The Australia women's national cricket team toured India in January and February 1984. They played against India in four Test matches and four One Day Internationals, with the Test series ending as a 0–0 draw and Australia winning the ODI series 4–0.[1][2]
| Australia women's cricket team in India in 1983–84 | |||
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| India | Australia | ||
| Dates | 19 January – 23 February 1984 | ||
| Captains | Shantha Rangaswamy | Jill Kennare | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 4-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sandhya Agarwal (288) | Peta Verco (367) | |
| Most wickets | Diana Edulji (16) | Lyn Fullston (20) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 4-match series 4–0 | ||
| Most runs | Gargi Banerjee (83) | Trish Dawson (182) | |
| Most wickets |
Shashi Gupta (5) Diana Edulji (5) | Denise Martin (6) | |
Squads
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WODI Series
edit1st ODI
edit 19 January 1984
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Trish Dawson, Annette Fellows, Christina Matthews, Wendy Piltz, Lindsay Reeler (Aus), Rita Dey, Arunadhati Ghosh and Shashi Gupta (Ind) all made their WODI debuts.
2nd ODI
edit 25 January 1984
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Glenda Hall (Aus) and Rekha Godbole (Ind) both made their WODI debuts.
3rd ODI
edit 8 February 1984
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lyn Larsen (Aus) made her WODI debut.
4th ODI
edit 23 February 1984
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sandhya Agarwal (Ind) made her WODI debut.
WTest Series
edit1st Test
edit21 – 23 January 1984
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Trish Dawson, Lyn Fullston, Lyn Larsen, Christina Matthews, Denise Martin, Karen Read, Lindsay Reeler (Aus), Gargi Banerjee, Vrinda Bhagat, Shashi Gupta, Nilima Jogalekar, Anjali Pendharker and Sujata Sridhar (Ind) made their WTest debuts.
2nd Test
edit28 – 30 January 1984
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Annette Fellows (Aus) made her WTest debut.
3rd Test
edit3 – 5 February 1984
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50/0 (8 overs)
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Glenda Hall, Wendy Piltz (Aus), Sandhya Agarwal and Arunadhati Ghosh (Ind) all made their WTest debuts.
4th Test
editReferences
edit- ^ "Australia Women tour of India 1983/84". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Australia Women in India 1983/84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Records / Australia Women in India Women's Test Series, 1983/84 - India Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Records / Australia Women tour of India, Jan-Feb 1984 / All Matches / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
Further reading
edit- Huntsdale, Duncan (20 December 2023). "Food poisoning, marriage proposals and water buffalo urine — the 1984 Australian women's cricket tour of India was a wild ride". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
External links
edit- Australia Women tour of India 1983/84 from ESPNcricinfo