A solid century from Beth Mooney and a stellar knock from Alana King have revived Australia after the collapse they suffered against Pakistan during the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 clash, played on October 8 at Colombo.
Their knocks have helped Australia rebuild an innings from 76/7 to 221/9 in Sri Lankan conditions.
After choosing to bowl first, Pakistan went on to hunt for wickets, bagging the wickets of openers Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield within the powerplay.
With Sadia Iqbal bagging the wicket of Healy for 20 runs, Fatima Sana struck to dismiss Litchfield for 10 runs.
Nashra Sandhu went on to extend Pakistan’s dominance bagging the wickets of Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland for 5 and 1 runs respectively.
With Rameen Shamim sending back Ashleigh Gardner cheaply for 1 run, Australia stuttered to score runs and went on to lose back to back wickets.
By Gardner’s dimsissal, Australia lost 5 wickets for 60 runs. Pakistan did not stop there as Nashra Sandhu bagged the wickets of Tahlia McGarth and Rameen Shamim sent back Georgia Wareham.
After Kim Garth’s sendoff, Alana King joined Beth Mooney 106-run partnership greatly reviving the side after a collapse.
Beth Mooney’s maiden World Cup century (109) and Alana King’s first fifty (51*) rescue Australia from 115/8 to 221/9!
Nashra Sundhu led Pakistan’s attack with 3 wickets.
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Beth Mooney went on to slam century with her persistent knock and scored 109 runs before getting dismissed in the last ball of the innings.
However, Alana King went on to remain unbeaten with 51* runs which included 3 sixes and 3 fours. With the composed knocks from Beth Mooney and King, Australia went on to post 221 runs in their innings.
Speaking at the toss, Fatima Sana, “Going to bowl first. Conditions suit spinners and pitch looks very dry. Will try to execute better plans today. Aliya Riaz is out and Eyman Fatima is in. She’s a powerhitter.”
Meanwhile Alyssa Healy said, “Was looking to have a bat anyway. Two changes: Wareham and Schutt back in. Darcie Brown and Molineux out. We knew Soph was going to have to be managed throughout the tournament.”
Australia Women Playing 11: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt
Pakistan Women Playing 11: Muneeba Ali, Sidra Amin, Natalia Pervaiz, Sadaf Shamas, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Sana(c), Sidra Nawaz(w), Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig
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