding halt by the coronavirus outbreak.
Sydney Sixers on Monday confirmed the signing of Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav for the upcoming Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Smriti Mandhana hit a fluent half-century as India continued to hold the upper-hand against Australia, on Day 2 of the one-off Test.
Smriti Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for company in the ODI team of the year and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the T20 side.
England needed to win four straight games to lift the trophy - which they did, winning the title after a tied thriller against New Zealand.
Team-wise list of players during WPL auction
Sophie Devine fell just one short of her century as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Giants to clinch their second WPL win on the trot.
Gujarat Giants registered their first win of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League as they handed Royal Challengers Bangalore an 11-run defeat.
Smriti Mandhana is just the fourth women's player and first Indian woman to score a ton in both ODIs and Tests.
The Australian women's cricket team matched the world record 21-game winning streak in one-day internationals set in 2003.
Mithali Raj has held onto her second spot in the batting ODI rankings, while Smriti Mandhana has risen four slots to take the eighth spot.
The spotlight among the batters was on Beth Mooney. She rocketed up eight places to break into the top ten, sitting at No. 8, just below compatriot Meg Lanning by nine rating points.
Virat Kohli gave a pep talk to the RCB Women's Team
Australia's women cricketers surpassed their male counterparts on Sunday to set a new world record for the most consecutive wins in One-Day Internationals with a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in Mount Maunganui.
Royal Challengers Bangalore remained rooted at the bottom after five straight defeats in WPL 2023.
The defeat has dented RCB's prospects of advancing further.
Australia captain Steve Smith won his second Allan Border Medal on Monday, becoming the fifth player to claim the country's highest individual cricket honour more than once.
Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh struck two boundaries before perishing and then Heather Graham dismissed Devika Vaidya and Radha Yadav in consecutive deliveries to be in the fray for a hat-trick, which she completed in the final over of the match.
Images from the 3rd ODI between India Women and Australia Women at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, RCB head coach Ben Sawyer opened up about the team's plans and the squad.
Images from the Women's T20 World Cup Final between Australia and South Africa played in Cape Town on Sunday
Opener Beth Mooney's brisk half-century helped hosts Australia beat New Zealand by four runs on Monday to seal the last semi-final spot in the Women's Twenty20 World Cup and keep their title defence intact. India, South Africa and England had already advanced to the knockout stage with Monday's last Group A clash between the trans-Tasman rivals deciding the final contender for the trophy.
Outplayed in every aspect of the game so far, the Indian women's cricket team desperately needs its top order to strike form and its bowlers to show some spark against an in-form Australia in the second ODI on Friday.
'We have got a team of a lot of stars. It has probably given the freedom at the top of the order'
IMAGES from the WPL match played between RCB and Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the one-off Day-Night Pink Ball women's Test between Australia and India in Gold Coast on Friday.
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