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Key events
Australia XI
Australia: Beth Mooney (+), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux (c), Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton
India XI
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (+), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh
Changes for some sides.
Just nan 1 for India arsenic Kranti Gaud travel backmost for Nandani Sharma.
And a large alteration for Australia, arsenic Alana King misses retired and is replaced by Phoebe Litchfield.
India triumph nan flip and bat
Harmanpreet Kaur calls correctly and chooses to person a bat.
“Today’s nan crippled conscionable to bask ourselves,” is nan connection from nan Indian skipper.
Sophie Molineux says if she’d won nan flip Australia would person had a vessel anyway. So everyone’s happy.
Slightly delayed flip present astatine Lord’s aft nan South Africa and Bangladesh crippled went down to nan wire. Will person news pinch you arsenic soon arsenic we get it. Sun’s out. I’d person a bat.
Attention switches to nan main arena now. Australia are 4 from 4 and been ascendant throughout. Their margins of triumph person been 65 runs, 9 wickets, 98 runs and 113 runs truthful acold this comp. So they’ve gone alright…
India person had 3 comfortable victories, but mislaid successful a thriller to South Africa.
South Africa’s net-run-rate is 0.633. India’s is 2.268. So there’s moreover a world wherever a constrictive conclusion for India coming will still beryllium capable to spell through. I’ll nan request nan assistance of immoderate scientists to understand what that intends successful runs and wickets though.
South Africa triumph by 4 wickets!
Turns retired it was arsenic elemental arsenic that. Two balls were each that were required for South Africa to get nan 5 runs needed. Chloe Tryon edges nan first shot for 4 and past lifts nan pursuing transportation complete screen for a single. It wasn’t pretty, but nan job’s done.
Over to you India…
19th over: Right. Five disconnected nan past needed. We’re astatine Lord’s. A necktie is simply a Super Over and Ian Smith is successful nan commentary box. Surely it’s written.
Here we go…
WICKET! de Klerk c Shorna b Ritu 15 (New Zealand 113-6)
Well, well, well. What a awesome drawback successful nan deep! South Africa six down needing 5 disconnected eight. Job not done.
Why not…let’s person 2 prize overs of OBO to return this lucifer home. If you do want to get successful contact, email maine here.
Crucially, for this lucifer to transportation immoderate jeopardy, South Africa must get nan occupation done against Bangladesh.
SA presently request 10 runs from nan last 2 overs astatine Lord’s – and it is nervy. Five wickets down. Will support you up-to-date correct done to nan end.
Preamble
Welcome one, invited each to nan last group shape crippled of nan 2026 T20 World Cup.
On nan line? Well. For Australia not much. They’re arsenic bully arsenic done barring a catastrophic conclusion of historical proportions. But for India, this is fundamentally quarter-final. Win and they’re done to nan semis. Lose…and well, assuming South Africa get nan occupation done complete Bangladesh wherever astatine nan clip of typing they request 26 runs disconnected nan last 4 overs, it’ll beryllium location time.
Join america for each nan fun. Kick-off is 2.30pm (BST). Toss and squad news will beryllium astatine 2.00pm.
