Australia women's cricket team in India in 1983–84

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
	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

India[3]	Australia[4]
Shantha Rangaswamy (c) Sandhya Agarwal Gargi Banerjee Runa Basu Vrinda Bhagat Sandra Braganza Sharmila Chakraborty Rita Dey Diana Edulji Arunadhati Ghosh Rekha Godbole Shashi Gupta Nilima Jogalekar (wk) Shubhangi Kulkarni Anjali Pendharker Sudha Shah Sujata Sridhar	Jill Kennare (c) Trish Dawson (wk) Annette Fellows Lyn Fullston Glenda Hall Jen Jacobs Lyn Larsen Denise Martin Christina Matthews (wk) Wendy Piltz Karen Price Karen Read Lindsay Reeler Peta Verco

WODI Series

1st ODI

19 January 1984 Scorecard

India  162/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 164/7 (48.2 overs)
Shubhangi Kulkarni 44 (–) Denise Martin 3/34 (10 overs)		Lindsay Reeler 60 (–) Arunadhati Ghosh 3/28 (10 overs)

Australia Women won by 3 wickets Country Golf Club Ground, Faridabad Player of the match: Lindsay Reeler (Aus)

• 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

25 January 1984 Scorecard

Australia  133/9 (50 overs)	v	India 106 (44 overs)
Annette Fellows 35* (65) Shashi Gupta 3/19 (7 overs)		Rita Dey 33 (91) Karen Price 2/14 (7 overs)

Australia Women won by 27 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Player of the match: Rita Dey (Ind)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Glenda Hall (Aus) and Rekha Godbole (Ind) both made their WODI debuts.

3rd ODI

8 February 1984 Scorecard

India  194/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 196/5 (49.2 overs)
Sudha Shah 53 (67) Karen Price 2/40 (10 overs)		Lindsay Reeler 47 (71) Diana Edulji 2/21 (9.2 overs)

Australia Women won by 5 wickets Nehru Stadium, Pune

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Lyn Larsen (Aus) made her WODI debut.

4th ODI

23 February 1984 Scorecard

India  219/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 220/4 (43.4 overs)
Sandhya Agarwal 64 (–) Lyn Fullston 2/31 (10 overs)		Trish Dawson 77* (–) Gargi Banerjee 1/22 (4 overs)

Australia Women won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Player of the match: Trish Dawson (Aus)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sandhya Agarwal (Ind) made her WODI debut.

WTest Series

1st Test

21 – 23 January 1984 Scorecard

India	v	Australia
185 (81.1 overs) Shubhangi Kulkarni 42 (–) Karen Price 4/52 (22 overs)		263 (87.3 overs) Peta Verco 81 (–) Diana Edulji 6/64 (25.3 overs)
240/9d (112 overs) Gargi Banerjee 63 (–) Lyn Fullston 3/41 (27 overs)		19/1 (9 overs) Karen Read 12* (–) Sujata Sridhar 1/9 (4 overs)

Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Rajan Mehra (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind) Player of the match: Diana Edulji (Ind)

• 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

28 – 30 January 1984 Scorecard

Australia	v	India
245/9d (96 overs) Peta Verco 67 (–) Shashi Gupta 4/47 (21 overs)		198 (107.2 overs) Shashi Gupta 48* (–) Karen Price 6/72 (34 overs)
123/8d (59 overs) Lindsay Reeler 34 (–) Shashi Gupta 4/53 (28 overs)		65/7 (44 overs) Shashi Gupta 25* (–) Karen Price 4/35 (17 overs)

Match drawn K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Raman Sharma (Ind) and TD Mukherjee (Ind) Player of the match: Shashi Gupta (Ind)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Annette Fellows (Aus) made her WTest debut.

3rd Test

3 – 5 February 1984 Scorecard

India	v	Australia
343 (149.5 overs) Sandhya Agarwal 71 (–) Denise Martin 3/42 (17.5 overs)		525 (156.1 overs) Jill Kennare 131 (–) Shubhangi Kulkarni 3/133 (39 overs)
50/0 (8 overs) Arunadhati Ghosh 30* (–)

Match drawn Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Jaduvendrasinh Jadeja (Ind) and Sanjay (Ind) Player of the match: Jill Kennare (Aus)

• 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

10 – 13 February 1984 Scorecard

India	v	Australia
340 (191.5 overs) Sandhya Agarwal 134 (–) Lyn Fullston 4/80 (67.5 overs)		358/8d (129 overs) Jill Kennare 99 (–) Shubhangi Kulkarni 5/124 (45 overs)
235/7d (102 overs) Sandhya Agarwal 83 (–) Jen Jacobs 4/72 (30 overs)		139/6 (28 overs) Karen Price 32 (–) Diana Edulji 2/33 (9 overs)

Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: G.K. Raman (Ind) and M. R. Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Jill Kennare (Aus)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rita Dey (Ind) made her WTest debut.

References

1. "Australia Women tour of India 1983/84". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
2. "Australia Women in India 1983/84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. "Records / Australia Women in India Women's Test Series, 1983/84 - India Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
4. "Records / Australia Women tour of India, Jan-Feb 1984 / All Matches / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

Further reading

• 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

• Australia Women tour of India 1983/84 from ESPNcricinfo