After the first defeat against India, Alyssa Healy said, We had to lose the match because of a bad day.

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Mumbai Australia captain Alyssa Healy on Sunday said her team, who came in to bat first, was bundled out for 219 runs and allowed India to score 91/1 at the end of the first day of the match, putting the Australian women on the backfoot.

India defeated Australia by eight wickets on the fourth and final day of the match, reaching 75/2 in their second innings after bowling out the visitors for 261 in 15.4 overs on the fourth morning, with off-spinner Sneh Rana taking 4-1. Took 63 wickets while captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Rajeshwari Gaikwad took two wickets each.

“We knew it was going to be a tough ask,” Healy said in Sunday’s post-match press conference, “but I’m really proud of our group and the fight we showed. At the end of the day, I think We probably had a bad day of cricket, which will cost you a four-day game of cricket. But overall it was a really enjoyable experience. I enjoyed it a lot.”

India had bowled out women’s cricket’s top team for 219 runs, with fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar making an early impact with 4-53 and Sneh Rana contributing 3-56 in the first innings. After this, the host team scored 406 runs with the help of half-centuries from Deepti Sharma (78), Smriti Mandhana (74), Jemimah Rodrigues (73) and debutant Richa Ghosh (52) and took a lead of 187 runs in the first innings.

The Australian captain said that the Australians were confident that they could win the match despite leading by only 46 runs on the final day with five wickets in hand.

“I don’t think at any point (that the match has gone out of hand), maybe only when Smriti Mandhana hits a four on the last ball.

“I think even coming into today, all results were possible. I think we really believed in it in the changeroom. I think if we had batted around 30-40 overs this morning and even “Had that put 100-plus, maybe 150-plus on the board, you know, things could have been really interesting this afternoon.”

Healy said his team was on the backfoot after the first day as they gave India the lead with poor batting and bowling.

“So looking at the end of the day, as I said, I think we had a bad day. I think when we won the toss, we batted on the first day and got out and then probably got 90 in the afternoon. “It made things really challenging for us. We were almost on the backfoot on the first day.”

The 33-year-old Queensland player, who was leading the team in her first Test after taking over the captaincy from Meg Lanning and returning from injury, said she was happy with the way her team came back in the match. Are.

He added, “So from my standpoint, the fact that we battled through the next 2 1/2 days and got the game to where it was this afternoon, I think it was a great effort from our group.” And we can take it. That’s a huge confidence boost.”

Asked whether he made a mistake with his bowling after being dismissed cheaply in the first innings, Healy said he probably did not bowl the right length against the Indian openers on the first day.

“Oh yes, as I said, I think getting bowled out on the afternoon of the first day and then giving them a non-existent start at 90 was obviously not ideal. I think we probably lost our length very early. We were not able to keep pace with them. We probably gave them too much chance to hit early on the first day, which put us on the back foot very early.

Healy said, “So in terms of the captaincy side, yes, I’m still getting to grips with it. I mean I’ve only played seven Test matches myself, so you don’t see a lot of captains sitting here who have captained the men’s side.” Played very few Test matches in the game.”

–IANS

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