Australia continues chasing information to succeed in the Girls’s World Cup semi-finals

Australia continues chasing records to reach the Women's World Cup semi-finals

Australia captain Meg Lanning scores 97 because the Girls’s World Cup favourites beat India by six wickets in a report chase in Auckland to succeed in the semi-finals; Watch each match of the Girls’s Cricket World Cup from the Worldwide Cricket Championship dwell on Sky Sports activities

Final replace: 3/22/19 10:05 AM

Alyssa Healy (left) and Rachel Haynes celebrate their 100-time partnership for Australia

Alyssa Healy (left) and Rachel Haynes have fun their 100-time partnership for Australia

Australia accomplished a report chase to beat India by six wickets to grow to be the primary staff to e book a spot within the Girls’s World Cup semi-finals.

India, who misplaced the toss and was put up for the racket, scored 277-7 at Auckland’s Eden Park on the again of a half century of Yastika Bhatia (59), captain Mitali Raj (68) and Haranpreet Kaur (57 no).

Darcy Brown was the Australian bowler’s selection 3-30, whereas Alana King 2-52.

India 277-7 in 50 overs (Yastika Bhatia 59, Mithali Raj 68, Harmanpreet Kaur 57; Darcie Brown 3-30, Alana King 2-52, Jess Jonassen 1-40)

Australia 280-4 at 49.3 overs (Rachel Haynes 43, Alyssa Healy 72, Meg Lanning 97, Elise Perry 28, Beth Mooney 30no; Pooja Vastrakar 2-43, Sneh Rana 1-56, Meghna Singh 1-68)

Participant of the match: Meg Lanning (Australia)

Rachel Haynes and Alyssa Healy responded with a gap 121 cease for Australia, then captain Meg Lanning lifted match favorites to the brink of victory with an outstanding 97 off 107 ball strike.

Lanning left with eight balls remaining and eight video games nonetheless wanted however Beth Mooney (30 no) hit 4 within the last to see Australia to their fifth win from 5 video games with three balls to spare as they completed 280-4.

“It was a small stake, and beating a superb staff is absolutely good for the group,” Lanning mentioned.

“We wish to maintain enhancing in each sport. We’ll win right now however we all know there are issues we have to enhance.”

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The earlier highest profitable chase within the Girls’s World Cup was 258 targets for Australia to beat Sri Lanka within the 2017 Championships in England.

The six-time World Cup winner secured his end within the high 4 of the opening spherical standings to safe a spot within the semi-finals earlier than the final two group matches in opposition to South Africa and Bangladesh.

ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup – Group Stage Standing

sport gained Misplaced factors web working price
1. Australia 5 5 0 10 +1.424
2. South Africa 4 4 0 8 +0.226
3. West Indies 5 3 2 6 -0.930
4. India 5 2 3 4 +0.456
5. New Zealand 5 2 3 4 -0.216
6. England 4 1 3 2 +0.351.0000
7. Bangladesh 4 1 3 2 -0.342
8. Pakistan 4 0 4 0 -0.996

India, who additionally misplaced their earlier match to England, should now win their final group matches in opposition to the identical two groups to maintain their hopes of reaching the final 4.

Watch the England ladies’s nationwide staff tackle New Zealand in a must-win World Cup match on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 9:30pm on Saturday.