Skipper healy

DY Patil Stadium: Openers Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney struck superb half-centuries to cap clinical bowling performance and helped Australia Women beat India Women by seven wickets in the third and final T20I match and win the series 2-1 at the DY Patil Stadium here on Tuesday.

Skipper Healy blazed to her half-century off 34 balls as she scored 55 off 38 balls while Mooney remained unbeaten on 52 off 45 balls as Australia raced to 149/3 in 18.4 overs after restricting India Women to 147/6 in 20 overs after electing to bowl first.

Healy and Mooney raised 85 runs for the opening wicket, racing to 54 for no loss in the Powerplay. Healy struck three boundaries off Titas Sadhu in the fourth over, hammered Renuka Singh for a six -- hammered over wide long-on off a fullish delivery outside the off-stump -- and two boundaries in four balls of the fifth over as the Australians made a good start.