AUS-W vs PAK-W Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Done and dusted. Australia Women win by a massive 113 runs! Annabel Sutherland serves this fuller and outside off. Sadia Iqbal throws her bat at it but only gets a thick outside edge behind, where Beth Mooney moves to her left to take a sharp catch in front of her face. Another statement made by the Aussies.

WIDE! Back of a length but down the leg side, Sadia Iqbal misses her flick. Wided.

OUT! TOP EDGE AND CAUGHT BEHIND! Sana falls, and it is just a matter of when for Australia now. Short of a good length, on top of the sticks. Fatima Sana is rushed on the pull shot and only manages to get a fat top edge. The ball balloons up and over the keeper. Beth Mooney settles under it and she is not dropping those. A straightforward catch, easily gobbled up by Mooney. Pakistan Women are 85/9.

FOUR! Perfectly timed! Short from Sutherland, on top of middle and leg. Fatima Sana weighs back and pulls it neatly over mid-wicket for a boundary.

Back of a length, skidding through into the body. Fatima Sana hangs back and gets hurried to block. Gets an inside edge on the thigh pad.

Full on the stumps, drilled away to mid on.

Floated fuller around off. Diana Baig is sucked on the front foot to play the cover drive, but misses.

Drags the length back, on middle. Baig is rushed on the back foot and punches it to short cover. Oh, hang on! Australia have actually taken a review for LBW very late as they think the ball has hit the pad first and then the bat. But that is not the case. The replay shows that there is a clear contact with the bat. A shocking review and they burn one.

Tossed up, full on off. Baig pushes it back to Wareham.

A leg break, short and on off. Baig hangs back and stabs it back to the bowler.

Full and turning into the batter. Sana tucks it wide of mid on for a single.

WIDE! Fired down leg, too full. Sana tries to sweep but misses and the ball rolls to short fine leg. Diana is more than halfway for a bye, but Sana is quick to send her back in time.

The length is pulled back, on the leg stump. Diana Baig tries to nudge it to the leg side. But she misses to connect and is hit on the thigh pad before the ball drops beside the pitch on the leg side, collected by Mooney in the end.

JAFFA! Goes on with the arm, full around off. Baig leans to block, but the ball zips past her outside edge.

WIDE! Spins prodigiously down the leg stump, full in length. Diana shuffles inside the line to clip it away, but misses.

Short on middle, Sana pulls it to the right of Alana King at deep square leg for a run.

Sharp turn into the batter. Diana Baig tucks the length ball to mid-wicket for a run.

On a fractionally fuller length, on off. Sana pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Short and on off, Fatima Sana stays back and blocks it out.

OUT! CASTLED! Sophie Molineux has her second now. This is the arm ball, full and on middle, angling in and skids through too. Nashra Sundhu moves back to clip it away but she needed to be on the front foot. She misses and the ball deflects off her pads to crash into the stumps behind.

Tossed up, full and on off, Nashra Sundhu taps it to short cover.

OUT! RAMEEN SHAMIM IS RUN OUT! It's getting frustrating for Pakistan now. Another throw of a precious wicket. That's the third run out of the game for Pakistan. Dragged length around the off stump. Shamim pushes it to the right of extra cover and is off immediately. Fatima does not move an inch and is caught ball-watching. A run that was never there. Shamim is marooned halfway down the pitch by the time Voll scoops it up and feeds Mooney, who knocks the stumps over without breaking a sweat. Pakistan have done it to themselves again.

Quicker one again, full on middle. Rameen taps it across to the leg side.

Flat and full, spinning in. Rameen Shamim clips it to short mid-wicket.

Full in front of the stumps. Fatima Sana turns it to the right of Perry at mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Double strike from Ellyse Perry. She lands this back of a length and on middle, jags back in and shoots up off the deck. Aliya Riaz gets surprised by it and her feet go nowhere. She just has a poke at it but the ball catches the shoulder of the bat before going behind, where Beth Mooney makes no mistake. It is going from bad to worse for Pakistan Women.

Hard length and on leg, Fatima Sana nudges it to deep square leg for one.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! On a length but down the leg side, Fatima Sana glances it away wide of shrot fine. Alana King moves to her left and dives but gets undone by the uneven bounces and lets it through for four runs.

FOUR! Good shot! Touch fuller and on middle, Fatima Sana charges down the track and slogs it away to the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.

Good length and on middle and leg, Fatima Sana looks to clip it away but gets a bit of a leading edge that drops well in front of the bowler.

OUT! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! Ellyse Perry can do no wrong in this game. She strikes with her first ball. Perry bangs this into the pitch, around off. Muneeba Ali looks to take it on with a pull shot but hits it to the longer side. She connects well but the ball flies straight to deep mid-wicket, where Ashleigh Gardner comes forward and takes a good catch around her knees. Pakistan Women lose half their side now.

Loopy delivery, full and on off, Muneeba Ali drives it to long off for one more.

Dragged back, around off, Aliya Riaz punches it to sweeper cover for one.

FOUR! Nicely done! Alana King gives just a fraction of width outside off, lands this short again. Aliya Riaz backs away and cuts it past the diving short third fielder for a boundary.

Short again, on middle, Muneeba Ali moves back and clips it towards mid-wicket for a run.

Drops it short and outside off, turns away, Aliya Riaz cuts it through point for a single.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Aliya Riaz uses her feet and turns it to square leg.

FOUR! Spoils the over a bit! Annabel Sutherland hits the length hard, around off, angling away. Muneeba Ali lets the ball come to her, deliberately opens the bat face late to steer it past short third for a boundary.

Dug into the surface, outside off, takes pace off, Aliya Riaz slaps it to sweeper cover for one.

Short of a length and on middle, nips back in, Aliya Riaz stays back and keeps it out to the off side.

Back of a length and on middle, Muneeba Ali opens up her stance and heaves it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Hits the length hard, just around off, Muneeba Ali backs away but has to reach out and bunts it back to the bowler.

WIDE! Bangs in a sharp bouncer, on middle and leg, just a bit too high, Muneeba Ali lets it go. Wided.

Slower one, full and on off, Muneeba Ali drives it to mid off.

Maiden-wicket over! Drops it a bit short and on middle, Aliya Riaz moves back and keeps it out.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Aliya Riaz uses her feet and drives it straight to mid off.

Looped up, full and on off, Aliya Riaz drives it to mid off.

Flighted, full and on middle, Aliya Riaz clips it to mid-wicket.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Georgia Wareham makes an instant impact. This is flatter, short and around off, turns away just a bit. Iram Javed moves back and looks to cut it away, but only manages to get an inside edge back onto the stumps. Pakistan Women are 50/4, chasing 200 runs.

Floated, full and around leg, Iram Javed gets down and paddles it to short fine.

Flatter, full and on off, Muneeba Ali drives it to mid off. Pakistan Women are 50/3 at the end of the Powerplay!

Slows it up, full and on middle, Iram Javed tucks it towards mid-wicket for one. 50 up for Pakistan Women!

Quicker, short and on middle, Iram Javed blocks it out.

FOUR! Hat-trick of boundaries! Ashleigh Gardner is on her knees in a bit of a shock. This is flighted and on middle again. Iram Javed comes down the track and lifts with a much cleaner connection for a one-bounce four at long off.

FOUR! Two in two! Tossed up, full and on middle, Iram Javed uses her feet and lofts it with a straight bat. She gets more height but clears mid off with ease and gets another boundary.

FOUR! Up and over! Floated, full and around off, Iram Javed throws her hands at it and opens the bat face too, She slices it over point and the ball trickles to the fence for a boundary.

Slower ball, full and around off. Muneeba stabs it to backward point. She is keen to get a run, but Iram sends her back in time.

FOUR! Well-timed! Short of a good length, on the fourth stump. Muneeba Ali presses back and pulls it over square leg for a boundary. Ali moves to 25 (16).

WIDE! Miles outside off, on a fuller length, curving away late. Muneeba does not move her feet and throws her hands at it. Misses out.

WIDE! Short and down the leg stump line. Muneeba walks inside the line to pull. Throws everything left in the tank, only to miss.

Good length and around off. Muneeba defends it out watchfully.

A touch full, on off. Javed tucks it off the inside edge to deep backward square leg for a single.

Full on off, Iram creams it straight to the short cover fielder.

OUT! AYESHA ZAFAR IS RUN OUT! Another mix-up and that's the 7th run out for Pakistan in this World Cup, informs Charles Dagnall on air. As it is said, never run on a misfield. Over the wicket, pitched up around off, swinging away. Zafar leans into the drive and pushes it to the left of cover. The fielder, Sophie Molineux, dives and pulls off a sharp stop. Ayesha has already set off for the single but Muneeba has not moved a muscle. Sophie gets up quickly, fires the ball with her left hand to Mooney, and the keeper does the rest, breaking the stumps with Zafar stranded well short of her ground. Pakistan Women are 30/3 in 4.1 overs, chasing 200 runs.

On a fuller length, around off. Muneeba Ali plays at it off the front foot, but the ball nips in and takes the inside edge. Gets squirted to the square leg region.

SIX! Oh, hello? That's come out of nowhere. Full in length from around the stump. Muneeba picks the length in a trice, sits down on her knee and nails the sweep shot with no intentions to keep it along the ground. She sails it comfortably over deep square leg for a massive six.

DROPPED? Yes. It will go down as a chance. Back of a length, drifting down leg, swinging in. Muneeba gets a tickle on it and Mooney dives to her right, extends her right hand, and gets a bit of glove on it. The ball clips the fingertips and deflects away to the left of short fine leg and they scamper through for two. But the bigger story is Mooney, who is grimacing in pain out there and appears to have taken another hit on the same right hand. A dropped chance, and a concerning moment behind the stumps for Australia as the physio is out again for Mooney.

FOUR! Into the gap and that will give her a lot of confidence! Short on the leg stump line. Muneeba Ali uses the pace and pulls it towards long leg for a boundary.

Nails the yorker, on middle and leg. Ali scuffs it out to the leg side.

Good length around fourth stump at 109.6 kph. Muneeba shuffles across and looks to swipe it across the line but gets herself into a complete tangle and wears it flush on the back pad.

A big appeal for LBW, but not given. Beth Mooney is unsure and so is Sophie, so they do not go upstairs. Perhaps doing too much to slide down leg. This is full and an in-drifter from Molineux, around the leg stump line. Zafar tries to flick, but plays all over the wrong line and is hit on the front pad. Ball Tracking later shows that the ball is missing the leg stump by a fair bit.

No run, that is defended solidly off the front foot.

Nice and full, tossed up on off, blocked off the front foot.

WIDE! Round arm, ful but down leg. Ayesha swipes at it but misses.

OUT! SIMPLE CATCH! The skipper strikes in her first over. The arm ball from Molineux. Pitched full and sliding on the leg stump line. Saira Jabeen gets low on her knee to play the slog sweep, but mistimes the shot badly, offering a simple catching practice to Ashleigh Gardner stationed at deep mid-wicket. Pakistan Women are 17/2 down, needing another 183 runs.

Quicker again, full on the leg stump. Saira Jabeen goes for a sweep but the ball lobs off her gloves, seemingly, and flies over the keeper before dropping behind her.

FOUR! Edgy! Sophie darts it on a length, drifting into the batter. Saira Jabeen is rushed on the cut shot but the ball goes off the outside edge and races away to deep third fence.

Another full ball, shaping in from off. Muneeba Ali deliberately opens the bat face at the point of contact and runs it behind to deep third for a couple of runs.

Full around off, pushed away through cover for a single.

Swings in from middle to leg, full in length. Muneeba tickles it to short fine leg for a single.

WIDE! Wayward down leg, on a length. Muneeba Ali shuffles a bit to work it across, but misses. Mooney again fails to grab the ball to her right and parries it to short fine leg. But she seems to be in some pain and needs medical treatment.

Cuts back in from a length, on middle and leg. Muneeba Ali has no room to sway away from the line and the ball hits her thigh pad before rolling to square leg.

OUT! GULL FEROZA IS RUN OUT! A needless throw of a wicket through a complete communication breakdown between the batters. Back of a length, but down the leg stump line. Muneeba misses to glance it to the leg side, but misses and the keeper, Beth Mooney also misses to collect it properly, deflecting the ball to the short fine leg region. What follows is a complete mess between the batters. Feroza is more than halfway down the pitch, Muneeba is slow to react, and suddenly both are stranded in no man's land for a run that was never on. Voll spots Feroza miles out of her crease and, struggling to get back, and fires it to the bowling end. Garth collects and whips the bails off in one clean motion. Feroza is nowhere near home. Pakistan Women are 8/1, chasing 200.

FOUR! PUNISHED! Garth offers truckloads of width outside off on a good length. Muneeba hangs back and slashes it over the point fielder for a boundary.

With the keeper up to the stumps, Garth bowls a full ball, outside off. Muneeba Ali squeezes it to short cover.

Fuller and outside off. Muneeba Ali drives it through backward point for an easy run. Just 3 from the first over. Pakistan need 197 runs from 114 balls.

Full and straight on off. Ali leans forward and blocks it out.

Around leg, on a length. Gull tries to steer it to the leg side, but gets an inside edge on the front pad and the ball rolls to the off side for a single.

Beaten! Slants it outside off, on a back of a length. Gull Feroza is squared up, and hangs her bat away from her body to play at it. The ball bounces and zips past the outside edge.

Angled across off on a length. Feroza hangs back and punches it to cover.

Bowls it full from over the stump. Around off and this is steered off the back foot to deep point for a single. Pakistan and Muneeba are off the mark in the chase.