AUS-W vs IND-W

After losing two T20Is, Australia bounced back to dominate the other two formats. They did a clean sweep in the ODIs and have now handed India what is their first loss in a Women's Test since 2006. An effort that Alyssa Healy will be incredibly proud off. She retires from international cricket with her head held high.

With that, it is also time for us to say goodbye We hope you enjoyed the coverage as much we did bringing it to you. This is Darpan Tikiya signing off on the behalf of Soumarya Dutta and team. See you soon!

3:25 PM local time, 12:55 PM IST: Alyssa Healy collects the trophy and her mates join her to rejoice. A fitting end to what has been a remarkable career. The celebrations might continue late in the evening. 

Alyssa Healy (Australia Women captain): "Really pleased with the effort. Bouncing back from the T20 series. Coming into the group, I sensed that there was a little bit of disappointment and uncertainty. But th way they responded was amazing. Great signs for the future. Just walked into the change room to Lucy Hamilton saying that, "Test cricket might be my new favourite format." Great to see these kids get the opportunity to showcase their skills over the longer format. White ball does not give that opportunity. Long live Test cricket. 

(Her feelings) It hit me just before when I got into the change room. I'll be singing the team song one last time. I am genuinely excited to watch how this young group does led by Sophie Molinuex. I'll probably turn into the bitter ex-player who tells them how to do stuff. 

Living in your bubble, playing cricket, you probably do not realise what is going on outside. I had the chance to feel that a little bit last week. Thank you to everyone who came to watch and everyone who watched at home.

(Why did she not open the innings today?) Na, I wanted to protect my average of 20 (giggles). I thought that the future of Australian cricket was out there opening the innings and I did not want to come in the way. I had my time in the sun. It is time for the next generation to take over.

Thanks to the Indian team, I think, in what is a really hectic schedule in the women's game at the moment. It's ever-changing for these guys to come across here after a really busy WPL. To get up for the fight in the T20 series and really, you know, give us everything and to be here for, you know, a five-week period is a huge effort. So thank you to you guys and all the very best for the World Cup in the middle of the year. I know you'll give it a red-hot shake in the UK (for the upcoming T20 WC) and so will we. Hopefully Australia, India and the final will be a nice touch. But thank you to you guys for your effort.

Thanks to everyone involved in the series. It's been great fun. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. And thanks to this group of amazing people for making the last few weeks incredibly special for me. It was completely unnecessary, but in saying that, I've got so many great memories, not just on the field, but off the field with these amazing people, and I look forward to creating some more over the next few days."

Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women captain): "I think we started really well, playing good cricket in T20s. After that we could not continue. Great feeling to play in Australia. It was great fun. Hopefully, we will keep getting these kind of tournaments in the future. The pink ball was challenging. Hopefully, we will get to face these kind of challenges in the future. Thank you to the support staff and all the Indian fans who came to see us play. I know it was not a great day today, but hopefully, we will do better in the future. 

Annabel Sutherland (Australia Women, Player of the Match and Series) - It's pretty special to be here and to win and send Healy off on a winning note. I love competing and being out there. India put us under a lot of pressure in the T20 series but we bounced back in the ODI and Test format. I'll take as many Tests as we get. They're few and far from between but every game matters and will look to make the most of it. 

Alana King (Australia Women) -  Alyssa Healy has been an incredible pillar of this team. Her legacy in both captaincy and cricket has been a lasting one for Australian cricket. My favorite Healy moment will be the 2022 ODI World Cup where she played with incredible class. She showed her class last week as well. Hopefully our memories on the golf course continue. 

3:01 PM local time, 12:31 PM IST: Australia win the Test match by 10 wickets and the multi-format series 5 games to 2.

With a big, beaming, child-like smile Alyssa Healy leads her team out for the handshakes. Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry carry her on their shoulders. Emotional, unforgettable scenes all around. It is the end of a legendary career. The peak of which arguably came on International Women's Day in 2020, when in front of 86,000 spectators at the MCG, she played a memorable knock in the T20 WC final.

Today, against the same opposition, on International Women's Day, Healy signs off in the Test whites and the baggy green sitting proudly on the top of her head.

Australia have indeed dominated this Test match. Right from Day 1, when debutant Lucy Hamilton breached Smriti Mandhana's defence to get them up and running. India seemingly found it difficult to adjust to the extra bounce that the pitch offered, coupled by the movement that the pink ball generated. Barring Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored a fighting fifty, none of the batters could hold their own for long.

Annabel Sutherland was the pick of the bowlers with a 4fer in the first innings. She then followed it up with a sumptuous century with the bat in hand. Along the way, she stitched a laudable 128-run partnership with Ellyse Perry, who became the 2nd Australian to go past 1,000 runs in Women's Tests during the course of this match. By the time, the visitors bounced back in that innings, it was already too late as the hosts had surged ahead by 125 runs. Debutant Sayali Satghare finished with a 4fer.

A similar script followed in India's second innings as one after the other, we saw batters play overzealous, white-ball oriented shots and lose their wickets. Pratika Rawal, who scored a stubborn half-century, was the only shining light.

The 4th innings target for Australia was only 25 runs, which they got to in a mere 4.3 overs. 

4.3 Kashvee Gautam to Georgia Voll, AUSTRALIA WIN BY 10 WICKETS! EMOTIONAL SCENES AT THE WACA HERE AS IT WILL BE THE CURTAINS ON THE CAREER OF ALYSSA HEALY! Coming to the delivery, it was too full and way outside off. Voll went after it and sliced it away powerfully through the deep point region for a boundary.  

4.2 Kashvee Gautam to Georgia Voll, FOURRR MOREEE! SCORES LEVEL! It was full and bowled in the channel outside off. Voll pushed at it and got an edge which raced away past the slip cordon for a boundary. 

4.1 Kashvee Gautam to Georgia Voll, FOURRR! It was overpitched and bowled outside off. Voll slashed hard at it and she got an outside edge past the gully region for a boundary. 

3.6 Sayali Satghare to Phoebe Litchfield, IN THE AIR AND DROPPED!! It was full and bowled outside off. Litchfield went down the ground and tried to go over mid off. It was a mistimed shot and Kaur chased it for a while and put in the dive. It just evaded her. 

3.5 Sayali Satghare to Phoebe Litchfield, hard length and bowled at the stumps. Litchfield turns it across to square leg and looks for a quick single. Voll sends her back. 

3.1 Sayali Satghare to Phoebe Litchfield, FOURRRR!! It was full and wide outside off. Litchfield lofted it away on the up and went inside out over extra cover to fetch a boundary.