India beat Australia by 36 runs to win Women's World Cup semi-final.
India will play England in a World Cup final at Lord's
What a day. What a performance. What a contest that will take place this Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur played one of the great innings: destructive, breathtaking, and full of class. She also had one of the most epic meltdowns when she thought her partner had been run out, which was less elegant, though I enjoyed the passion therein.
171 from 115 balls, though she also finishes with an injury. Was limping between the wickets, and didn’t field. I think the injury cae when she hit the ball into her own foot. Whatever the case, she pointedly avoids the questions from Alison Mitchell about whether she’ll be fit for the final.
Her effort catapaulted India to 281-4 in a reduced innings of 42 overs. The next best score was Raj’s 36. But the economical Australians were mashed. Schutt went at 7 an over. Jonassen went at 9. Villani bowled a single over for 19.
The Aussies were never really in the hunt. The top three went down for 15 between them. Villani then made a fine counterattacking 75 from 58 balls, but was starting from so far behind the pace that Australia needed twice that much. It was an unfair ask. Then Blackwell went huge at the end, but the game was already so far gone that it would have been an utter miracle to haul it back in with one wicket in hand. Pandey and Goswami were vital, where India’s spinners were expected to be key.
So the World Cup final is between India and England, two teams flying high.
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