Summary

  • Group A, Sharjah - Australia win toss & bat

  • India need 152 to win

  • Australia post 151-8: Harris 40 (41)

  • Australia will go through as group winners with victory

  • India need to win to boost their semi-final hopes

  • Watch in-play clips and listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham

  1. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Ash Gardner made the catch look so simple. She made sure to steady herself and make a simple dive forward.

    Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma will now have to do the bulk of the work here to get India to anywhere close to this target of 152.

  2. Ind 48-3

    This game will quickly slip away from India a little if they continue to give their wickets away so cheaply.

    Georgia Wareham, into the attack for Australia.

  3. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Megan Schutt is such an important cog in this Australia side and she has been for almost a decade now.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Rodrigues c Gardner b Schutt 16 (Ind 47-3)

    Megan Schutt returns for Australia and Jemimah Rodrigues clinically pulls her second delivery for four.

    However, the pull shot is the India batter's undoing three balls later when she hits a short ball straight into the hands of Ash Gardner, who rushes in from the deep mid-wicket boundary.

    Schutt had the last laugh there.

  5. India are very slighly ahead of where Australia were after the powerplay.

    Worm graph showing India are slightly ahead of the required run rate after the powerplayCricViz

  6. Ind 41-2

    Verma hits big six to end the over

    Shafali Verma caught by Gardner

    Shafali Verma's stay was a short but entertaining one.

  7. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There ain't no silence like the silence that greets an India superstar being dismissed on a cricket ground.

    Smriti Mandhana might have just played the last innings of her tournament.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Mandhana lbw b Molineux (Ind 39-2)

    Got her! Gone! Two of India's big wickets are back in the hutch.

    Smriti Mandhana was hurried by left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux and ends up in a bit of a mess.

    Three reds on the ball-tracking technology and Australia are very happy with themselves. Good decision by Tahlia McGrath having burned one a couple of overs ago.

  9. Australia review

    Now then. Sophie Molineux into the attack and she strikes Smriti Mandhana on the pad as the India opener attempts to work the ball to leg.

    Tahlia McGrath decides this is worth another look after Australia's appeal is turned down on the field.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    India went into a little bit of a slump when they lost that wicket. Well, they are back on it now.

    I think we've got a game that we've been waiting for.

  11. Ind 39-1

    Jemimah Rodrigues may as well take guard on off stump.

    Twice she comes across her stumps and goes down the pitch and absolutely hammers Aussie all-rounder Annabel Sutherland for back-to-back fours.

    With a vocal crowd behind them India are bang up for this.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There was nothing going for it. That's a referral gone, early on and it was surprising they reviewed it.

  13. Rodrigues survives

    Jemimah Rodrigues had come so far across her stumps the ball actually hit her outside the line off stump.

    Good decision by Sue Redfern.

  14. Umpire review

    Jemimah Rodrigues steps across her stumps and attempts to work a delivery from Annabel Sutherland to leg, but is struck on the pad.

    After a bit of deliberation Australia decide to review.

    Given not out on field.

  15. Ind 29-1

    A strong over from Ash Gardner. A wicket and just four runs from it.

    Annabel Sutherland into the attack.

  16. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Smriti Mandhana couldn't believe her opening partner has gone and done that. It was such a really cheap dismissal from Shafali Verma.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Verma c Sutherland b Gardner 20 (Ind 26-0)

    India opener Shafali Verma looks to the heavens, then drags her heels as she walks off the ground.

    Another big shot downtown, but this time she's outfoxed by Ash Gardner, who holds back her length a fraction and Verma takes the bait.

    The ball drops into the hands of Annabel Sutherland at long-on.

    Shafali Verma caught by Gardner

  18. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Shafali Verma has got such a unique swing. It kind of feels like she's not got hold of the ball. But she's got such strong wrists that she generates a lot of power.

    She's so strong down the ground. Anything full tonight and Verma is going to send it over that rope.

  19. Ind 25-0

    Bosh!

    Shafali Verma with a big backlift pummels a Megan Schutt slower ball down the ground for a brutish four.

    Verma finishes the over with another big wallop - this time over the ropes for six. That was a big 'un.

    There's a lively crowd here in at Sharjah and that gets them on their feet.

    Verma hits big six to end the over

  20. Ind 13-0

    Litchfield ends Australia's innings with big six

    Phoebe Litchfield finished Australia's innings off with an almighty six. How crucial will that be come the 20th over of India's innings?

    Shafali Verma picks up her first boundary, with a biff for four off Ash Gardner over square leg.