ICC Women's World Cup: McLanning, Alyssa Healy lead Australia to semifinals after record chase against India
Written on: March 19, 2022
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ICC Women's World Cup: McLanning, Alyssa Healy lead Australia to semifinals after record chase against India
Australia’s McLanning and Alyssa Healy won by six wickets against India in the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Auckland on Saturday.
Australia broke their own record for most successful chases in a Women’s World Cup match by chasing a target of 288 at Eden Park. Australia’s 258 against Sri Lanka in 2017 was the most successful chase in a World Cup match.
Australia, currently unbeaten in the 2022 World Cup, have now qualified for the semi-finals with 5 wins.
The game went on till the final over! # Team India Despite fighting hard till the last, Australia won by 6 wickets
India will bounce back in the remaining two matches # CWC22 | #INDVAUS pic.twitter.com/jL4CekzzSv
– BCCIWomen (BCCIWomen) March 19, 2022
McLanning scored 97, while opener Alyssa Healy laid the foundation for Australia’s victory with 72 runs. The other Aussie opener, Rachel Haynes, scored 43, while Beth Mooney and Ellis Perry scored 30 * and 28, respectively.
Alyssa Healy, who chased down 278 runs, hit five fours in the first five overs to give Australia a great start. Rachel Haynes, who was mostly a quiet spectator in the early exchanges, also got into the action as she finished the Powerplay with 25 runs off a run-a-ball.
The Australian team gave no chance to India on the field, except for run-out chances throughout.
The opening pair soon took the second 100-run opening stand in this World Cup edition – the first was the partnership between Dendra Dot and Hayley Mathews, which also came against India.
India finally beat Healy’s wicket in the 20th over. Reverse sweep Sne Rana went straight into the hands of Mithali Raj in the third over, thus smashing 121 runs. The wicket-taker took two wickets as he quickly edged the ball into the well-run short-ball Richa Ghosh’s gloves. McLanning and Ellis Perry were in Greece as Australia were 142/2 at half-time.
With Lanning and Perry dropping the anchor with runs, India’s hopes of getting back into the game were short-lived as the Aussie pair kept coming easily. After 40 overs in the innings, the rain interrupted the match for a while, which helped India.
Beth Mooney joined Lanning in Greece and watched Australia lose its composure in the death overs. Chase faltered when Lanning fell 3 runs short of his century in the last over, but Beth Mooney stopped the game for Australia in the last over with ice in his nerves.
With 10 points on the board, Australia officially took a place # CWC22 Semi-final pic.twitter.com/WMPfj9y91Z
– ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 19, 2022
Earlier, India reached 277/7 in the allotted 50 overs due to the late prowess of Harmanpreet Kaur and the action of Mithali Raj and Yastika Patia.
India captain Mithali Raj and Yastika Patia scored 68 and 59 respectively at Eden Park. Harmanpreet Kaur’s 57 * and Pooja Vastrakar’s 34 helped the blue team finish high. Darcy Brown took 3 wickets and Alana King took 2 wickets for Australia.
Summary Marks: India 277/7 (Mithali Raj 68, Yastika Patia 59; Darcy Brown 3-30) v Australia 280/4 (McLanning 97, Alyssa Healy 72; Pooja Vastragar 2/43).
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