Summary

  • Group A, Dubai

  • Australia win by nine wickets after chasing down 83 with nine overs to spare

  • Captain Healy and fast bowler Vlaeminck sustain injuries

  • Pakistan bowled out for 82 off 19.5 overs - Gardner 4-21, including three in one over

  • Australia all but through to semis; Pakistan's hopes all but over

  • Scroll back through live text to watch highlights

Live Reporting

by Joe Rindl & Tom Mallows

  1. Aus 24-0

    Australia have a train to catch! Beth Mooney loops one down the ground for another four to punish spinner Sadia Iqbal's shorter bowling.

    Pakistan have no answers.

    Mooney hits three fours off Sadia Iqbal's over

  2. Kirstie Gordon
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That is Bethany Mooney all over.

    If Pakistan had done their homework they'd know that's where Mooney is going to target.

  3. Aus 20-0

    Boom. Australia are accelerating as Beth Mooney slaps two more boundaries in three balls, both clattered through extra cover.

  4. Kirstie Gordon
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Beth Mooney is surprised by the lack of pace. It seemed to take an age to get to her.

    Alyssa Healy is going to come out and take this powerplay on.

  5. Aus 12-0

    There we go! Alyssa Healy tries a few sweeps but can't quite split the fielders.

    But Healy keeps at it and gets her boundary right at the end of the over with a drive through the covers for four.

    Healy's 'beautiful drive' goes for four

  6. Aus 3-0

    Ooooh, almost a caught-and-bowled opportunity as the ball ricochets off a Beth Mooney leading edge.

    It drops a few feet short of bowler Nida Dar though, but it's a decent sign for Pakistan's bowlers.

  7. How's stat?!

    Alyssa Healy drives to the on sideGetty Images

    Australia skipper Alyssa Healy has a batting average of 46.3 against Pakistan and has been dismissed for fewer than 48 runs only twice in her last seven innings against them.

  8. Aus 3-0

    It feels like a when Australia chase this down not an if.

    A measured start from their batters as Beth Mooney gets off the mark with a late prod, before Alyssa Healy swipes a fine one for two.

  9. Aus 0-0

    Target 83

    And we're off again. Australia's Beth Mooney starts by blocking spinner Sadia Iqbal.

  10. Iram Javed was removed a few balls later though:

    Iram removed for 12 by Gardner

  11. The one error from Australia...this juggling drop from Tahlia McGrath:

    Iram dropped on two by McGrath

  12. Pakistan were never really in the first innings, but Aliya Riaz did club this brilliant boundary:

    Aliya Riaz hits just the second four of Pakistan's innings

  13. How's stat?!

    Laura Cardoso of the Brazil women's team celebrates taking a wicket in their most recent meeting with ArgentinaCricket Brasil

    Australia have won all 13 of their completed women’s T20 internationals against Pakistan. Only Brazil (14 v Argentina) have won more games against a single opponent without losing.

  14. Thanks Tom, as you say Australia will fancy a statement win here.

    They chased down 94 against Sri Lanka in just 14.2 overs six days ago.

  15. You would think this will be a straightforward chase for Australia, it is just a question of how quickly they knock these runs off.

    Here to guide you through it is Joe Rindl.

  16. Kirstie Gordon
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Ashleigh Gardner of Australia celebrates with team mateGetty Images

    The way Australia have been batting it could be all done quickly. Australia will come out and attack the powerplay.

    They still have India to play and you never know what India will do when they arrive on their day.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Riaz c Wareham b Sutherland 26 (Pak 82)

    Aliya Riaz dances the track one too many times as she top-edges the ball into the sky and Georgia Wareham pouches the catch.

    Riaz departs for a lively 26 and Pakistan are all out for 82.

    Sutherland dismisses Riaz as Pakistan are all out for 82

  18. Kirstie Gordon
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Aliya Riaz has been the shining light in this Pakistan innings. She has saved them from being embarrassed.

    Aliya Riaz of Pakistan batsGetty Images

  19. Pak 82-9

    Aliya Riaz smacks Annabel Sutherland over mid-wicket for Pakistan's fourth boundary of the innings.

    Riaz has been the best Pakistan batter by a distance.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Nashra lbw b Gardner 0 (Pak 78-9)

    There is no edge but ball tracking is umpire's call, the ball projected to just kiss the top of middle stump.

    The end is nigh.

    Gardner takes three wickets in an over as Pakistan continue to struggle