Summary

  • ICC Women's World Cup, Colombo - Pakistan win toss & bowl

  • Pakistan crumble to 114, chasing 222, to lose by 107 runs

  • Pakistan 114 (36.3 overs): Amin 35 (52); Garth 3-14

  • Australia collapse from 30-0 to 76-7 and then 115-8 - but Mooney and King put on brilliant stand of 106

  • Australia 221-9 (50 overs): Mooney 109 (114), King 51* (49); Nashra 3-37

  • Pakistan have lost all three matches and remain bottom

  • Australia move top, one point clear of England and India

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Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Matthew Henry

  1. Aus 74-5

    Mooney 31, McGrath 5

    Beth Mooney's method seems to be to play very low-risk and knock singles. It's a wise tactic and works through this over.

    Remember Bangladesh dismissed Pakistan for 129 earlier in the tournament. Nothing will be a given in a chase.

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    And to think everyone was giving England a hard time yesterday by just beating Bangladesh, with some saying that Australia would have knocked the runs off in 25 overs! This is the sub continent and the wicket turns!

    Anon

    At this moment in time, is today’s game showing that England performance yesterday wasn’t as erratic as we all thought?

    Ben Hansford in Clent

  3. Aus 70-5

    Just one from the over as Tahlia McGrath sweeps in the air. It feels uncertain. You don't say that about Australia very often.

  4. Fran Wilson
    Ex-England batter on Test Match Special

    From what I can see it feels like the Australian batters have been stuck off the crease and not getting forward. They have been caught in the middle.

  5. Aus 69-5

    And here's the example of the ball skidding on. Annabel Sutherland played for turn that never came.

    Four of the five wickets have fallen to the spinners.

    'Australia are in absolute disarray' - Sutherland is bowled by Sandhu

  6. Aus 66-5

    Mooney 27, McGrath 1

    The tricky thing for Australia is some are turning a long way - like the Perry dismissal below - but a few other balls are skidding on.

    Beth Mooney earns some respite by cutting through the covers for four.

    Perry is stumped by Nawaz off the bowling of Sandhu

  7. Pakistan are big favourites now, according to WinViz... but I'm still inclined to go with Australia's 21% chance of victory.

    WinViz - Pakistan 79%, Australia 21%CricViz

  8. Aus 60-5

    It's a wicket maiden for Rameen Shamim, who takes a blow on the end of the thumb at the end of the over. She's wiggling it round and round as a teammate takes a look. Pakistan need that thumb to be fine. Shamim has only conceded eight runs from four overs and took that wicket of Gardner.

  9. Fran Wilson
    Ex-England batter on Test Match Special

    Another really soft dismissal there for the Australian batter just hit to mid-wicket. She looks very disappointed with herself. Australia are now in a rebuild position.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Gardner c Sana b Shamim 1 (Aus 61-5)

    FIVE down.

    We said England losing to Bangladesh yesterday would be the biggest shock in women's World Cup history. This surely would top the lot.

    Ash Gardner has just chipped to mid-wicket. Australia are in real trouble now.

    Gardner is caught by Sana off the bowling Shamim

  11. Aus 60-4

    Here is the previously mentioned Ash Gardner.

    I'm still not sure I'm going as far to say Pakistan are favourites - Australia still have Tahlia McGrath after these two and Pakistan really struggle with the bat - but this is not what we expected.

    'She looks furious with herself' - Healy is caught by Baig off the bowling of Iqbal

    Two wickets in four balls - Litchfield is caught & bowled by Sana

  12. Well, well, well. WinViz now has Pakistan as favourites...

    WinViz over timeCricViz

  13. Fran Wilson
    Ex-England batter on Test Match Special

    This is getting exciting!

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Sutherland b Sandhu 1 (Aus 59-4)

    BOWLED.

    Nashra Sandhu just wags a finger after bowling the great Annabel Sutherland through the gate.

    This is properly game on now.

    'Australia are in absolute disarray' - Sutherland is bowled by Sandhu

  15. Aus 58-3

    Mooney 21, Sutherland 1

    Pakistan are twirling through their spin bowlers now as Annabel Sutherland joins Beth Mooney in the middle. I'm convinced Sutherland is the best player in the world these days and Australia still have Ash Gardner, their centurion from the previous game, to come.

  16. Aus 55-3

    This pitch is turning. Things are getting interesting.

  17. Fran Wilson
    Ex-England batter on Test Match Special

    That was a wonderful bit of bowling and a lovely bit of keeping there. Perry tried to do her best.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Perry st Nawaz b Sandhu 5 (Aus 55-3)

    Ellyse Perry has NOT got back into her ground. Australia are three down.

    It's brilliantly work from bowler and wicketkeeper. A bit of flight from Nashra Sandhu tempts her down and the turn beats Perry's edge. Then Sidra Nawaz is rapid in taking off the bails.

    Perry swings around to get her bat down but it's on the line not over it as the stumps light up.

    Perry is stumped by Nawaz off the bowling of Sandhu

  19. Umpire review

    Stumping!

    Has Ellyse Perry got back in time? She was scrambling. We're going upstairs...

  20. Aus 52-2

    I am not sure that number 5 meant get bashed for a four through the covers at the start of the next over.