Summary

  • India win by five wickets - chasing down world record 339 - report

  • Rodrigues hits sublime 127 off 134 balls

  • Australia miss numerous chances in field

  • Harmanpreet (89) and Rodrigues put on 167 for third wicket

  • Australia post 338 despite losing flurry of late wickets

  • Litchfield (119) makes brilliant century from 77 balls

  • Perry (77) and Gardner (63) also hit half-centuries

  • India will play South Africa in Sunday's final

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby, Mike Peter, Sam Drury & Maisie Gallen

  1. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Australia are masters at having a team down and out and not letting them get back up. Given the fact they have won World Cups before, they know how to approach a semi-final without fear.

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    Very poor first powerplay from India. Poor fielding, poor bowling and poor captaincy. Lucky to get Healy's wicket but then gladly passed on the initiative back to Australia. No spinners!

    Bobby from Milton Keynes

  3. Aus 135-1

    Perry 37, Litchfield 83

    Of all the deliveries to get Phoebe Litchfield in a bit of trouble, it's a slow, loopy full toss that she nearly chips straight to extra cover.

    I can only assume she was caught in several minds over whether she wanted to smash it.

    No matter, it lands safely and she ends the over with another boundary, hammered back over mid-off this time.

    That flurry of runs has also taken this partnership into three figures, it stands at 110 from 89 balls as the players take drinks.

  4. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    : Phoebe Litchfield of AustraliaGetty Images

    Even the shanky mis-hits are going for four. Everything is going Phoebe Litchfield's way at the moment.

    There is no respite for India.

  5. Aus 129-1

    Harmanpreet Kaur continues to chop and change her bowlers with Radha Yadav replacing fellow left-arm spinner Sree Charani.

    Phoebe Litchfield welcomes her to the attack with yet another shot lofted over extra cover.

    This one comes off the toe-end but still comfortably clears the in-field and has just enough on it to make the boundary.

    Four more! This is out of the middle. Thrashing just in front of square as Rahda offers too much width.

  6. Aus 121-1

    Another bowling change for India and it is the medium pace of Amanjot Kaur.

    It's stump-to-stump from Amanjot, trying to give the Australia batters nothing to work with... but Phoebe Litchfield is ready and willing to improvise, moving across her stumps and ramping for four.

  7. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Sree Charani varies her pace really well which is a valuable attribute through the middle overs. It means batters cannot get used to one pace.

  8. Aus 115-1

    Sree Charani of India rGetty Images

    Sree Charani has probably been the pick of the India bowlers and this is a very tidy over from the left-arm spinner.

    Just a pair of singles from it.

  9. Aus 113-1

    Another over, another boundary for Australia as Ellyse Perry easily clips a poor ball that was heading down leg from Deepti Sharma to the fine leg boundary.

    Six from the over in total. India are really under the pump here with the run-rate in excess of 6.5 an over and the Aussies batting so deep.

    A score well over 300 looks on the cards.

  10. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Sue Redfern, I'm coming for your job.

  11. Not out

    Aus 107-1

    The right decision is made eventually as replays show very clearly that Phoebe Litchfield met the ball on the full and hit it straight into the ground.

    I can't quite believe Litchfield was as ready as she was to walk off.

    She remains, though, and is batting very well.

    Litchfield given not out after umpire review for bump ball

  12. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I'd want to have a second look at that, slower. That decision has been made quickly.

    I feel like Litchfield has met it on the full toss and it's bounced. It's a bump ball.

    I can't believe she's given it out so quickly.

  13. Umpire review

    Well, what's happened here?

    Next ball, Phoebe Litchfield reverse sweeps and the ball ends up in the hands of the fielder at short third.

    Very quickly, it is given out by umpire Sue Redfearn but Litchfield slows before she leaves the field because it might well be a bump ball.

  14. 6 runs

    Aus 107-1

    Australia's Phoebe LitchfieldGetty Images

    That's gorgeous - shot of the day so far, surely?

    Phoebe Litchfield skips down to Sree Charani and with with smooth swing of the bat, hits the ball beautifully over extra cover for six.

  15. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    India had to start well. They can still turn it around but Australia are ruthless in these circumstances.

    They bat so deep as well so once they have a platform, you know it will be a big score.

  16. Aus 99-1

    Perry 29, Litchfield 55

    Four singles follow that big six first ball as Australia continue sedately on.

    Not an official drinks break but a couple of drinks bottles are brought out for Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry between overs.

    That pair have put on 74 already for the second wicket.

  17. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on Test Match Special

    Deepti Sharma is immediately met with aggression. Beautiful use of the feet from Ellyse Perry.

    Australia are attacking again - you cannot let the spinners settle on a surface like this.

  18. 6 runs

    Aus 95-1

    Australia look to have found their feet against the spinners now!

    And use of the feet seems to be key to that as Ellyse Perry skips down and launches the ball over Deepti Sharma's head for the first six of this semi-final.

  19. 50 runs

    50 for Phoebe Litchfield

    Aus 89-1

    Litchfield hits a four down the ground to bring up her half-century

    Phoebe Litchfield hits down the ground for her 10th boundary to reach her ninth ODI half-century.

    She's frustrated with herself for not making a cleaner connection after dancing down the pitch to Sree Charani but the ball was always safe.

    A fine knock from Litchfield so far today after a quiet World Cup to this point. The fifty comes up from 45 balls.

  20. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on Test Match Special

    Sree Charani of India bowls as Phoebe Litchfield of Australia looks onGetty Images

    In the last few overs, you feel it looks different for Australia. They have got to find a way to score runs freely against the spin bowlers.

    You sense a wicket.