Summary

  • India beat Bangladesh by 18 runs for second win of tournament

  • Bangladesh finish on 124-8; Poonam 3-18, Pandey 2-14; N Sultana 35

  • India 142-6; Verma makes quick-fire 39 from 17 balls

  • Rodrigues 34 off 37 - Ghosh & Salma Khatun both take 2-25

  • India top Group A after victory at the Waca in Perth

  • Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with three balls to spare

  1. Ind 136-6published at 18.3 overs

    Krishnamurthy finds the boundary again. This time on the sweep. She has 18 from six balls.

  2. dropped catch

    Pandey dropped on 4published at 18.1 overs

    Ind 120-6

    Edged, but dropped. A cut from Pandey, a big deflection, keeper Sultana can't hang on up to the stumps.

  3. Ind 129-6published at 18 overs

    This is a late flurry from Veda Krishnamurthy. Back-to-back fours, first to extra cover, then on the sweep.

    On a separate note, this innings has taken an age. I wonder if Bangladesh might be in trouble.

  4. Ind 120-6published at 17.3 overs

    Shikha Pandey was home, but Bangladesh have really improved from the shambles of earlier on.

  5. Umpire reviewpublished at 17.3 overs

    Ind 119-6

    Another run out? It's a direct hit...

  6. Ind 114-6published at 17 overs

    Shikhar Pandey is the new arrival. You suspect India will still have enough, but it could have been plenty more.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 16.5 overs

    Sharma run out 11 (Ind 113-6)

    Deepti Sharma has to go! She fell over, there was confusion, she made a dive for her ground, but she was still beaten - just - by Krishnamurthy. Is there anything better than a comedy run out? India are losing their way.

  8. Postpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    One thing we can guarantee - we will see this on Twitter for the next four days.

  9. Umpire reviewpublished at 16.5 overs

    Ind 113-5

    Someone is out, but we don't know who. Both Veda Krishnamurthy and Deepti Sharma are trying to make the non-striker's end, but the ball is with the keeper. Sharma is even diving....

  10. Ind 113-5published at 16.5 overs

    Comedy run out alert! Both players at the same end!

  11. Postpublished at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    We've seen these catches put down so many times and she's done really well to keep hold of that.

  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 16.2 overs

    Ghosh c Akter b S Khatun 14 (Ind 111-5)

    Bangladesh haven't fielded well tonight, but this is a cracking catch from Nahida Akter, running round the boundary at long-on to hold Rachida Ghosh. She knows it's a good one, too, giving a yelp as she hangs on. Smart work.

  13. Ind 111-4published at 16 overs

    Richa Ghosh likes the cut shot. Two boundaries in the last over, now making room for another couple off the left-arm spin of Nahida Akter. On the grass bank, there is a group of India fans, in traditional dress, dancing and clapping. Imagine the crowd if they make the final?

  14. Postpublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2020

    Nicky Shaw
    Ex-England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Richa Ghosh looks good on the back front.

  15. Ind 107-4published at 15 overs

    More leggies from Khatun as drums are banged in the crowd. There's a section of the Bharat Army giving a familiar India chant. The scoreboard is tickling, rather than rattling. When Ghosh leans back to cut, it is the first boundary since midway through the 10th over, following it up with a carbon copy.

  16. Ind 95-4published at 14 overs

    Rodrigues got a long way down before turning back. It makes you wonder if Sharma could have made it. Richa Ghosh, yet another 16-year-old, is the new bat, getting herself away with a slice over point for a couple.

  17. Postpublished at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2020

    Nicky Shaw
    Ex-England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    The throw was a little bit wayward but the 'keeper has done well. I wonder if Jemimah's bat has gone into her.

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 13.2 overs

    Rodrigues run out 34 (Ind 92-4)

    The pressure tells. The ball went to point and Rodrigues, wanting the single, was sent back. She tried to make her ground and, even though the throw had the keeper scrambling around on the floor, Rodrigues' dive could not save her.

  19. Umpire reviewpublished at 13.2 overs

    Ind 92-3

    Rodrigues run out? I think this is gone...

  20. Ind 91-3published at 13 overs

    Fahima Khatun is another spinner with spectacles and a cap. If you'd told me she was a science student, I wouldn't be surprised. Leggies. Plenty of air. Bangladesh have dragged it back well here, only 13 off the past three overs.