Litchfield departs without facing a ball

Australia's Phoebe Litchfield became the first woman opener to be dismissed for a diamond duck in Test cricket on Day 1 of the one-off match against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, report agencies.
Litchfield was run-out without facing a ball in the last ball of the first over after Australia won the toss and opted to bat first. A mix-up with her opening partner Beth Mooney resulted in Litchfield's run out at the striker's end.
Consequently, Litchfield became the first woman opener to be dismissed without facing a ball, known as diamond duck, in all recorded events across 147 Test matches.
Litchfield's dismissal was followed by Ellyse Perry's wicket, cleaned up for her lowest Test score (4) by Pooja Vastrakar in the second over.
Meanwhile, Pooja Vastrakar claimed her best Test figures in her third Test, 4/53 and Sneh Rana bagged 3-56 as India Women bundled out Australia Women for 219 and then knocked off 98 runs for the loss of one wicket.
Australia's first innings, which lasted 77.4 overs and 305 minutes, was boosted by a superb counter-attacking half-century by Tahila McGrath (50 off 56 balls), who hammered the fastest Test half-century by an Australian woman batter off 52 deliveries. Beth Mooney contributed a patient 40 and skipper Alyssa Healy scored 38 but the rest of the batters failed to fire.
In reply, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma batted freely, hitting some beautiful shots as India raced to 50 in 46 balls) Both capitalised on the wayward bowling by the Australians, hitting 12 boundaries in the first nine overs. They added 90 runs for the opening wicket before Shafali Verma was out for 40, trapped before the wicket as she missed a straight one. Her 40 off 59 was studded with eight boundaries.
The Indian batters, who had blasted 410/7 on the opening day of the previous Test against England, scored at a fast pace once again. Australia skipper Alyssa Healy used five bowlers but none of them could make much impression on the Indian openers.