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. wicket

    WICKET

    Sadaf c Healy b Schutt 3 (Pak 18-2)

    The faintest of spikes on Ultraedge but that is all it requires.

    Australia are jubilant. Pakistan in a bit of a hole.

    Sadaf falls for three to Schutt

  2. Nikki Chaudhuri
    Commentator on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    Alyssa Healy is extremely quick to review this one.

  3. Australia review

    Alyssa Healy is convinced Sadaf Shamas has feathered into her gloves here.

    The umpire says not out but Healy immediately sends it upstairs.

  4. Pak 15-1

    You can sense the nerves out there.

    New batter Sadaf Shamas pushes for a very risky single. Sophie Molineux collects and has plenty of time to throw down the stumps, but her effort misses and Pakistan gain an extra run on the overthrow.

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

    The first time we have seen some intent.

    Muneeba Ali has gone for the slog sweep, but she hasn't managed to get it over the head of Phoebe Litchfield.

    Litchfield is an excellent fielder.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Muneeba c Litchfield b Molineux (Pak 13-1)

    Sophie Molineux strikes in her first over!

    Muneeba Ali, who did not look comfortable out there, attempts the slog-sweep but only picks out Phoebe Litchfield, who takes a routine catch just above her head.

    Muneeba falls for seven to a 'great catch' from Litchfield

  7. Another change for Australia as Sophie Molineux enters the attack.

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

    The left and right hand combination [of Muneeba Ali and Sidra Ameen] is a nightmare as a bowler - it is something that teams are starting to do well.

    Australia and Pakistan will try to keep them combinations through their innings - it keeps the bowlers on their toes.

  9. Pak 11-0

    It has been a nervy start from Muneeba Ali, who has struggled to time the ball so far. She manages to clear the covers with an expansive half-volley but only brings a single.

    There is a strangled appeal from Megan Schutt as she gets one to jag back in to Sidra Amin, but the ball was going down leg.

  10. Nikki Chaudhuri
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    For Pakistan they want to take games deep, they don't want to get bowled out earlier on.

    Sometimes once the top order hasn't performed we see collapses, we saw it with Bangladesh yesterday.

    Pakistan need to have confidence in themselves.

  11. Pak 9-0

    A touch of fortune for Muneeba Ali as she steps right across her stumps and goes for a sweep-shot, with the ball brushing off her gloves and escaping past Alyssa Healy, with Pakistan running two.

    Sidra Amin ends the over with a couple of cleaner sweep-shots that bring three runs.

    This has been a decent start by Pakistan, who will be wary of losing early wickets.

  12. Australia open with spin at the other end as offy Ashleigh Gardner is thrown the ball.

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

    This is bad news.

    Tayla Vlaeminck has a history of shoulder injuries, she's been out for nine months with a dislocated shoulder.

  14. Pak 2-0

    Oh no, this does not look good for Tayla Vlaeminck.

    A thick edge from Muneeba Ali flies towards the deep third boundary. Vlaeminck does well to claw it back before the rope but her knee gets stuck in the outfield and she then lands awkwardly on her shoulder.

    Vlaeminck looked to be in some pain as she is helped off the field. Darcie Brown is on as sub fielder.

  15. Pak 0-0

    Australia played the first two games in Sharjah, where the pitches were slow.

    There were hopes of a quicker surface in Dubai, but a couple of early deliveries from Megan Schutt seem to take an age to make it through to wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy.

  16. That is a fairly ominous stat.

    After two rousing renditions of the respective national anthems, we are ready to go.

    Pakistan openers Muneeba Ali and Sidra Amin stride out to the middle. Megan Schutt will open the bowling for Australia.

  17. How's stat?!

    No team has won more games at the Women’s T20 World Cup than Australia (37) while no team has lost more games at the tournament than Pakistan (24).

  18. Sana absence a blow for Pakistan

    Pakistan's Fatima Sana plays a driveGetty Images

    The absence of captain Fatima Sana is a huge blow for Pakistan.

    She has a T20 international batting average of 48 from five innings as Pakistan skipper, the best average of any of the seven players to captain Pakistan in the women’s format.

    Sana is also the joint-highest wicket-taker for Pakistan at this tournament and has best strike rate of 153.57.

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

    Australia's batting line-up is ridiculous.

    Sophie Molineux opens in domestic cricket and she'll comes in at 10 today - that tells you everything you need to know about Australia.

  20. The teams

    One change for Australia as Grace Harris is replaced by Tayla Vlaeminck.

    Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Tayla Vlaeminck, Megan Schutt.

    Pakistan make two changes as Iram Javed and Sadaf Shamas come in for Fatima Sana and Gull Feroza.

    Sidra Amin has been bumped up the order to open alongside Muneeba Ali, who is captaining the side for the first time.

    Pakistan XI: Muneeba Ali (capt & wk), Sidra Amin, Nida Dar, Sadaf Shamas, Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Syeda Aroob Shah, Omaima Sohail.