MUMBAI: India has won the match against Australia by 5 wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Women’s World Cup and thus has qualified for the final of the tournament.
The Indian team of women cricketers turned the tables in an amazing fashion when they accomplished the run chase of 338 in 48.3 overs with the loss of 5 wickets only. Without a doubt, it was Jemimah Rodrigues who made a huge impact as she stayed at the crease until the very end and scored 127* to lead her team to victory.
Apart from the Captain Harmanpreet Kaur who was the second main contributor with 89 runs, Richa Ghosh got 26, Shafali Verma scored 10 and Smriti Mandhana & Deepti Sharma were in the score with 24 runs each.
It was a nail-biting situation in Mumbai when Australia won the coin toss decided to bat first. Australian women scored the mammoth total of 338 runs for the loss of their 9th wicket in the final over.
To begin with, Phoebe Litchfield was the magnificent batter for Australia scoring 119 runs, and Ellyse Perry lifted the innings with 77 besides Ashleigh Gardner being the one of the top scorers contributing 63 runs. The ICC Women’s World Cup will be played in the final match between India and South Africa on November 2.
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Yesterday, South Africa dispatched England by a whopping 125-run margin in the first semi-final of the ICC Women’s World Cup, on Wednesday. This victory led the team to the final of the World Cup for the first time in history.
It was a captain’s knock that the green outfit needed and they got it as the South African skipper blazed her way to a sublime 169-run innings that was the bedrock of the entire team’s 50 over 319-run total. It was Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati where the South African team, deciding to bat after losing the toss, set a fearsome target of 319 runs in 50 overs to be chased by England.
While Tazmin Brits (45), Marizanne Kapp (42), and Chloe Tryon (33) all made useful contributions to South Africa’s score, the most important role to the highest individual score of the match went to the captain’s marvelous 169-run innings.
England was already on the back foot after the loss of quick wickets in the top order as they could manage a meager 194 runs in the 42.3 overs, thus, failing to reach the target set by South Africa. Three batsmen were out for zero, indicating the severity with which the top order was attacked.
Only one player could be found among the entire batting line-up of the English team making a fight as the Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt contributed 64 runs. Alice Capsey made 50, Danni Wyatt-Hodge 34, and Linsey Smith 27.
Such a dominant performance by South Africa’s women cricketers is, without a doubt, a turning point, as they get a chance to play in the World Cup final for the very first time.
