🏏 India Women tour of Australia 2026: Australia W vs India W Test🏏

🏏 India Women tour of Australia 2026: Australia W vs India W Test Match🏏

Looking at the records, Australia has historically been the stronger side in Test cricket, with 4 wins out of the 12 matches played between these two teams. Most of their meetings have ended in draws, but India will feel confident after their historic win against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in 2023. This match also marks a special moment in cricket history as it is the final international appearance for Australian captain Alyssa Healy. Both teams have everything to play for in what promises to be a thrilling four days of cricket under the lights. Toss and teams in a bit.

The points system for this series makes this Test match incredibly important. In this format, a T20 or ODI win earns a team 2 points, while a Test victory is worth 4 points. Currently, Australia leads the series 8-4. This means that if India wins this Test match, they will earn 4 points and tie the entire series at 8-8. However, if Australia wins or even manages a draw, they will walk away as the overall series champions.

Squads:

Australia Women Squad: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy(c), Beth Mooney(w), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Alana King, Darcie Brown, Lucy Hamilton, Georgia Wareham, Rachel Trenaman, Maitlan Brown

India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Pratika Rawal, Vaishnavi Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Uma Chetry

12:20 Local Time, 04:20 GMT, 09:50 IST: Welcome to the final leg of India Women’s tour of Australia! We are here at the historic WACA Ground in Perth for a highly anticipated one-off, pink-ball Test match. This game is the grand finale of a long multi-format series that has seen both teams fight hard. India started the tour on a high by winning the T20I series 2-1, but Australia showed their class in the ODIs, winning all three matches to take a commanding lead in the overall standings.

The points system for this series makes this Test match incredibly important. In this format, a T20 or ODI win earns a team 2 points, while a Test victory is worth 4 points. Currently, Australia leads the series 8-4. This means that if India wins this Test match, they will earn 4 points and tie the entire series at 8-8. However, if Australia wins or even manages a draw, they will walk away as the overall series champions.

Australia Women have won the toss and have opted to field

Harmanpreet Kaur: Yeah, definitely. We wanted to bowl first also, but I think batting first or second, you have to come here and face these conditions. So yeah, I mean, it’s a great opportunity for us. Hopefully we’ll give our best. Yeah, after the T20s we had a bit of a tough time in the ODIs, but it’s all about playing your best cricket and hopefully today we’ll play our best cricket. We have four debutants today and yeah, we are going with two spinners, three pacers and batters.

Alyssa Healy: We’re going to have a bowl. It’s an awkward one to say because it looks very nice out there to bat as a top-order batter, but I think we’ll see what’s on offer first up with the ball in hand. We’ve got a young, exciting fast-bowling cartel ready to rip in. No, I haven’t yet. I probably haven’t let myself just yet. I’ve still got four more days of competitive cricket to go, and we love playing against India, so that’s good fun. But I’ve got lots of friends and family that have come over, lots of people sending through messages, so I will say thank you very much for that. But four days left of competitive cricket and then I’ll let it in. Yeah, Lucy Hamilton in. Perry pulled up really well, so she’ll start at number three.

Day 1: AUS Women chose to field

Alyssa Healy: We’re going to have a bowl. It’s an awkward one to say because it looks very nice out there to bat as a top-order batter, but I think we’ll see what’s on offer first up with the ball in hand. We’ve got a young, exciting fast-bowling cartel ready to rip in. No, I haven’t yet. I probably haven’t let myself just yet. I’ve still got four more days of competitive cricket to go, and we love playing against India, so that’s good fun. But I’ve got lots of friends and family that have come over, lots of people sending through messages, so I will say thank you very much for that. But four days left of competitive cricket and then I’ll let it in.

Harmanpreet Kaur: Yeah, definitely. We wanted to bowl first also, but I think batting first or second, you have to come here and face these conditions. So yeah, I mean, it’s a great opportunity for us. Hopefully we’ll give our best. Yeah, after the T20s we had a bit of a tough time in the ODIs, but it’s all about playing your best cricket and hopefully today we’ll play our best cricket. We have four debutants today and yeah, we are going with two spinners, three pacers and batters.

Teams:

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Sayali Satghare, Kranti Gaud

Australia Women (Playing XI): Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy(c), Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney(w), Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton, Darcie Brown

First: 1.20pm-3.20pm local (10.50am-12.50pm IST)

Second: 4pm-6pm local (1.30pm-3.30pm IST)

Third: 6.20pm-8.20pm local (3.50pm-5.50pm IST)