Australia captain Meg Lanning
“One of the best wins I have been involved in. To fightback from behind well behind and win despite not playing our best cricket. India have got some incredible players. Came right down to the wire and we had to seize those clutch moments. We stayed in the game and that’s what you got to do under pressure. We didn’t executed as well as we would have liked, but we never panicked. Can’t wait to be out here on Sunday.”
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur
“Can’t be unluckier than this, to get that momentum back when me and Jemi were batting. We didn’t expect this. The way I got runout, can’t be unluckier than that. We discussed about fighting till the last ball. The result didn’t go our way, but I am happy with the way we played in this tournament. We know we have a good batting line up even if we lose early wickets. Jemi was outstanding today. Happy to see those performances. Happy to see them play their natural game. We gave those easy catches away. We can only learn from these lessons and not repeat the mistakes.”
Player of the Match: Ashleigh Gardner
“Bowling the last over, my average heart-rate is probably like 190. That just shows the way we fight as a team, and that’s what we kind of spoke about in the huddle right at the end. We probably weren’t in a winning position and that’s when this team does best. When our backs are up against the wall, we find a way and we scrap really hard and that’s what we did today with the ball. I think we set up the game really well with the bat, probably missed a few with the ball but I think that fight we showed shows the character of this team.
(Meg was telling me to) just be really clear with what I want to execute, we obviously know that they have handy batters all the way down, so it’s about being clear on what you want to do and not give any freebies. I was just trying to hit the wicket and keep the stumps in play as often as possible. Always nice spending time in the middle, spending time with Meg as well. She is always calm and keeps it simple out there. I felt with the confidence coming into this game after the couple of innings I have had throughout this World Cup, I guess I gotta take that confidence into the next game and then hopefully win in the final.”
These are just crazy numbers!
Since 2010, there’s been 10 women’s ODI or T20 World Cups. Australia have now got to 9 finals and can win their 8th World Cup in this period on Sunday: an extraordinary era
India ran Australia close in the Commonwealth Games final and today too. But could very well have gone over the line if they had battled better in the closing stages
Tough luck Team India. #HarmanpreetKaur & #JemimahRodrigues looked like taking the game away but the Aussies fought back brilliantly & in the end India have fallen short. Harmanpreet’s runout was the turning point & India will be disappointed to miss out on the finals. #INDWvAUSW pic.twitter.com/RY06QHDrE0
Still a bit baffled by this Harmanpreet Kaur run out to be honest.
Match winner at the crease and Run out in a semi-final. We have had this heartbreak before. Sad to see India out. Were running away with the game but Australia proved again why they are a v difficult side to beat. Well tried girls #INDWvAUSW pic.twitter.com/wNsVc3vb2D
Australia in Women’s T20 World Cups:
2009: Semi-Final
2010: ?
2012: ?
2014: ?
2016: Final
2018: ?
2020: ?
2023: ? (Final)
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE
Australia beat India by 5 runs. Four runs from the last ball for Deepti Sharma but the job was done a ball prior. Heartbreak for India in how close they ran and could have even gone over the line despite a horrendous day in the field. An incredible fight despite the first innings, despite losing three early wickets. They can keep their heads up high with this effort. Harmanpreet and Jemimah with a superb fight alas it didn’t work out in the end
Radha Yadav is GONE!
Radha Yadav had no option but to go for it and she did. Unfortunately, there was no power on the shot and it fell comfortably into Ellyse Perry’s hands. Gardner strikes and Yadav is gone for a duck.
India need 11 runs from 2 balls
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE
Double from the first two balls with Deepti Sharma on strike. Great fielding and perfect throws helping Australia out. 12 needed from 4. Need a boundary at the very least