India Women (IND-W) vs Australia Women (AUS-W) 3rd ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bowl first after winning the toss for the sixth time in six matches on the tour as India made three changes for the third and final ODI at the Bellerive Oval (Ninja Stadium) in Hobart. Having already announced her retirement after the multi-format series against India, Alyssa Healy is set to play her final ODI and she received a guard of honour from the Indian players when she walked out to bat. India brought in Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur and Harleen Deol while Australia also made two changes, handing out a debut to 19-year-old left-arm pacer Lucy Hamilton as well as senior spinner Georgia Wareham.

Following a 1-2 loss in the T20I leg, hosts Australia showed their dominance in the One-Dayers, thrashing India in two one-sided affairs. Australia won the first ODI by six wickets with 11.4 overs to spare, while they handed India a four-wicket loss in the next game with 13.5 overs remaining. (Read more about the second IND vs AUS ODI)

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The multi-format series between the two sides comprises seven matches, a three-match T20I leg, followed by a three-match ODI leg, before they engage in a one-off Test in Perth. Having won three games across five matches (3 T20Is + 2 ODIs) so far, Australia lead the series 6-4 in terms of points. India need to beat Australia in the final ODI to level the series ahead of the Test. The winner of the red-ball game will get four points.

IND-W vs AUS-W ODI playing XIs in Hobart

Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (c), Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Nicola Carey, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton

India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur

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Their turf, their conditions: Litchfield, Voll reiterate Australia’s ODI dominance as India’s timid batting proves their undoing

Soon-to-be former Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who didn’t play the T20Is and is retiring at the end of the one-off Test next week, struck a defiant tone when she spoke to the media ahead of the ODI leg against India. She wanted Australia to throw the next punch, and her words have come true in just a few days as they have trounced Harmanpreet Kaur’s side in back-to-back ODIs, winning the second match on Friday in Hobart even more convincingly than they had in the first match. (READ MORE FROM VINAYAKK MOHANARANGAN)