Australia Bring Back Bad Memories For England At Women’s World Cup

Ever get nan emotion of deja vu? At Indore connected Wednesday, Australia took up wherever they had near disconnected astatine nan MCG successful January: Alana King bowled unplayable balls, Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner piled connected nan runs and 1 broadside near nan different for dust. It is nan World Cup alternatively of nan Ashes, but nan consequence – a six-wicket triumph by nan Aussies, pinch 57 balls to spare – was horribly familiar.

Sutherland’s publication to this World Cup had been constricted to being nan tournament’s starring wicket-taker. At Indore, she again showcased her variations, getting a hint of distant activity to clip nan apical of Amy Jones’s disconnected stump, earlier removing Tammy Beaumont and Emma Lamb pinch her slower ball. Her 3 for 60, and a 10-over spell from King that went for 20, ensured England put 244 connected nan board.

England saw a glimmer of dream aft Australia wobbled to 68 for four, pinch Linsey Smith again making inroads successful nan powerplay. But Sutherland, who had grounded to get retired of azygous figures successful 4 erstwhile matches this tournament, snatched that dream away. Her unbeaten 98 was bettered only by nan supremely powerful ball-striking of Gardner, who took 22 balls to toggle shape her half-century into a ton.

Such was Australia’s power that Gardner, having brought up her period pinch 4 runs needed for nan win, defended 3 balls from Lauren Bell to effort to alteration Sutherland to scope her ain three-figure milestone. Sutherland chose to tally a single, allowing Gardner to onslaught nan winning boundary.

Both teams person already qualified for nan semi-finals, but Australia are successful rod position to apical nan group, assuming they hit South Africa connected Saturday. England will play nan loser of that crippled successful their semi-final, sloppy of nan consequence successful their last group-stage lucifer against New Zealand connected Sunday.