Record-breaking Perry, rising star Voll lead Aussies to massive win

Georgia Voll’s breakthrough international century and a record-breaking innings from Ellyse Perry have set up a mammoth 122-run victory for Australia in the second ODI against India.

Australia’s newest player combined with their most experienced on a memorable – and scorching hot – day at Allan Border Field as Voll brought up a century in just her second ODI before Perry passed several significant milestones and smashed a record six sixes on her way to a third one-day hundred.

Their twin tons, combined with half-centuries from Phoebe Litchfield (60 off 63) and Beth Mooney (56 off 44), steered Australia to an imposing 8-371, their third highest total ever.

India needed to pull off the highest chase in women’s ODI history to keep the series alive, but were well short of the mark with Richa Ghosh (54 off 72) their highest contributor.

Annabel Sutherland (4-39) picked up three wickets as India finished on 9-249 after 44.5 overs, with opener Priya Punia unable to bat after picking up an injury in the field.

Australia now have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series, will be eyeing a whitewash when the action heads to the WACA Ground for Wednesday’s final game.

Voll had started her ODI career with an unbeaten 46 on debut at the same venue on Thursday, when she was only denied a maiden half-century by Australia’s meagre target.

The 21-year-old Queenslander went bigger on Sunday, punishing India’s bowling attack on a scorching Brisbane day to bring up her hundred from 84 deliveries.

Voll shared a 130-run stand with opening partner Litchfield, who hit 60 from 63 deliveries, and was the more aggressive of the pair early on, hitting five boundaries from India’s new-ball quicks before forcing a shift in tactic from the tourists.

Her fifty came off 43 deliveries, before her charge looked to have come to an end when she was given out lbw to leg-spinner Priya Mishra when she was on 64 in the 19th over, but she overturned the decision on review.

Voll survived a second scare on 86, grounding her bat just in time to be safe from a direct hit from debutant Minnu Mani.

She worked through the 90s in singles, then flicked a delivery from spinner Mani onto the legside to bring up triple figures, much to the delight of her home crowd, but only added one more to her tally before being caught behind.

Almost flying under the radar at the other end was Perry, who was quickly amassing the third century of her one-day career.

She hit a record six sixes, breaking Alana King’s mark of five sixes by an Australian in a women's ODI innings, on her way to a century from 72 deliveries – the fastest scored against India in women’s one-dayers.

Along the way, Perry became the first woman to complete the double of 7000 runs and 300 wickets in international cricket, while she also became the fourth Australian woman to hit 4000 ODI runs.

Her innings eventually came to an end when she was bowled attempting a reverse sweep off Deepti Sharma (1-59).

Mooney chimed in with a 44-ball 56, finding the boundary eight times.

Perry’s dismissal triggered a late collapse from Australia, who went from 2-320 to 8-350 in 4.5 overs, before Tahlia McGrath’s 20no from 12 lifted her team above 370.

Leg-spinner Mishra’s figures of 1-88 off 10 overs were the most expensive by an Indian in women's ODIs, while quick Saima Thakor (3-62) and Mani (2-71 off nine) were the only multiple wicket-takers for the tourists.

Needing to pull off the largest run chase in the history of women’s ODIs, and by some margin – the highest chase being the 302 Sri Lanka reeled in against South Africa in April – India elevated the hard-hitting Ghosh to the top of the order.

Kim Garth struck an enormous early blow when she had Smriti Mandhana chopping on for nine, and Harleen Deol struggled to get going before she was caught for 12 off 22.

Ghosh brought up fifty from 68 balls but bowled around her legs by King shortly after for a 72-ball 54, and Harmanpreet Kaur (38 off 42) had to depart when she was caught off the bowling of Megan Schutt.

Jemimah Rodrigues loomed as India’s last hope of pulling off an increasingly unlikely miracle, and when she holed out for 43 off 39, it was only a matter of time, with Sutherland cleaning up the tail.

Both teams fly to Perth on Monday, ahead of the third and final ODI on Wednesday.

Commbank Women's ODI series v India

Australia squad: Tahlia McGrath (c), Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Darcie Brown, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham

India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Uma Chetry, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Priya Punia, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Titas Sadhu, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Saima Thakor, Radha Yadav

First ODI: Australia won by five wickets

Second ODI: Australia won by 122 runs

Third ODI: December 11: WACA Ground, Perth, 3.20pm AEDT