{"id":364785,"date":"2025-08-22T13:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/364785\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:55:11","slug":"prestwidge-shines-early-rain-disrupts-australia-a-vs-india-a-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/364785\/","title":{"rendered":"Prestwidge Shines Early, Rain Disrupts Australia A vs India A Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane:<\/strong> Fast bowler Georgia Prestwidge\u2019s early burst put Australia A on top, but heavy rain and persistent interruptions meant early stumps was taken on Day One of their one-off red-ball match against India A at the Allan Border Field here on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It was a day on which rain had a major say in the proceedings as only 23.2 overs of play was possible on the opening day of what is the final match of the ongoing multi-format series<\/a>. Electing to bowl in overcast conditions, Australia A were immediately on top, thanks to Georgia Prestwidge dismissing Nandini Kashyap and Dhara Gujjar for ducks on consecutive deliveries in the second over.<\/p>\n

Georgia\u2019s first wicket came via a delivery that breached Nandini\u2019s defence and castled her through the gate, while she had Dhara reaching out to a wide delivery and nicking to first slip.<\/p>\n

Georgia then arguably produced her best delivery of the day to castle Shafali Verma, who had threatened to take the attack back to the bowlers with a fluent 38-ball 35, including eight boundaries.<\/p>\n

Fellow pacers Sianna Ginger and Maitlan Brown then took out Tejal Hasabnis and Tanushree Sarkar for nine and 13 respectively as India A slipped to 93\/5 before rain forced the players to go off the field.<\/p>\n

Despite several warm-ups between showers, play could not resume for the remainder of the day. All hopes for India A putting up a competitive total rest on Raghvi Bist and captain Radha Yadav, who are unbeaten on 26 and eight respectively.<\/p>\n

Previously, Australia A had completed a 3-0 clean sweep of the T20 series, before the India A side bounced back by winning the 50-over series 2-1.<\/p>\n

Brief scores: India A 93\/5 in 23.2 overs (Shafali Verma 35, Raghvi Bist 26 not out; Georgia Prestwidge 3-25, Sianna Ginger 1-25) against Australia A.<\/strong> IANS<\/p>\n

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