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✅ All the preparations
✅ National anthems
✅ Katy Perry and dancing bats

Right, who's ready for a spot of cricket?

🇦🇺 Alyssa Healy to take first strike at the MCG…
🇮🇳 …and Deepti Sharma has the ball in hand

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🍀 It's all going Australia's way today…

Beth Mooney offers a low return chance to Gayakwad, but instead it's India's second drop of the game and the openers post 49 from the powerplay.

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Beth Mooney, dropped on four.
Alyssa Healy, dropped on nine.

Australia now have their second 💯 partnership of the tournament, and Healy is 75 not out from just 37 balls as the run rate shoots above 10 per over.

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🏏 Your leading #T20WorldCup run-scorers…

1⃣6⃣1⃣ Shafali Verma
1⃣9⃣3⃣ Heather Knight
2⃣0⃣2⃣ Nat Sciver
2⃣3⃣6⃣ Alyssa Healy
2⃣4⃣1⃣ Beth Mooney (and counting!)

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❌ DOUBLE STRIKE FOR DEEPTI SHARMA ❌

Meg Lanning and Ashleigh Gardner both head back to the shed in the space of four balls, but can India capitalise with Australia 157 for 3 after 17 overs?

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1⃣7⃣7⃣ is India's record chase in women's T20 internationals, achieved against Australia four short weeks ago.

1⃣8⃣5⃣ is the target today after a fabulous Australian batting display at a packed MCG. Time for Shafali to shine?#T20WorldCup HUB ➡️ https://t.co/bsF4AAqwA6

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🇦🇺 WHAT 🇦🇺 A 🇦🇺 START 🇦🇺

Shafali Verma falls to the third ball of the chase as Megan Schutt nabs her 10th wicket of the tournament and get Australia off to an absolute flyer in their defence of 185.

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☝️ Shafali Verma c Healy b Schutt 2 (3)
🚑 Taniya Bhatia retired hurt 2 (4)
☝️ Jemimah Rodrigues c Carey b Jonassen 0 (2)

In comes the captain on her 31st birthday with her team desperate to kickstart this chase…

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🇦🇺 KAUR BLIMEY

Harmanpreet's miserable tournament with the bat finally ends as she is caught on the rope off the wily spin of Jess Jonassen.

India now 32 for 4 after six overs – fair to say Australia won that powerplay?

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8⃣6⃣,1⃣7⃣4⃣

A record-breaking crowd at the MCG makes today's game the biggest in the history of women's sport in Australia.

What a way to celebrate #IWD2020!

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— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag) March 8, 2020