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Australia reached its seventh straight Ladies’s T20 World Cup closing by holding off India to win by 5 runs.
Chasing Australia’s 4-172, India was 3-28 earlier than a rally by the center and lower-order gave it an opportunity of an upset in opposition to the two-time defending champion and top-ranked group.
India wanted 20 off the final 12 balls of the semi closing after Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24 balls), captain Harmanpreet Kaur (52 off 34) and Deepti Sharma (20 not out off 17) dragged the final World Cup’s dropping finalist again into rivalry.
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Left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen bowled an outstanding penultimate over for Australia, holding India to only 4 runs off these six balls and claiming the wicket of Sneh Rana, who was bowled for 11.
With 16 wanted off the final over to win, or 15 to tie the scores and drive a Tremendous Over, India bought 10 and fell simply quick at 8-167.
“The most effective wins I’ve been concerned in,” Australia captain Meg Lanning stated. “India got here laborious at us so we knew this rating can be laborious to defend. However we pulled by way of within the clutch moments.”
The essential wicket for the Aussies got here earlier when Rodrigues tried to ramp a brief ball over wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy however solely succeeded in edging it to Healy. That ended a partnership of 69 with Kaur that had put India forward of the required run fee after 10 overs.
Australia started to take management once more when Kaur fell run out after getting her bat caught within the floor as she tried to slip it into the crease.
“Can’t be unluckier than that,” Kaur stated of her run out. “Placing the hassle in was necessary and we had been glad to go to the final ball. We wished to combat until the final ball.”
Australia has received 5 of the seven T20 World Cups performed, solely lacking out in 2016 when it misplaced to West Indies within the closing and within the first event in 2009 when it misplaced within the semis.
It has now made each closing after 2009 and can play both England or host South Africa, who meet within the second semi-final on Saturday morning.
Australia’s rating in opposition to India was all the way down to its high 4 batters, with Healy getting 25, fellow opener Beth Mooney 54 off 37, Lanning 49 not out and Ashleigh Gardner 31 from 18.
India additionally paid for a few essential misses. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh dropped a catch off Lanning when the Aussie captain was on 1. Mooney was dropped on 32.
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