'Ball of the century' stuns Aussie superstar

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Alyssa Healy was castled by a transportation hailed arsenic the caller "ball of the century", but Australia yet clinched triumph implicit India successful the 2nd T20 to instrumentality retired the multi-format series.

The item of the Gold Coast fixture, which Australia won by 4 wickets with 5 balls to spare arsenic they hunted down India's 118, was produced by India speedy Shikya Pandey connected the 2nd shot of the hosts' chase.

Healy picked up a 4 disconnected the archetypal shot of the innings and was walking backmost to the pavilion aft the next, having been brought undone by a transportation that had "come backmost from miles extracurricular disconnected stump", successful the words of Seven's Andy Maher.

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Pandey started the shot astir 40cm extracurricular disconnected stump and had it deviate backmost done plaything and seam to clip the apical of the pegs and nonstop the bails flying.

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As cricket podcaster Andrew Menczel took to Twitter to state "a caller shot of the century", Richard Hinds of The Age gave an aboriginal prediction for the summertime of cricket.

"Won't beryllium a amended shot bowled this summer," Hinds posted connected Twitter.

Cricket newsman Melinda Farrell tweeted: "What a freaking sensational ball!".

AAP sports writer Scott Bailey was staggered astatine the delivery.

"I'm inactive trying to enactment retired immoderate mode successful which this is playable… and I've decided it's not," Bailey tweeted.

And erstwhile ABC sports broadcaster Glenn Mitchell wrote connected Twitter: "I defy anyone to play that... Incredible transportation by Shikya Pandey to Alyssa Healy".

Aussies seal bid successful thrilling T20 against India

India would person made importantly less runs if not for the lower-order hitting of Pooja Vastrakar, who walked to the mediate astatine 6-61 and peeled disconnected an unbeaten 37 runs from 26 balls.

Australia past encountered their ain troubles successful reply to India's 9-118, falling to 4-46 erstwhile Ellyse Perry was dismissed during the 10th over.

But Tahlia McGrath, successful different stellar sound amid a glimmering tally of form, arrived astatine the crease and struck 42 not retired from 33 balls to steer Australia to victory.

Australia and India volition quadrate disconnected successful the last lucifer of the multi-format series erstwhile they conscionable successful a T20 connected the Gold Coast tonight.

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