(Reuters) – Tournament favourites Australia staged a report run chase to beat India by six wickets and book a spot within the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup with a fifth win from 5 matches on Saturday.
India, who misplaced the toss and had been put in to bat, posted an imposing 277 for seven at Auckland’s Eden Park on the again of half centuries from Yastika Bhatia, skipper Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Rachael Haynes and Alyssa Healy responded with a gap stand of 121 runs, nevertheless, and captain Meg Lanning chipped in with 97 to assist Australia safely to 280-4 regardless of a brief rain interruption.
“It was a ripper wicket and to come away with a win towards a wonderful staff is admittedly good for the group,” mentioned Lanning.
“We need to maintain getting higher each sport … we’ll take the win immediately however know that there are issues we’d like to enhance on.”
The earlier highest profitable chase at a Women’s World Cup was the 258 Australia scored to beat Sri Lanka within the 2017 event in England.
The victory ensured the six-times World Cup winners will end within the high 4 of the opening spherical standings to safe a spot within the semi-finals forward of their final two group matches towards South Africa and Bangladesh.
India should now win their closing group matches towards the identical two groups to maintain alive their hopes of reaching the final 4.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, enhancing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
