Cricket

Australia resist India in Women's T20 World Mug final over thriller

.Holders Australia beat the vacancy of skipper Alyssa Healy to outline India in a stressful nine-run succeed on Sunday that locked up a semi-final area in the Women's T20 World Cup.Tahila McGrath led six-time winners Australia in Sharjah after Healy left along with a feet injury endured batting in a triumph over Pakistan on Friday.Watch every game of the WBBL reside as well as ad-break cost-free in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Obtain your first month for merely $1. Restricted opportunity offer.Healy's replacement Style Harris top-scored along with 40 and McGrath struck 32 as Australia posted 151-8 after selecting to baseball bat first.In reply, India completed on 142-9 with captain Harmanpreet Kaur hitting an unbeaten 54 as she put on a fourth-wicket stand of 63 with Deepti Sharma, that brought in 29, and took the match to the last over.India needed 14 off the final 6 rounds, however dropped four openings as Australian bowler Annabel Sutherland provided four runs.The success stretched Australia's succeeding touch to 15 in the tournament. They formally got approved for their ninth straight semi-final of the competition when India were actually 74-3 in 10.4 overs of their chase.India necessity arch-rivals Pakistan to gain their final group match versus New Zealand.If New Zealand win, they are going to take 2nd location in Team An and also meet the partially. A Pakistan win will leave all of them, India as well as the Kiwis all on four aspects as well as net run-rate would choose who advances.Medium-pace bowler Renuka Singh rocked Australia early with pair of wickets on succesive balls to return Beth Mooney, for pair of, and Georgia Wareham, for a duck.Harris steadied the innings in a 62-run stand with McGrath, that led from the front with a 26-ball 32 consisting of 4 fours.Ellyse Perry pounded 32 off 23 distributions to steer the innings. She applied a lively position of 33 for the 6th opening with Phoebe Litchfield, who attacked an unbeaten 15 and finished the innings with a six.Off-spinner Deepti took two arches, featuring Harris and also Perry, and nearly had Litchfield lbw.The left-handed Litchfield chose a button favorite as well as the sphere struck her pads from outside the leg-stump for a southpaw, but India protested the call to be looked at for a right-hander after the adjustment of stance.The batter was walking off but came back grinning after the 3rd official reigned her not out.Australia swift bowler Tayla Vlaeminck was actually earlier dismissed of the remainder of the tournament after she disconnected her shoulder against Pakistan.