Sutherland 110, Gardner five-for make it 3-0 for Australia
All-round brilliance from Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner helped Australia overcome heroic performances from Arundhati Reddy and Smriti Mandhana as they swept the ODI series against India in fierce heat at the WACA, in Perth.
After being sent in, Sutherland lifted Australia out of trouble with 110 off 95 balls as the home team reached a formidable 298 for 6.
Having struggled with the bat across the opening two matches in Brisbane, India had an uphill task in their bid to pull off the second-highest chase in women's ODI history.
Mandhana gave India hope with a classy 105 off 109 balls but her dismissal in the 36th over effectively ended their chances of a consolation victory. India lost their last seven wickets for 26 runs to be bowled out for 215 in the 46th over. Gardner backed up her half-century to run through India's middle and lower order and she finished with career-best ODI figures of 5 for 30.
India's chase started on the wrong note when Richa Ghosh, promoted to open for the second straight game, was bowled for 2 by a delivery that kept low from Megan Schutt.
But India didn't wilt as Mandhana and Harleen Deol blunted the new-ball bowling of Schutt and Kim Garth. Captain Tahlia McGrath brought on Ellyse Perry, who immediately enticed a false shot from Mandhana on 27 only for Alana King to drop a chance at square leg as she seemingly lost sight of the ball in the sun.
Australia were uncharacteristically sloppy in the field with Sutherland dropping a return catch when Deol on 21 hit firmly back at her. Her luck continued after she swept Gardner straight to Schutt who dropped a sitter at deep backward square leg. Deol also successfully reviewed an lbw decision off Sophie Molineux before being caught and bowled by King, who had been surprisingly held back until the 28th over.
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