Australia beat India by 3 wickets in Women’s Cricket World Cup – updates

Australia make ODI history after chasing down India’s mammoth 330 to exemplify why they are the favourites to lift the 2025 ODI Women’s World Cup.

Healy played an all-time knock to see her country through, and will hope her good form continues as we get deeper into the cricket tournament.

We hope you enjoyed our live coverage of this thrilling match, and on behalf of Adam Hancock and Hafsa Adil, this is Rohan Sharma signing off.

Australia win the match by 3 wickets.#TeamIndia fought spiritedly and will look to bounce back in the next match.

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Australian seam bowler Annabel Sutherland took her first five-wicket haul in ODIs and in the process moved to the top of the tournament’s wicket-taking charts.

She now leads with 10 scalps, while England’s Sophie Ecclestone and India’s Deepti Sharma are second with nine wickets apiece.

Smriti Mandhana became the fastest player to reach 5,000 runs in women’s ODIs, having achieved the feat in 112 innings.

And Australia’s Ellyse Perry broke the record for most catches taken by an outfield player for Australia in women’s ODIs by completing her 56th catch to dismiss Pratika Rawal.

Australia face Bangladesh at the same venue on Thursday, while India resume their campaign after a week-long break when they host England in Indore on Sunday.

With that big hundred, the Australian captain is now second on the run-scoring charts for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.

Healy now has 181 runs from three innings, but she’s still some way behind New Zealand captain Sophie Devine, who has 260 runs from her three.

Pratika Rawal is third with 180, with compatriot Richa Ghosh fourth with 163 and Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner has 161.

Victorious Australia captain Alyssa Healy dissected the match: “[It’s a] great result. We’ll take those two points. To chase down 330 in a 50-overs game is new territory for us. Hopefully, we don’t have to do it again.

“Our top order felt like we needed to contribute more. Knowing that we needed to chase big, getting a quick start was crucial. That we were able to maintain the run-rate was cool.

“[On Sutherland] .. she’s probably the pick of our bowlers from a length perspective. She identified the lengths to bowl, and executed perfectly. There was some junk bowling, [but] we were able to hang in there.

“Partnerships are key. We lacked that in the first couple of games. We were able to have a significant one and to have Perry walking in at 30 not out is cheeky. Ultimately got the job done; that’s crucial. “

India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur shared her thoughts after the match: “The way we started, we could have added 30-40 [more] runs. We missed runs in the last six overs, and that cost us.

“We knew it was a good batting wicket, but not batting well in the last six overs cost us. The openers have been outstanding. Because of them, we have been scoring 300 runs.

“[The] last three games, we were not able to bat in the middle overs. Our lower order took responsibility. Today, the first 40 overs were good. It is important how we come back; these things happen.

“[On Charani] … she has been outstanding. Today, also she bowled well to their batters. Even when Healy was batting, she was not giving anything easily.

“We have a lot of hope from her to give breakthroughs. [On having five bowlers] … we’ll sit and discuss. This combination has given us success. Two bad games are not going to make a difference.”

We will have quotes from both captains shortly.

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The Australian skipper, after scoring a sublime 141 off 107 balls, had this to say after the match: “Really proud of the group. A little bit tight at the back end, but we got over the line.

“We have been preaching about the depth in our lineup. We could be chasing 360 plus. I was trying to lock in for a big day.

“To contribute heavily was good. Would have liked to stay a bit longer, but the girls got the job done. Was wondering what I had done, we would be chasing 380.

“But the bowlers pulled it back. Charani bowled really well tonight. We haven’t identified threats; we limited the damage and tried and attack the others.”

Australia continue to command top spot with six points after three victories out of four matches played. Their second match against Sri Lanka was washed out.

India take third spot with four points, having recorded two wins and two losses.

Australia timed their chase superbly.

Not only five minutes later, and the rains have come down heavily over Vizag.

Despite India putting up a daunting 330 in the first innings, Australia show why they are the favourites to win the tournament with a splendid chasing effort.

It was set up nicely by a brisk opening stand of 85 in just 11.2 overs by Healy and Litchfield. Perry then joined her skipper to put on a further 83 runs for the second wicket, before she had to retire hurt.

Healy continued deep into the innings, finishing with a wonderful knock off 141 off 107 balls, which included 21 fours and three sixes.

Gardner took on the mantle with the chase, scoring 45 off 46, before Perry returned to see her side home, and cap a record chase with an over to spare.

Charani was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3 for 41. She was ably supported by Deepti (2 for 52) and Amanjot (2 for 68).

Perry ends the match in style with a six over the straight boundary!

It is the very last ball of Rana’s quota of overs, and Australia come away from Vizag with an important victory against the hosts.

Interestingly, Harmanpreet throws the ball to Rana, who has so far bowled nine overs with figures of none for 72.

The over doesn’t start well, and the second ball is deftly reverse-swept away by Garth to the deep third rope.

Thirteen off 12 needed now. With Perry there, though, Australia will still have plenty of hope.

Can India add another twist to this tale?

Just the two runs allowed from her opening three deliveries.

Garth flicks Goud’s fourth ball to mid-wicket. Rodrigues swoops in and aims for the nonstriker’s but just misses. Garth was well short, and had that been a direct hit, she would have been sent to the dugout.

Perry then goes after a juicy low full toss, just beating the fielder at long-on to get a final-ball boundary.

Sixteen off 18 now.

Goud is brought back on. She is into her ninth over.

She provides width outside off to Garth, who cuts strongly to the deep backward rope for four.