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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Spinner Ash Gardner bowls the second over,
Is this a drop off her first ball?
Shafali Verma, plays uppishly off the back foot and pings the ball through the hands of Megan Schutt, at full stretch, at cover.
India's Smriti Mandhana has recorded five scores of 50 plus in women’s T20 internationals in 2024, including 50 runs against Sri Lanka last time.
Only Mithali Raj (seven in 2018) has logged more in a calendar year for India in the history of the format.
Good intent from Shafali Verma early on as she looks to set the tone for India, hitting Megan Schutt over the top of mid-on for a couple.
Beth Mooney has plenty of chirp behind the stumps. "Only going one way this one isn't it?" she pipes up.
Smriti Mandhana steps across her stumps and drives Schutt through the covers but it does not have the legs to reach the boundary and India have to accept a couple.
Solid start for India.
Tash Farrant
England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's plain and simple for India - they need to win this game in order to get to the semi-finals.
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana will open the batting for India.
Verma has just taken guard.
Megan Schutt will bowl the first over for Australia.
Away we go...
Australia have lost only one of their last 14 T20 internationals (won 12, tied one) against India which came via a nine-wicket defeat in January this year.
Thanks, Tim. I can think of three words beginning with the letter 'c' to, ahem, describe you as well...
Charming, compassionate and cheerful, of course.
A bit of a chaotic end but that feels a pretty a defendable total for Australia overall.
India need to go at 7.60 runs per over to chase this down.
That was a chaotic end to the innings, what we need now is a calm, cool and collected approach to take us through India's reply. Timothy Abraham has all those qualities and more - a lot more.
Here he is...
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Phoebe Litchfield has whacked that and Australia have got their 150. You think you've restricted them, you think you've got them where you want them and then in the last ball, they break your heart.
Take that! Phoebe Litchfield smashes the final ball of the innings over square leg - it's a low skimmer and clatters into the stands for an impressive end to their 20 over allocation.
Litchfield ends Australia's innings with big six
Molineux run out (Rodrigues) 0 (Aus 145-8)
Image source, Getty ImagesVillage, absolutely village.
Molineux slices to Rodrigues at point, it's dropped but 'never run on a drop'? Not a bit of it, she charges down the pitch and is miles out.
Sutherland b Shreyanka Patil 10 (Aus 145-7)
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's a swing and a miss as Shreyanka Patil keeps her nerve to bowl Annabel Sutherland.
Great shot over cover off the third ball for four.
Firdose Moonda
Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Anything under 150 India will be happy with. But they will need to chase it quickly if they want to keep their World Cup tournament alive.
Shreyanka Patil takes the final over, and her first is clouted by Sutherland straight back past the bowler but just for one
Annabel Sutherland smacks a four off her first ball, and then nicks the strike for the last over.
Is 150 on here?
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesA great catch from Sajeevan Sajana. She did well to keep hold of that, it looked like a stinger! You can see her hands are in pain as she grabbed onto it.
Perry c sub b Deepti 32 (Aus 134-6)
Good catch - and ouch!
Ellyse Perry manages to pick out one of the few fielders in the deep, a powerful pull goes straight to the sub Sajana, who winces as the ball goes into her mitts.
Deepti takes panful catch to remove Perry
I was right about the time - India are 10 minutes behind and they have to bring someone in to the circle for the last two overs, they are allowed just three outside the circle.
Radha Yadav does well after a lucrative spell for Australia, the left-arm spinner conceding just five from her latest over.
| 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 |
