Australia could also be unbeaten however didn’t begin this event within the smoothest trend, with particular person performances digging their batting line-up out of hassle of their opening matches.
They slipped to 128-5 of their first sport in opposition to New Zealand earlier than Ash Gardner scored 115 from quantity six to pull them to a total their opponents couldn’t chase.
Rain noticed their encounter with Sri Lanka washed out with out a ball bowled, earlier than Beth Mooney took the saviour role against Pakistan, smashing 109 to take Australia from 76-7 to 221-9.
When India scored 330 on Sunday, the seven-time world champions have been up in opposition to it once more – just for Healy to anchor a file chase, with three different batters recording scores over 40 as Australia slotted into their acquainted place as a dominant pressure.
Their bowlers have regarded sturdy all through the competitors and so they overpowered Bangladesh’s batters on this match, with Alana King’s 2-18 the choose as 4 of the assault took a pair of wickets.
Healy then stepped up, scoring consecutive centuries for the second time in World Cups after reaching the feat in opposition to England and the West Indies in 2022.
The 35-year-old, who could also be enjoying her closing yr of worldwide cricket, has taken her facet into one more event semi-final, and might be eager to proceed constructing momentum of their closing group stage video games.
Their subsequent opponents? England on Wednesday.
