Group A, Sharjah
Australia win by nine runs to qualify for semi-finals as group winners
India can only reach 142-9 after Australia post 151-8
India now need Pakistan to beat New Zealand on Monday to have a chance of advancing
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Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This is the moment. Harmanpreet Kaur knows much of her captaincy legacy could come down to what happens in the next four overs.
Sharma c Wareham b Molineux 29 (Ind 110-4)
Partnership broken for Australia and the ground falls silent, but for the cheers of handful of Antipodeans in the stands.
Deepti Sharma with one hoick into the leg side too many. She gets plenty of elevation to heave towards cow corner off Sophie Molineux, but Georgia Wareham is as cold as ice.
Wareham is a few yards in from the boundary but takes is calmly.
Harmanpreet Kaur with a powerful stroke through the covers as she whacks Sophie Molineux's second ball to the boundary.
Plenty of bottom hand on that, but it's four.
A couple of balls later and Deepti Sharma slog sweeps it for four.
Are India getting some momentum here?
Georgia Wareham is not frightened to toss it up.
However, her fourth delivery ends up as moon ball and is called as a no-ball as it was above waist height.
Harmanpreet Kaur attempts to hit the free hit into next week, but can only get a single.
Deepti Sharma slog sweeps Wareham's final ball of the over behind square for four, though. More of this needed for India.
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Firdose Moonda
Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That is a much-needed boundary for Harmanpreet Kaur. But it's still a big, big ask for India at a required run rate of more than 10 an over.
Kaur needs to make it happen and you get the feeling that if it's not her, it's not going to be anyone else.
Finally, a boundary for India.
Ash Gardner drags it down and Harmanpreet Kaur rolls her wrists over the top of it and pulls it to the fence for four.
Australia still in the box seat here.
Firdose Moonda
Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It looks like scoring has become quite difficult for India after the powerplay. Things have quite slowed down and we are starting to see some concerned looks on the faces in the Indian changing room.
Quite a few pensive faces among the India players waiting to bat. They can sense this one is slipping away from them.
Australia have been on point in the field and Georgia Wareham dives in the covers to stop a Harmanpreet Kaur drive off Annabel Sutherland.
A couple of tight overs and all of sudden India need 10 an over from here.
Image source, CricVizAustralia have won 19 of their last 21 Women’s T20 World Cup matches, including their last 14 in succession, which is the longest winning run of any team in the history of the tournament.
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It could be a big moment in this game. Darcie Brown dived forward and got both hands to it. It could have been a spectacular catch, but she has not pulled it off.
Miserly from Georgia Wareham, who rattles through an over of off-spin costing just four runs.
There's a spilled chance off the second delivery as Kaur hits the ball to Darcie Brown at deep mid-wicket.
India need 73 from 48 balls. The pressure is mounting on Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma to play some shots now.
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
India have risen to the challenge today. They knew what was required of them. They have been far more dynamic on the field.
The disappointment with India is that they got ambushed by New Zealand, which can happen sometimes, but the lack of urgency with which they took on the challenge of chasing a meagre target against Pakistan was disappointing.
Since then, they have looked a totally different team and were brilliant in their last game.
Right then, Darcie Brown into the attack for Australia.
Harmanpreet Kaur latches on to a short-pitched delivery from the Aussie seamer midway through the over and helps the ball on its way round the corner for four.
The required rate for India stands at 8.56 per over.
WinViz has the ball very much in Australia's court at the moment.
Image source, CricVizMust confess, I had not seen a lot of left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux before this World Cup but she's really impressed me.
A good control of length, knows when to attack and defend.
Just the four runs off her second over. She has 1-6.
Sophie Molineux into the attack.
Here's how India batter Jemimah Rodrigues fell a few moments ago.
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That was a terrific diving effort from Sophie Molineux. Such is the fielding standards of Australia that she will put that down as a miss.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma work Annabel Sutherland for five singles before the latter goes for a big booming drive off the final ball of the Australia all-rounder's over.
The ball flashes of the edge to backward point but Sophie Molineux cannot cling on to the catch after a diving effort.
Harmanpreet Kaur has scored 50 runs or more in each of her last three T20 international tournament innings against Australia.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Sophie Molineux, with the direct hit, has done some wonderful fielding - moving around, picking the ball up and throwing in one fluid motion.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris,caught Mandhana, bowled Sharma Harris, caught Mandhana, bowled Sharma | 40 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 97.56 |
Mooney,caught Yadav, bowled Renuka Singh Thakur Mooney, caught Yadav, bowled Renuka Singh Thakur | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28.57 |
Wareham,leg before wicket, bowled Renuka Singh Thakur Wareham, leg before wicket, bowled Renuka Singh Thakur | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
McGrath,stumped Ghosh, bowled Yadav McGrath, stumped Ghosh, bowled Yadav | 32 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 123.08 |
Perry,caught substitute, bowled Sharma Perry, caught substitute, bowled Sharma | 32 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 139.13 |
Gardner,caught Yadav, bowled Vastrakar Gardner, caught Yadav, bowled Vastrakar | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 100.00 |
Litchfield,not out Litchfield, not out | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 166.67 |
Sutherland,bowled Patil Sutherland, bowled Patil | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 166.67 |
Molineux,run out Rodrigues Molineux, run out Rodrigues | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Schutt,not out Schutt, not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 1, leg byes 6, total 14 Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 1, leg byes 6, total 14 | ||||||
Total,151 for 8 20.0 overs Total,151 for 8 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renuka Singh Thakur | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 |
Patil | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
Vastrakar | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 |
Reddy | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
Sharma | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 |
Yadav | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
17 for 1 (2.4 overs) | Mooney |
17 for 2 (2.5 overs) | Wareham |
79 for 3 (11.5 overs) | McGrath |
92 for 4 (13.2 overs) | Harris |
101 for 5 (14.6 overs) | Gardner |
134 for 6 (18.3 overs) | Perry |
145 for 7 (19.4 overs) | Sutherland |
145 for 8 (19.5 overs) | Molineux |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Verma,caught Sutherland, bowled Gardner Verma, caught Sutherland, bowled Gardner | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 153.85 |
Mandhana,leg before wicket, bowled Molineux Mandhana, leg before wicket, bowled Molineux | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 50.00 |
Rodrigues,caught Gardner, bowled Schutt Rodrigues, caught Gardner, bowled Schutt | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 133.33 |
Kaur,not out Kaur, not out | 54 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 114.89 |
Sharma,caught Wareham, bowled Molineux Sharma, caught Wareham, bowled Molineux | 29 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 116.00 |
Ghosh,run out Litchfield Ghosh, run out Litchfield | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
Vastrakar,bowled Sutherland Vastrakar, bowled Sutherland | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 150.00 |
Reddy,run out Litchfield Reddy, run out Litchfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Patil,run out Mooney Patil, run out Mooney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Yadav,leg before wicket, bowled Sutherland Yadav, leg before wicket, bowled Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Renuka Singh Thakur,not out Renuka Singh Thakur, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 6 Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 6 | ||||||
Total,142 for 9 20.0 overs Total,142 for 9 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schutt | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
Gardner | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
Sutherland | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |
Molineux | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 |
Wareham | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 |
Brown | 1.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
26 for 1 (3.3 overs) | Verma |
39 for 2 (5.1 overs) | Mandhana |
47 for 3 (6.5 overs) | Rodrigues |
110 for 4 (15.5 overs) | Sharma |
111 for 5 (16.2 overs) | Ghosh |
139 for 6 (19.2 overs) | Vastrakar |
139 for 7 (19.3 overs) | Reddy |
141 for 8 (19.4 overs) | Patil |
141 for 9 (19.5 overs) | Yadav |