CA Green 282 (Ginger 62, Flintoff 4-27) & 214 for 4 dec (Mack 102*, Faltum 62) beat CA Gold 248 (de Broughe 84, Prestwidge 5-31) & 127 (Knott 59, Mills 5-28) by 121 runs
Mack, 31, stole the show despite being one of the few players in the game not selected in any of the three Australia A squads for the upcoming multiformat series against England A that will feature three T20s, three 50-over matches and a four-day match in Sydney.
But Mack and Faltum feasted in the third innings before Faltum declared to set Gold a chase of 249 on the final day. Ginger took two early wickets with the new ball to complete a strong all-round performance before Mills tore through the middle and lower order, taking five of the last six wickets to bowl Gold out. Charli Knott was the only Gold batter to pass 17 on the final day with 59.
The Green versus Gold three-day match has quickly become an important part of the women’s domestic calendar in terms of giving emerging players valuable long-form experience. Georgia Voll, who made her Test debut in January, made an unbeaten 200 in the game last year, while Alana King took a four-wicket haul on the final day before destroying England in the Ashes Test at the MCG.
Australia A squads
Australia A T20 squad: Lauren Cheatle, Hannah Darlington, Sophie Day, Amy Edgar, Tess Flintoff, Sianna Ginger, Heather Graham (capt), Charli Knott (vice-capt), Anika Learoyd, Rhys McKenna, Madeline Penna, Amy Smith, Courtney Webb, Tahlia Wilson
Australia A 50-over squad: Lauren Cheatle, Hannah Darlington, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum (capt), Tess Flintoff, Sianna Ginger, Nicola Hancock, Ella Hayward, Charli Knott (vice-capt), Anika Learoyd, Amy Smith, Georgia Voll, Courtney Webb, Tahlia Wilson
Australia A Four-Day squad: Maitlan Brown, Lauren Cheatle, Maddy Darke, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum (capt), Tess Flintoff, Sianna Ginger, Nicola Hancock, Ella Hayward, Charli Knott (vice-capt), Anika Learoyd, Lilly Mills, Rachel Trenaman, Tahlia Wilson
Women’s Australia A v England A series
26 March: First T20, 1pm, Hurstville Oval
28 March: Second T20, 1pm, Hurstville Oval
30 March: Third T20, 1pm, Hurstville Oval
2 April: First 50-over match, 10:30am, Cricket Central, Sydney
4 April: Second 50-over match, 10:30am, Cricket Central, Sydney
7 April: Third 50-over match, 10am, Cricket Central, Sydney
12-15 April: Four-day match, 10am, Cricket Central, Sydney