🏏India Women tour of Australia 2026: 1st ODI in Brisbane🏏 - Page 4

Beth Mooney | Player of the Match:

Came in after a couple of quick wickets and probably had to build a little bit. Midge did a really good job, getting herself in and getting a score. For us to build a partnership was nice. We've done that a lot together. She makes my life easy as I've said many times. She slotted in beautifully, like she had never left. We weren't too unhappy when they won the toss and batted. Traditionally on a brand new wicket here, it does hold a little bit, can make it really hard to hit down the ground and when the lights come on, it probably gets a little easier. Tough wicket to bat on. But if you gave yourself time and had a clear plan, you got the reward for it.

Healy | Australia ODI captain : Pretty pleased with that. A little bit was put on us after the T20 series about how we would bounce back. To come out and play the way we did today was clinical. Proud of the group for the bounceback. We've got to do it all again in Hobart. Like I said at the toss, we really enjoy this format and are good at it. We like to keep the pressure on over long periods. It suits us. Hopefully we can go to Hobart and adapt to the conditions there quickly as well. It's an astonishing record 21-0 (at this venue). Hopefully the girls can keep it going. It's probably about dressing room recovery leading into that game. Some tired bodies around. Have had really heavy seasons. Really pleased for tonight, hopefully the girls are buoyed by that.

Mandhana (standing in for Harman) | India Vice Captain : We started with the bat with two wickets down which is never easy. We did really well in terms of coming back. Wicket didn't play the way we thought it would. I haven't seen her yet but I think she'll be fine (talking about Harman). We've been playing good cricket so it's not like we'll change much after one loss. We have to come together as a batting unit and post a good total. But we won't think about it a lot. Have two days, will reflect on it and come back stronger.

21-0 is Australia's multiformat record at this venue after today's win. From here the teams go to Hobart for the second ODI on Friday.

Australia level the multi-format series at four points apiece. Both sides head to Hobart for a Friday-Sunday double-header in Tasmania. This is turning into a tight series.

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