CWC 2022 India vs Australia Highlights: Aus win thriller, qualify for semis

Women's World Cup India vs Australia: Meg Lanning's leading from the front innings (97) coupled with Alyssa Healy's swashbuckling 72 led Australia to 5th straight win and a place in the semi-final

1:33 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 225-2 | Over 41-Covers coming off

 

So the rains have subsided, true to Auckland weather and the covers are now coming off and have almost come off altogether as Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning make their way to the middle. The Indan team are also eager to get it going as they are still in the game with run a ball required

1:23 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 225-2 | Over 41- Same feeling!!

1:18 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 225-2 | Over 41- Rain stops play, Aus ahead by 28 runs on DLS

 

So the rain which has been dreaded since yesterday has finally arrived at Eden Park in Auckland and the play has been stopped with the Australian team at 225-2 after 41 overs, 28 runs ahead of the required Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method runs at the end of the 41 overs, which was 197. 

 

Although the pitch is getting covered fully, the rain might subside soon. Australia need 53 from 54 balls with eight wickets in hand. See you after the break 

1:09 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 224-2 | Over 40- 100 Partnership for Lanning and Perry

 

Only one hundred run partnership is most of the times enough to chase down a target in the zone of 280 runs in an ODI game. But Australia have had two here and therefore look all set to chase the record total. Lanning and Perry have added 100 runs in just 111 balls to get the game out of India's reach

12:58 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 201-2 | Over 36- 200 up for the Aussies

The Australian are easing into their chase as the Indians are letting them dictate the pace of the game. There is no attacking fieldset, no attempt to get a wicket from the Indian captain either

12:48 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 191-2 | Over 34- 50 for Lanning

12:38 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 183-2 | Over 32- 50 partnership between Lanning and Perry

 

The two experienced Australians have brought up the fifty partnership in only 64 balls and whatever little pressure that India managed to build after twin strikes have now been undone it seems and Australia seem to be motoring along here. They need just 95 off 18 overs

12:18 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 154-2 | Over 27- Game getting away from India

 

Two fours in a row and Australia bring up 150. This is clearly not the right way to bowl to Lanning. Meghna Singh is erring in her lines and is being taken for cleaners by the Aussies. Mithali needs to bring in Jhulan Goswami so that she can take the wicket and keep India in the game because these two, Perry and Lanning are taking the game away from the Indian team very quickly

12:12 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 142-2 | Over 25-Half the innings done

 

Half the innings is done for Australia and they have nibbled away at more than half the target at 142/2. And it looks like even after the two quick wickets, in just a matter of two overs since the wickets. This is what the Aussies are good at doing. They just nibble away at targets without the opposition even being able to hold back. Can India get one more and build pressure?

12:03 PM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 133-2 | Over 23- Two quick wickets for India

11:59 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 129-2 | Over 22- Four from Lanning

 

Four!! No Rana, that's not how you build pressure, Lanning just punched this off her backfoot for a four and the pressure is just released. India need to pick one more wicket here. Six runs from the over 

11:57 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 123-2 | Over 21- India have two

 

Wow..there is suddenly life in this game as Pooja Vastrakar has struck for India and removed a well-set Racheal Haynes. Haynes was tempted into pull with a short of a length delivery, she went for it and all she managed to get was a nick off the top of her swinging bat. Richa Ghosh made no mistake and suddenly Australia have two new batters in the middle with the score of 123-2

11:52 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 122-1 | Over 20- Rana strikes

11:49 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 121-1 | Over 19.2-Finally a wicket

 

Sneh Rana has forced Ian Healy to make a mistake as she tries to reverse sweep and reverse it straight to backward-point where captain Mithlai Raj catches it by diving a bit. Sneh Rana is the wicket-taker and she would give you the wickets. 

11:45 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | AUS 120-0 | Over 19-Healy brings up her fifty