Alyssa Healy made a fiery knock and, supported by Phoebe Litchfield, secured a 10-wicket victory for Australia against Bangladesh in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on October 16.
Australia extended their dominance in the ongoing marquee tournament by retaining its top spot at the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 points table. By this win, Australia became the first team to secure a spot in the semi-finals.
Batting first, Fargana Hoque and Rubya Haider went on to open the innings for Bangladesh, where Hoque got dismissed for 8 runs by Megan Schutt.
However, Haider gave a solid start, scoring 44 runs before being dismissed by Ashleigh Gardner.
After Sharmin Akhter and Nigar Sultana went back to the dugout for 19 and 12 runs after being dismissed by Ash Gardner and Alana King.
However, Sobhana Mostary went on to post a fifty while other batters got dismissed regularly which did affect Bangladesh’s run flow at Vizag.
All other batters, Shorna Akhter, Ritu Moni and Fahima Khatun got dismissed cheaply while the low order batters Rabeya Khan and Nishita Akter couldn’t able to contribute much.
By the end of 50 overs, Bangladesh scored 198 runs with Australia’s Ash Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Alana King and Georgia Wareham bagged two wickets each.
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In the pursuit of chasing 199 runs, Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield went on to complete the chase quickly in the 25th over.
A blistering century from Alyssa Healy (113* runs off 77 deliveries) and Litchfield scoring 84* runs off 72 deliveries has clinched a comfortable win for Australia. Alyssa Healy’s knocks included 20 fours while Litchfield had 12 fours and 1 six.
Bangladesh bowlers weren’t able to stop Australian openers onslaught at Vizag.
Speaking at the toss, Nigar Sultana said, “We wanted to bat first. Seeing the conditions we wanted to put runs on the board. We were short on 30-40 runs in the last game. We have two changes.”
“The thing is we do have a good bowling side. We had to give rest so that they can recover for the last few games. Hard to recover I know. We wont compromise on any game..,” concluded Nigar Sultana.
Meanwhile Alyssa Healy said, “Look I would have loved to bat. Good breeze, would help the girls. Beautiful place to play cricket. Great crowd. Two changes. Darcie Brown gets the nod and am happy to see what she does.”
Australia Women Playing 11: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
Bangladesh Women Playing 11: Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Sobhana Mostary, Ritu Moni, Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Nishita Akter Nishi, Fariha Trisna
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