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India Women captain Mithali Raj on Tuesday completed 20,000 career runs as she hit her fifth consecutive half-century in the first ODI against Australia in Macay on Tuesday. Mithali had earlier scored 75*, 59 and 72 against England while a 79* came against South Africa in her last four innings.

Former India all-rounder Hemlata Kala believes that Shafali Verma has an important role to play in the one-off pink-ball Test against Australia Women starting September 30 at Carrara Oval in Brisbane. Kala believes Shafali Verma will be successful because of her power hitting approach.

Cricket Australia (CA) have assured that the Indian women’s team will play on a fresh Test pitch at WACA when they tour Australia to play a one-off Test starting September 30. The announcement comes on the back of ECB controversially providing a used pitch for the one-off ENG-IND Test.

Following the announcement of the day-night Test against India in Perth, Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has admitted that the conditions in Perth favour the Australian style of cricket. However, she insisted that India would be ready for the challenge and hoped for a well-contested Test.