Australia reached the final of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 for the 4th consecutive time beating England by five runs in the first semifinal at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.
They will play final on April 3 against the winners of West Indies and New Zealand, who will meet each other in the 2nd semifinal on Thursday (Mar 31) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Sent in to bat first, Australian Women’s scored 132 runs for 6 in allocated 20 overs.
Going to bat, Australian Women’s made a good start scoring 41 runs in 5.3 overs in the opening stand.
One down batter cum captain Meg Lanning contributed the team highest 55 runs off 50 balls hitting six fours while opener AJ Healy made 15-ball 25 runs, featuring five fours.
Besides, AJ Villani (19), AJ Blackwell (11) and EA Perry (10) were the other major contributors for the Australia.
NR Sciver grabbed two wickets for 22 runs while LA Marsh and JL Gunn took one wicket each.
In reply, England folded their innings at 127 for 7 in allocated 20 overs to eliminate from global meet despite of making 67 runs in 10 overs in the opening stand.
Opener TT Beaumont made the team highest 32 runs off 40 balls featuring one four and one six while another opener cum captain CM Edwards hit 29-ball 31 runs with four boundaries.
Besides, SJ Taylor (21), KH Brunt (11) and DN Wyatt (10) scored the double digit runs for England.
ML Schutt claimed two wickets for 15 runs and EA Perry, RM Farrell, KM Beams, and ER Osborne took one wicket each.
