This was just the performance Australia were after. Having lost to India in the tournament opener, and then scraping over the line against Sri Lanka, the defending champions put Bangladesh to the sword on Thursday (February 27) and demonstrated the kind of overwhelming force that had lent into the tag of red-hot favourites to begin with.
ICC WOMEN'S T20 WORLD CUP, 2020
Healy, Mooney swat Bangladesh aside

Alyssa Healy's record 151-run partnership with Beth Mooney was central to the victory © AFP
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