'Stunning': Aussie Georgia Voll dropped on 99 to bring up century in dominant ODI win

Australia's women's side has comfortably defeated India to take a 6-4 points lead in the multi-format series between the two nations.

Georgia Voll (101 from 82) and Phoebe Litchfield (80 from 62) did the damage for the Aussies in the run chase, leading the team to a five-wicket victory in Hobart.

India got off to a strong start in the first innings, with the top order all getting starts, but Australia got the key wickets of Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur before they could accelerate their innings.

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India completed their 50 overs at 9/251. Alana King and Ash Gardner combined for four wickets at four runs per over, constricting the batting performance.

Alyssa Healy has picked back up the captaincy almost immediately after passing it on to Sophie Molineux, who will miss the series with back soreness.

The veteran only managed six runs, but it was smooth sailing from that point as Voll and Litchfield led the Aussies to a commanding position.

Voll, a 22-year-old from Queensland, found herself on 99 and the nerves clearly ramped up as she looked for her second Aussie ton.

And off the bowling of Kashvee Gautum, she played at one spinning down leg side and clearly got the lightest feather on it through to keeper Richa Ghosh.

Luckily for her, the keeper fumbled it and she scrambled through for the single and the ton.

Nobody seemed entirely sure whether she had hit it or whether it was just a leg bye, including Voll, leading to a belated and withdrawn celebration of the century.

Her teammates clapped her on from the boundary even before the official signal.

"Has that been dropped? If it's been dropped, it's 100. She (Voll) shakes the head," commentator Mel Jones told Fox Cricket.

"It is a drop. She goes through to 100. Her second for Australia. A little bit of drama there.

"Not the way you hope your 100 will come up, but you'll still take it.

"A stunning century from Georgia Voll."

She was dismissed later in the over for 101, but at that point the result was mostly secure and Ghosh's drop allowed her to reach her ton and earn player of the match honours.

It took just 37 overs for the Aussies to wrap proceedings up, with Gardner finishing the job with a quick fire 19 off 14.

"They have now gone two from two in the ODI component. They've won the ODI format and they go two points clear as well in a comfortable five-wicket win in the 37th over," Jones said.

Australia hasn't lost a white-ball by-lateral series on home soil since 1987.

India won two of the three T20 clashes, but Australia has now won the first two ODIs.

The two teams will meet again in a third ODI, once again in Hobart, on Sunday, before playing a Test match at the WACA from March 6.