{"id":97242,"date":"2022-08-08T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=97242"},"modified":"2022-08-08T18:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:31:04","slug":"australian-women-best-indians-to-win-commonwealth-cup-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/australian-women-best-indians-to-win-commonwealth-cup-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Women best Indians to win Commonwealth Cup-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Australian Women best Indians to win Commonwealth Cup-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88737\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-97243\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Australian-Womens-cricket-team-600x334.jpg\" alt=\" Australian Women\u2019s cricket team\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2022\/08\/08\/australian-women-best-indians-to-win-commonwealth-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Valkerie Banes\u00a0in ESPNCricinfo,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-australias-new-invincibles-add-more-glory-to-their-extraordinary-era-1328262\">9 August 2022<\/a>, where the title reads\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe new \u2018Invincibles\u2019 add more glory to their extraordinary era\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-australias-new-invincibles-add-more-glory-to-their-extraordinary-era-1328262\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-australias-new-invincibles-add-more-glory-to-their-extraordinary-era-1328262<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It might just be official, Australia are invincible.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Even when they seemed cursed, the all-conquering Australian Women\u2019s cricket team added the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for their sport to the T20I and ODI World Cups already in their collection with a pulsating nine-run win against India at Edgbaston\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/series\/commonwealth-games-women-s-cricket-competition-2022-1289194\/india-women-vs-australia-women-final-1289274\/match-report\">on Sunday<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-64615 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?resize=411%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"231\" data-attachment-id=\"64615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2022\/08\/08\/australian-women-best-indians-to-win-commonwealth-cup\/343914-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"343914.4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343914.4.webp?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><span class=\"ds-text-typo-paragraph-light\"><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s\">ss Jonassen ha<\/span><\/span>Je<span class=\"ds-text-typo-paragraph-light\"><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s\">s a foot-tap with Tahlia McGrath, who was cleared to play despite testing positive, after a catch to dismiss Shafali Verma<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s ds-mx-2\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"ds-text-typo-paragraph-light\"><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s\">Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In an inauspicious start for title favourites Australia, allrounder\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/tahlia-mcgrath-381311\">Tahlia McGrath<\/a>\u00a0woke with mild symptoms of Covid-19 and subsequently tested positive. After negotiations between Commonwealth Games Australia, Cricket Australia, the Commonwealth Games Federation and the ICC, McGrath was\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-tahlia-mcgrath-plays-final-despite-testing-positive-for-covid-19-1328212\">allowed to play<\/a>\u00a0under the Games\u2019 policy of treating such matters on a case-by-case basis.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">McGrath had been one of the players of the tournament with 128 runs at an average of 42.66 and strike-rate of 148.83 putting her ninth on the run-scorers\u2019 list, while she was the second-highest wicket-taker with eight scalps at 12.12 and an economy rate of 6.92.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"ds-w-full ds-bg-fill-content-prime ds-overflow-hidden ds-rounded-xl ds-border ds-border-line ds-float-right ds-w-72 ds-ml-7 ds-my-6\">\n<div class=\"ds-p-4\">\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She didn\u2019t have the best day on the field on Sunday though, making just 2, and conceding 24 off her two wicketless overs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But one of the more bizarre sights of the day \u2013 if it could get any more unusual than seeing a player sitting all alone in an entire section of the stand wearing a face mask while waiting to bat \u2013 came when McGrath took a steepling catch to dismiss Shafali Verma, who had skied Ashleigh Gardner to midwicket.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia were elated given that Gardner had seen Shafali dropped by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/megan-schutt-420314\">Megan Schutt<\/a>\u00a0in the covers four balls earlier, but they couldn\u2019t show McGrath their full appreciation as they initially ran towards her on instinct. They heeded her warning to \u201cstay away\u201d as she held her hands out, smiling.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/jess-jonassen-374936\">Jess Jonassen<\/a>, whose arrival in Ireland for Australia\u2019s warm-up matches ahead of the Games was delayed by a bout of Covid, bumped wrists and boots with McGrath, but that\u2019s as close as anyone got until victory was sealed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At that moment, McGrath stood outside the team huddle as they awaited India\u2019s review to confirm Yastika Bhatia\u2019s lbw dismissal and, as the others embraced and jumped up and down in celebration, she remained outside the group with her arms aloft before the circle opened and she jumped into an embrace with team-mates.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Schutt described the moment: \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to get in trouble. I think we felt bad for Tahlia at the end there,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThat was probably the strangest part of it all, just not being able to celebrate with her. Obviously, when you\u2019re part of a game that\u2019s so thrilling like that, that\u2019s all you want to do. At the end, you know, screw it, if we get Covid so be it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIn Australia, it probably wouldn\u2019t be the case but the fact Tahlia got to go out there, take a crucial catch and be part of a thrilling win is very special.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The sides didn\u2019t shake hands at the close, instead filing past each other a metre or so apart with raised hands, and McGrath wore a mask on the podium as Australia received their gold medals after a close contest in which they, almost predictably, came out on top.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">India were sublime in the field and claimed 36 for 5 in the last five overs to restrict the target to 162 with\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/renuka-singh-960853\">Renuka Singh<\/a>, the tournament\u2019s leading wicket-taker, and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/sneh-rana-556537\">Sneh Rana<\/a>\u00a0taking two each.<\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"ds-text-comfortable-xl ds-font-medium ds-my-8 ds-pl-4 ds-border-l-4 ds-border-raw-red\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cOne of the best games I\u2019ve ever been a part of, by far. The way we scrapped at the end there \u2013 that definitely wasn\u2019t our best game. We didn\u2019t field the best, we didn\u2019t bowl the best, and we scrapped with the bat, but we fight, that\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Megan Schutt describing Australia\u2019s performance.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/beth-mooney-381258\">Beth Mooney<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/meg-lanning-329336\">Meg Lanning<\/a>\u00a0combined for a second-wicket partnership worth 74 after Alyssa Healy fell lbw to Renuka in the third over, extending a lean patch with the bat in which Healy hasn\u2019t passed 23 in eight innings since her match-winning 170 in the ODI World Cup final in April.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mooney notched up 61 off 41 balls, her second half-century of the tournament. But this time Mooney batted largely without McGrath, with whom she had shared century and half-century partnerships in Australia\u2019s two previous matches.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After helping New Zealand beat England in the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/series\/commonwealth-games-women-s-cricket-competition-2022-1289194\/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-3rd-place-play-off-1289273\/full-scorecard\">bronze-medal playoff<\/a>\u00a0earlier in the day with an unbeaten half-century, which also made her the leading run-scorer at the time, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine joked that one of the Australians would probably make a big score to overtake her. Sure enough, Mooney\u2019s knock took her two runs clear of Devine to end the tournament on top with 179 runs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">India\u2019s pursuit progressed well via a half-century to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/harmanpreet-kaur-372317\">Harmanpreet Kaur<\/a>\u00a0and 33 from\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/jemimah-rodrigues-883405\">Jemimah Rodrigues<\/a>. But when Australia took 3 for 3 in nine balls via Schutt and Gardner, the latter removing Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet with successive balls, India needed 41 off the last four overs.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-64620 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?resize=312%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"176\" data-attachment-id=\"64620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2022\/08\/08\/australian-women-best-indians-to-win-commonwealth-cup\/343919-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"343919.4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/343919.4.webp?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Ashleigh Gardner claimed the big wicket of Harmanpreet Kaur\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Getty Images<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The wickets continued to fall as Australia kept the pressure on and Jess Jonassen, the wily left-arm spinner entrusted with bowling the final over, combined with Alana King to run out Meghna Singh and then trapped Yastika to ensure victory with three balls to spare.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThat was absolutely crazy,\u201d Schutt said. \u201cOne of the best games I\u2019ve ever been a part of, by far. The way we scrapped at the end there \u2013 that definitely wasn\u2019t our best game. We didn\u2019t field the best, we didn\u2019t bowl the best, and we scrapped with the bat, but we fight, that\u2019s what we do.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt ebbed and flowed like we knew it would and it was absolutely thrilling. We just kept pushing and that\u2019s the way we play cricket and for that to go our way is amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And therein lies Australia\u2019s secret to success. They keep fighting no matter what is thrown at them and they always seem to have someone who can step up.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mooney said it was important for the side to continue \u201cevolving\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe adjustments we make and the adaptability we have within the group is critical to our success, having an environment where it\u2019s okay to fail and for things to look a little bit ugly,\u201d she said. \u201cCertainly a great performance tonight and one to remember for a long time.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Jonassen described the win as \u201cabsolutely huge\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ci-story-content-ad\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-justify-center ds-items-center ds-my-4\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been blessed enough to be part of some winning World Cup teams but to win the first gold medal for women\u2019s cricket in the Commonwealth Games, we\u2019re only ever going to do that once and I\u2019m proud to be part of that,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cFor that final over, my heart was absolutely through the roof. I was pretty nervous, I\u2019m not going to lie, but I just looked down the other end and saw Alyssa Healy behind the stumps there and she was just putting her arms out and putting her shoulders up getting me to take a deep breath. Ultimately, that\u2019s what helped me.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was unfortunate that such a high-quality match fell under the spectre of Covid, but there is no surer sign of the times and this match may have marked the evolution of a sport as much as the evolution of a team.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 *******************<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-64618 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-attachment-id=\"64618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2022\/08\/08\/australian-women-best-indians-to-win-commonwealth-cup\/commonwealth-cup-teams\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Commonwealth Cup teams\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Commonwealth-Cup-teams.webp?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Women best Indians to win Commonwealth Cup-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Valkerie Banes\u00a0in ESPNCricinfo,\u00a09 August 2022, where the title reads\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe new \u2018Invincibles\u2019 add more glory to their extraordinary era\u201d https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-australias-new-invincibles-add-more-glory-to-their-extraordinary-era-1328262 It might just be official, Australia are invincible. Even when they seemed cursed, the all-conquering Australian Women\u2019s cricket team added the first Commonwealth Games gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,42710],"tags":[46422,45344],"class_list":{"0":"post-97242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-michael-roberts","9":"tag-australian-womens-cricket-team","10":"tag-pooja-vastrakar","11":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australian Women best Indians to win Commonwealth Cup-by Michael Roberts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Valkerie Banes\u00a0in ESPNCricinfo,\u00a09 August 2022, where the title 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