ess Jonassen, Meg Lanning and Ashleigh Gardner of Australia have a good time following the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Semi Final match between Australia and India at Newlands Stadium on February 23, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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India’s shoddy fielding allowed Australia to post a difficult 172 for 4 within the first semi-final of the Women’s T20 World Cup right here on Thursday.
The bowling effort additionally left so much be desired as Beth Mooney prolonged her envious document towards India with an aesthetic 54 off 37 balls.
One of the perfect energy hitters within the recreation, Ashleigh Gardner, harm India with 31 off 18 balls whereas skipper Meg Lanning made 49 not out off 34 balls.
Australia opted to bat at a sunny Newlands and India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who selected to play the knock-out recreation a day after affected by excessive fever, didn’t appear to thoughts Lanning’s name.
There was no swing on provide, making life so much tough for star pacer Renuka Thakur, whose first ball of the sport was a half volley to Alyssa Healy (25 off 26) and she or he duly put it away.
Healy is often the aggressor in her opening partnerships with Mooney however it wasn’t the case on this event. It was Mooney who received the boundaries extra usually of their 52-run stand as she manoeuvred the sector superbly along with her nimble footwork towards the spinners. Shafali Verma dropped a regulation catch off Mooney at lengthy on when she was on 32.
Deepti Sharma, India’s most constant spinner within the match, bowled too quick in her opening spell. Her second over went for 12 runs as Mooney stepped out for a six over extensive lengthy off.
Besides the inconsistent line and size, poor fielding and catching price India quite a lot of runs.
Lanning, who was dropped early in her innings, made India pay with an unbeaten 49 off 34 balls. She collected two sixes and a 4 within the twentieth over bowled by Renuka, who went wicketless in her 4 overs and conceded 41 runs.
Sneh Rana, enjoying rather than Pooja Vastrakar, was unlucky not decide any wicket as she troubled the batters along with her flight. She may have had Lanning caught behind in her first over however wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh dropped the prospect. Richa additionally fluffed a stumping probability of Lanning.
The final 5 overs yielded 59 runs for Australia.
