Australia Women vs Bangladesh Women, 17th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Australia have romped home in a canter. Bangladesh were in the game in the first half but were blown away by Phoebe Litchfield and Healy. The pair were relentless in their hitting and Bangladesh succumbed inside 25 overs. Australia have become the first team in the edition to make it to the semi-finals. And they are growing from strength to strength. Other teams would be aware now! We are aware that we will have to move for the moment. We will be back soon with more cricketing action. Take care!

Alyssa Healy | Australia Captain - I think so, they played nicely (on Bangladesh). We did try our best, but the execution wasn't great, happy though to have got the two points. It's so hard honestly, was disappointed with my glove work today, but I made up for it a bit with the bat, I really enjoy the challenge though. We've been here for a while, we'll go to a new venue, we haven't been to Indore before and a new challenge is coming up against England. It was amazing for her (on Alana King), great to see her dominate and get the rewards for that. The players coming in have done a great role for us - Darcie upfront was excellent, like i said, we'll make changes according to conditions and match-ups. I thought she was outstanding today (on Phoebe Litchfield). We pride ourselves in professionalism, we played well today to get the two points, we'll come back and be prepared for the next match as well.

Nigar Sultana | Bangladesh Captain - We started very well, didn't lose a lot of wickets in the powerplay, but we then kept losing wickets and didn't get the partnerships going. We didn't bat as well as we batted in the last game (against South Africa), the intent and the consistency wasn't there - we missed two of our main bowlers and that cost us the game. We just wanted to give her a chance (on the change of keeper). Was a bad day for our bowlers, they have done well for the last two years, but it was a rough day for them today. We've to learn from this and rectify our mistakes, we have had some positives going ahead

-- This is the eighth 10-wicket victory for Australia in the Women’s ODI World Cups and the first since the 2005 edition. No team has done that more than thrice (ENG-W).

Highest target achieved without losing a wicket in WODIs
218 by AUS-W vs IRE-W, Dublin, 2023
199 by AUS-W vs BAN-W, Vizag, 2025 WC*
174 by IND-W vs SL-W, Pallekele, 2022
164 by AUS-W vs SA-W, Bengaluru, 1997 WC
163 by AUS-W vs NZ-W, Melbourne, 2010

-- 202* run stand is also the second-highest for any wicket against Bangladesh Women in ODIs behind the 243 runs partnership between South Africa’s Tasmin Brits and Wolvaardt for opening wicket at Benoni in 2023.

Highest partnerships for AUS-W in ODI World Cups
220 - R Buckstein & L Reeler vs NL-W, Perth, 1988 (1st wkt)
216 - A Healy & R Haynes vs WI-W, Wellington, 2022 (1st wkt)
202* - A Healy & P Litchfield vs BAN-W, Vizag, 2025 (1st wkt)*
196 - R Haynes & M Lanning vs ENG-W, Hamilton, 2022 (2nd wkts)

Fastest hundred in Women's ODI World Cup (by balls)
71 - Deandra Dottin vs PAK-W, Leicester, 2017
73 - Alyssa Healy vs BAN-W, Vizag, 2025*
76 - Nat Sciver-Brunt vs PAK-W, Leicester, 2017
77 - Ash Gardner vs NZ-W, Indore, 2025
79 - Nat Sciver-Brunt vs AUS-W, Hamilton, 2022

Consecutive 100s in Women’s World Cups
Debbie Hockley (100 & 100*) in 1997
Alyssa Healy (129 & 170) in 2022
Alyssa Healy (142 & 113*) in 2025

Most 100s in the Women’s World Cups
5 - Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG-W)
4 - Janette Brittin (ENG-W)
4 - Charlotte Edwards (ENG-W)
4 - Suzie Bates (NZ-W)
4 - Alyssa Healy (AUS-W)*

Alana King, Player of the Match: We focused on our bowling, and we really wanted to be disciplined with the ball. I'm glad that I could play my part and keep them to a reasonable score. Yeah, there was obviously a little bit of spin in the last game, so it's something that I get excited about. But I think length is always going to be key, whether it's going to spin up or slide on. Length is always going to be key, and we want to stay out of those regions. We got punished a little bit in that last game (against India), and it's something that we really wanted to focus on for this game, to make sure that we stayed out of that and really bowled to our strengths. Not too much, to be honest. It's just for me, I just need to be really relaxed at the top of my mark and be really clear on my plans, and making sure that we've got the right plans for the right batter, and having the feels to support that. Happy with how they're all coming out, happy to play my role. I think the beauty of this is, if it's not someone's day, someone else is there to pick up the slack. We have such great communication between all the bowlers, and with Heals behind the stumps as well. She's got the best seat in the house to know what's going to be working for the bowlers, and what length is going to be the hardest challenge for batters. I think we've put it down to great communication with all of us, and we're trying to get each of us into a really good position, and we want the best for each other. So, communication is key, and I think we pride ourselves on that. It's always nice when you've got the Q next to your name in a World Cup. So, no doubt it doesn't stop here. We look forward to going back to Indore and taking on England and South Africa, two big countries, and they're going to be some pretty exciting cricket going down.

20:30 Local Time, 15:00 GMT, 20:30 IST: Australia have progressed to the semi-finals. Bangladesh thought of trying to make 198 work but Phoebe Litchfield and Healy had other ideas. They were aggressive from ball 1 and never relented. Both batters actually tried to match each other with their attacking display. Healy got to her second ton of this edition and Phoebe Litchfield put the finishing touches with a drive down the ground. Bangladesh would be gutted with this performance as they had been very good in this tournament so far.