Summary

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

  • Pakistan crumble to 49-6 in pursuit of 222 to win

  • 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

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Watch the best shots from Mooney's century against Pakistan

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury

  1. 100 runs

    100 for Beth Mooney

    Aus 186-8

    That's the century for Beth Mooney!

    What a knock from the Australia left-hander. She has taken her side out of trouble and into a position from which they will be huge favourites.

    A fifth ODI hundred and it comes up from 110 balls. Calm and composed throughout.

    'What an innings' - Mooney reaches century against Pakistan

  2. Aus 181-8

    Beth Mooney clips the ball leg side and more good running means she gets back for three.

    That takes her to 97 and Alana King pushes two from the last ball of the over so Mooney will be on strike with a fifth ODI century within touching distance.

    Beth MooneyGetty Images

  3. Aus 176-8

    Angling down leg from Diana Baig and Beth Mooney whips the ball through backward square leg for four.

    Four more! Over-adjustment from Baig - this one is wide of off and Mooney carves it away through backward point on the cut.

    The partnership is now up to 61...

  4. Aus 168-8

    Lovely bowling from Sadia Iqbal but it is not great news for Pakistan, as they look ahead to the chase, that a couple of balls popped up off a length in that over.

    It doesn't matter if you bowl floaty half-volleys, though. A 'hit me' ball and Alana King drives crisply through the covers for four.

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

    I guess this has been the theme of the day with the ball turning a lot!

  6. Not out

    Aus 163-8

    Missing leg.

    It looked that way on first viewing and ball-tracking confirms as much.

    Beth Mooney, on 85, gets a reprieve.

  7. Australia review

    Aus 163-8

    Beth Mooney has been given out lbw off Sadia Iqbal but she reviews immediately.

    Is it doing too much?

  8. Aus 162-8

    Beth Mooney has batted brilliantly and is closing in on a vital century for Australia.

    But even she can do nothing with the first ball of Diana Baig's over. Round the wicket, swinging in to the left-hander then nipping away a touch off the seam to beat the bat. Jaffa.

    Four from the over and just five overs left in the innings. It didn't look like we'd get this far when Australia were 76-7.

    Beth Mooneygett

  9. Aus 158-8

    Given Australia have already passed 150, that doesn't sound like good news for Pakistan, Fran...

    That Sadia Iqbal manages to get a couple to really turn and bounce is suddenly not great news for them either.

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

    We think anything above 150-plus will make it a difficult run chase.

  11. Aus 155-8

    Top shot!

    Overpitched from Diana Baig and Beth Mooney drills the ball through the overs for four.

    Australia are past 150 and will now have eyes on getting somewhere close to 200 - and WinViz has them as big favourites.

    Pakistan at 91% feels a long time ago now.

    'Beautiful shot' - Mooney hits Diana for four

  12. Aus 146-8

    Maiden over from left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal on her return to the attack.

    Nothing to overly concern Alana King but nothing for her to get away either.

  13. Alice Davidson-Richards
    England cricket all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Alana King is doing a wonderful job here alongside Beth Mooney and they will be hoping to get up to at least 160 here.

  14. Aus 146-8

    Mooney 72, King 13

    Beauty to finish from Diana Baig, just getting the ball to nip away off the seam to beat Beth Mooney.

    It's another very smart take from Sidra Nawaz stood up to the stumps. The Pakistan wicketkeeper has been really good so far today.

  15. Aus 144-8

    Lovely straight drive by Beth Mooney that beats the fielder coming across from mid-on and runs away for four.

    The folded arms and stare from bowler Diana Baig suggests she thinks the fielder should have done a little better.

  16. Alice Davidson-Richards
    England cricket all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan fielders have done really well, bowled well in conditions that look really hot out there, and it is obviously humid. Both teams are doing really well.

  17. Aus 140-8

    Beth Mooney is still playing very sensibly, knowing there is plenty of time left in the innings and now is not the time for unnecessary risks.

    No doubt she'll feel that if she can bat through the innings, Australia will have a total that proves beyond Pakistan.

    Beth MooneyGetty Images

  18. Alice Davidson-Richards
    England cricket all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Alana King just threw her hands at that one and chanced her arm. I don't there is anything wrong with doing that at this stage. She got the reward for it.

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    Given how painful the last four Sundays have been for Pakistan cricket, I think a win here will definitely ease the pain of Pakistani cricket fans.

    Keetan, Manchester

  20. Aus 138-8

    Nashra Sandhu is bowled out and ends with impressive figures of 3-37.

    It's a frustrating end to her spell, though, and a wide delivery is put away for four by Alana King, ending a run of 30 balls without a boundary.

    It was a thick outside edge and the ball hung in the air for a while but it was well clear of the nearest fielder at point.