India vs Australia Highlights, Women’s World Cup 2022: Lanning leads Australia to victory in clinical run chase

India vs Australia, Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Highlights: Meg Lanning was denied a century by just three runs but she led a clinical Australian chase against India in Auckland to ensure that their perfect record in the tournament remains intact. Australia chased down a target of 278, which is the highest succesfull run chase by a team in a Women's World cup, with Lanning scoring 97. Australia got off to a strong start to the chase with openers Alyssa Healy and Rachael Haynes putting up a partnership of 121 runs in under 20 overs. The two players were dismissed in quick succession but Lanning and Ellyse Perry then closed down any chance that the Indians saw from the wickets with a 103-run partnership for the third wicket. India managed to tighten things up in the end with Lanning's wicket and Australia needed eight to win off the last over. Mooney, however, knocked off the runs in the first three balls of the over itself. 

Follow all the updates here:

• Mar 19, 2022 02:09 PM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: THAT'S THAT! Mooney wins it with a four

  If anyone thought that Australia were under pressure before the start of this over, think again. Mooney finishes it off with two fours and a double and Australia have beaten India by 6 wickets. 

  Mooney finishes it off unbeaten on 30 off 20 balls. India have sunk to their third defeat of the tournament, Australia have won five out five. 

• Mar 19, 2022 02:09 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: FOUR! Mooney halves Australia's requirement

  Australia needed 8 to win off the last over bowled by Jhulan Goswami and Mooney sends the first ball to the long on boundary. They are then allowed to run two by some sloppy fielding from Mandhana and Australia now need two from four. 

• Mar 19, 2022 02:04 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: OUT! Lanning denied a century!

  What a catch! India have been building the pressure on Lanning, not allowing anything more than singles and she ends up finding Vastrakar at backward point. 

  Lanning c Vastrakar b Meghna 97 (107), Australia 270/4 off 48.4, need 8 to win off 8 balls

• Mar 19, 2022 02:02 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: Australia 267/3 in 48 overs

  Need 11 to win from the last two overs. Three dot balls to bring the 48th over bowled by Jhulan Goswami to a close and Lanning loses strike. 

• Mar 19, 2022 02:01 PM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: Lanning on 96

  Mithali Raj has finally closed off that square drive with a couple of fielders behind point. One wonders why this was not done earlier. Australia need 11 to win off 13 balls. 

• Mar 19, 2022 01:55 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: FOUR! Lanning moves into the 90s

  Square drive again from Lanning, India still don't have any fielders to stop it despite the Australian captain doing it numerous times throughout this chase. She thus ends the 46th over with a four and moves to 92. 

• Mar 19, 2022 01:47 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: FOUR! 

  Lanning crashes it through point and the ball races to the boundary to finish off the 44th over, Australia are 241 for the loss of three wickets. Need 37 to win off 36 balls.  

• Mar 19, 2022 01:37 PM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: GONE! 

  Oh Ellyse Perry has hit a full toss from Vastrakar straight into the hands of Mithali Raj at cover. The umpire asks Perry to wait as she checks for height. It was deemed to a legal delivery and Perry has to walk. 

  
  Perry c Mithali b Vastakar 28 (51), Australia 226/3 in 41.3

• Mar 19, 2022 01:34 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: The players are back on the field

  Vastrakar is going to bowl the 41st over with Perry on strike. Vastrakar starts off with a wide Australia 226/2 off 41 overs, need 52 to win off 54 balls

• Mar 19, 2022 01:29 PM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: Play to resume in about 8 minutes

  Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry have walked out in full gear and is waiting by the boundary ropes as commentator Ian Smith said that play will be resumed in about 8 minutes. No damage to the ground and they won't be even running a rope over it. 

• Mar 19, 2022 01:27 PM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: Covers getting lifted

  Rain seems to have subsided and the groundstaff is taking the covers off. So it does look like we will have a resumption of play soon. 

• Mar 19, 2022 01:14 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: Players leave the field!

  It has started to rain and the umpires take the players off. Rain was forecast for today and many even expected the early part of the match to be washed out. However, we have had no rain delays until now. The par score at this stage for Australia is 197 and they are 28 runs ahead already. 

  Australia 225/2 off 41 overs, need 53 to win off 54 balls

• Mar 19, 2022 01:09 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: 100-run partnership

  A single from Lanning and the partnership between her and Perry reaches 100. India have hardly had any chance of beating either of these two players throughout this knock. They have taken the game away from the Indians after they saw that little opening when the openers fell. 

• Mar 19, 2022 01:06 PM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: FOUR! Australia 222/2 in 39 overs

  Lanning with a sumptuous on drive against Goswami that beats the mid on fielder and races towards the boundary. Partnership between the Australian captain and Perry moves to 99. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:58 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: Australia 204/2 off 37 overs 

  Lanning has moved into the 60s while Perry remains on 18. India have no answers at the moment as the pair keep chipping away from that deficit. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:44 PM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: Half century for Meg Lanning

  She takes two off the second ball of the 33rd over to reach her 19th half century. Lanning has taken the chase by the scruff of the neck here, milking the runs as India messed up their lines and made mistakes with their field placements. It looks straightforward at the moment for Australia. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:40 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: Jhulan Goswami is back

  It has gone back to being too easy for Australia. Perry has not really gone anywhere with her innings but Lanning is breezing along. 61-run partnership between the two out of which 46 has come from Lanning. Goswami bowling the 32nd over, Australia are 183/2. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:31 PM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: FOUR! 

  Lanning sweeps hard off Sneh Rana and the ball takes a bounce just in front of the boundary line. Australia are 169/2, need 109 to win off 117 balls. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:18 PM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: FOUR! 150 for Australia

  Back to back fours for Meg Lanning off Meghna Singh. The first was a streaky one getting a very thick edge that flies over the slip area. She then hits past backward point for a other four and that brings up Australia's 150 in 26.3 overs. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:12 PM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: 25 overs gone

  Australia have reached 142/2, Lanning 17 (25), Perry 3(8). Australia's scoring rate has dropped off since the dismissal of the two openers. 

• Mar 19, 2022 12:08 PM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: Australia 135/2 in 24 overs

  Two senior players in the middle for Australia in captain Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry. They currently need 143 to win off 26 overs. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:55 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: OUT! Australia lose both their openers

  Bouncer from Vastrakar and Haynes edges it to the wicketkeeper. Well no wickets at all for India for nearly 20 overs and now they have two in two. Australia have lost both their openers. 

  Rachael Haynes c Richa Ghosh b Pooja Vastrakar 43 (53), Australia 123/2 in 21 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 11:48 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: GONE! Breakthrough at last for India

  Reverse sweep from Healy, and she has picked short third man when Mithali clings on for a sharp catch. The opening partership ends at 121 and it is the dangerous Alyssa Healy who has to depart. 

  Alyssa Healy c Mithali Raj b Sneh Rana 72 (65), Australia 121/1 in 19.2 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 11:37 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: India lose their 2nd review as well

  India have used up their reviews within the first 17 overs. Gayakwad went up in appeal but the umpire was unmoved. She seemed to then convince Mithali to take the review and the Indian captain does so. As it turns out, the ball pitched outside leg. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:33 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: 100-run partnership

  Healy brings it up with a boundary off Gayakwad's first ball of the 17th over and then follows that up with another boundary. It's all too easy at the moment for Australia. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:32 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: India lose a review

  Big shout for LBW against Haynes off Sneh Rana but umpire Lauren Agenberg shakes her head. Mithali takes the review and replays show that the ball would have gone down leg side and bounced too high as well. Australia closing in on a 100-run opening stand. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:24 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: 50 up for Alyssa Healy 

  She gets there with a very tight single at the end of the 15th over. Healy has reached her 15th ODI half century in just 49 balls. The umpire calls for drinks after that. Apart from an LBW shout in this over bowled by Meghna Singh, there has been practically no resistance from the Indians thus far. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:20 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: Good over from Sneh Rana

  Just two runs in the over with Healy unable to hit Sneh Rana through covers. It's been rare to see the Australians being unable to get what they want in this innings. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:17 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: Australia's deficit goes below 200

  And they haven't lost a single wicket. Apart from a marginal run out chance, India have hardly been able to challenge the Australian batters. Healy is on 48 off just 42 as India bring in Sneh Rana for the 14th over. 

• Mar 19, 2022 11:03 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: Australia 67/0 after 10 overs

  Healy 42 (35), Haynes 25 (25). 

  One way traffic so far in the innings. Healy and Haynes have picked the Indian bowling apart. India have not bowled to the field, or haven't set up fields according to what the bowlers intend. It's all too easy at the moment for Australia. 

• Mar 19, 2022 10:51 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: 50 up for Australia

  There has practically been no pressure at all from India thus far and Australia cruise to 50 in just seven overs. 

• Mar 19, 2022 10:40 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: Back-to-back fours!

  Short from Jhulan Goswami, Alyssa Healy comes down the ground and slaps it wide of point. The third delivery of the over is pulled towards the boundary with Healy staying back in the crease this time after the Indian wicketkeeper came forward.

• Mar 19, 2022 10:33 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: 20/0 after 3 overs

  It has been a pretty safe start for Australia. Healy has scored 14 in 11 balls while Haynes has six off seven. Healy has hit a couple of boundaries, both off cover drives.

• Mar 19, 2022 10:21 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: The Aussie innings starts

  Jhulan Goswami with the ball in her hand, bowling to Rachael Haynes with Alyssa Healy at the other end.

• Mar 19, 2022 10:19 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: Australia need to break a world record

  They need to chase down 278 runs here, which would be the highest successful run chase in a Women's World Cup if they do end up pulling it off.

• Mar 19, 2022 10:10 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: An innings that had a bit of everything

  India had a two big partnerships amid a couple of mini collapses. Australia, on the other hand, had a rare off day with the ball and in the field. Their total number of extras stands at 29 at the end of that innings.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:50 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: End of the innings, India finish on 277/7

  Vastrakar is run out at the non-striker's end off the last ball of the innings. A good 50th over from Jess Jonassen, giving away just eight runs in it. Vastrakar departs for 34 off 28 balls while Harmanpreet finishes unbeaten on 57 off 47. The pair put up 64 off 46 balls for the seventh wicket.  

• Mar 19, 2022 09:46 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: SIX! 50 partnership up

  Vastrakar smashes an 81m six down the ground to bring up the 50-run stand with Harmanpreet. It has come in just 40 deliveries. 

• Mar 19, 2022 09:41 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: 50 for Harmanpreet!

  She has raced to her third half century of the tournament off 42 balls. How important has this knock been for India. India 257/6 in 48 overs. 

• Mar 19, 2022 09:40 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: 250 up for India

  The partnership between Harmanpreet and Vastrakar has now moved to 39 off 30.

  India 251/6 in 47 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 09:38 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: FOUR!

  Short from Schutt, a little shimmy towards the leg side from Harmanpreet like AB De Villiers and she then pulls it to the boundary.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:36 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: 17 runs off the 46th over

  Vastrakar hits another four down the ground and then takes a single to make it 17 runs off the 46th over. India are standing up again after that little collapse, they can still get to 280 now.

  
  

  India 242/6 after 46 overs.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:32 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: SIX!

  Vastrakar goes aerial and it goes well past long on for a maximum. Much needed boost this for India. Four, one and six so far.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:31 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: FOUR! Harmanpreet moves into the 40s

  Harmanpreet dances down and drills it back past the bowler. The ball races to the boundary despite Mooney seemingly getting across at the rope.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:24 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: DROPPED! Harmanpreet gets a lifeline

  Top edge from Harmanpreet against King and it goes high. Mooney comes running in from long-on and even holds the ball but then spills it as she fell forward. That is a huge reprieve from Harmanpreet and she crouches down for a while after getting to the non-striker's end. 

• Mar 19, 2022 09:20 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: GONE!

  Wickets coming quickly for Australia, Jess Jonassen sends one right through Sneh Rana and the ball crashes on to the stumps.   

  Sneh Rana b Jonassen 0 (5), India 213/6 in 42.1 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 09:16 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: OUT! Ghosh stumped!

  Richa Ghosh steps down the ground for a big heave down the ground, misses the ball completely and Healy makes no mistake with the stumping. 

  Richa st Healy b King 8 (14), India 212/5 in 41.1 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 09:15 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: FOUR! Harmanpreet sweeps again!

  Australia are under the pump here. Full toss from McGrath and Harmanpreet almost nonchalantly sweeps it fine for a boundary. She moves to 30 off 27, India 212/4.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:13 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: FOUR!

  Harmanpreet sends a loose one to the fine leg boundary. She has taken the run rate up a notch since she has come on.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:12 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: 200 up for India

  Richa and Harmanpreet run two to take India's score to 200. A third run was on but Richa sent Harmanpreet back, much to the latter's annoyance.

• Mar 19, 2022 09:07 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: India survive a mix-up!

  Richa bats it down to third man and sees that Harmanpreet is already halfway down the pitch. Harmanpreet then sends her back and Richa makes it back just as the throw comes in. It would have been a close one if it was a direct hit. India 196/4 in 39 overs.

• Mar 19, 2022 08:59 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: OUT! Mithali's innings ends

  Alana King strikes! Mithali connects the sweep well but only ends up sending it straight into the hands of Ellyse Perry and deep midwicket. 

  Mithali c Perry b King 68, India 186/4 off 37.3 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 08:51 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: FOUR! Harmanpreet's 1st boundary

  A picture-perfect sweep from Harmanpreet and the ball races towards the square leg boundary.

• Mar 19, 2022 08:41 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: India 166/3 in 33 overs

  Ellyse Perry returns to bowl the 33rd after her horrendous first over. No wides this time from the all-rounder as Mithali and Harmanpreet take two runs each in the over. The Australians will be wary of Harmanpreet. The last time she played them in a World Cup, she ended up smashing 171 off 115 balls to completely take the game away from them.

• Mar 19, 2022 08:31 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: OUT! Yastika falls

  Yastika c Perry b Brown 59 (83), India 158/3 in 31.4 overs

  Yastika picks out Ellyse Perry who was the only fielder in the deep in the offside. It's Darcie Brown again, that is her third wicket of the day. Yastika charges out and sends it towards Perry, who backtracks and takes the catch before falling on her back. The partnership between Yastika and Mithali ends at 130. 

• Mar 19, 2022 08:27 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: Half century for Yastika

  Like Mithali, Yastika gets to the mark with a single. That is her second ODI half century. Australia added two more wides to their tally before Yastika cut Gardner late to backward point to take the single.

• Mar 19, 2022 08:23 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: 50 for Mithali Raj!

  The Indian captain has reached a whopping 63rd ODI half century. She gets there with a single, smiles and hugs her partner before raising her bat. A welcome knock for a great player who hasn't been in the greatest of touches in this tournament. 

• Mar 19, 2022 08:17 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: FOUR!

  And now Yastika Bhatia. Heaves it with the spin against Alana King over mid-wicket and the ball bounces just in front of the ropes for a four.

• Mar 19, 2022 08:14 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: SIX!

  Mithali Raj goes aerial. Smashes Jonassen straight back over her head and the ball smacks on to the sight screen. She moves to 47.

• Mar 19, 2022 08:12 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: 100 partnership!

  A single from Mithali to bring up the mark. Just the eighth time that a team has managed to get a 100-run partnership against Australia in the World Cup. This stand has allowed India to start thinking of putting up a big total.  

• Mar 19, 2022 08:07 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: India 123/2 in 26 overs

  Partnership between Yastika and Mithali has now moved to 95 off 120 balls. Both players have scored 39 runs, with Yastika reach there in 61 balls and Mithali in 68. 

• Mar 19, 2022 08:04 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: FOUR!

  Bhatia ends the 24th with a four. Inswinger from McGrath, shaped into the left hander and she brings out a lovely on-drive. The ball races to the boundary and Bhatia moves to 36 off 58.

• Mar 19, 2022 07:55 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: India cross 100

  India 101/2 off 22 overs. The partnership between Mithali and Yastika has now reached 73 runs. The two are trying to improve in their strike rotation, the extras have gone a long way in keeping India's run rate up and yet, it has dropped from five at the end of the 12th to just under 4.5 at the end of the 22nd. 

• Mar 19, 2022 07:44 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: 11 wides

  Back-to-back wides from Ash Gardner in the 18th over and that takes the tally to 11 already. India run three wides off the first and two off the second. Rather unusual this from Australia and India move to 83/2 in 18 overs.

• Mar 19, 2022 07:31 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: India 75/2 after 15 overs

  Mithali drives off the last ball of that over again but McGrath chases after it this time and keeps it from reaching the boundary. The batters run three, however, and India are going at a run rate of about 5 an over.

• Mar 19, 2022 07:28 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: FOUR! Mithali looking good

  The Indian captain with her second boundary of the match and she moves to 15 off 30. She middles the drive and sends the ball rattling towards the boundary past covers. 

• Mar 19, 2022 07:21 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: 6 wides in an over!

  And one of those went away to the boundary. Ellyse Perry having all sorts of trouble with her line and length as she bowls a 12-ball over. The sixth delivery of the over took four attempts, with the first of those wides beating wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy and going to the boundary. A total of 16 runs come from that over. India 60/2 after 12. 

• Mar 19, 2022 07:16 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: FOUR!

  Straight from Perry and Bhatia tucks it fine off her pads. The ball flies past the wicketkeeper and races behind for the boundary. Perry's last ball was a wide and the next one is wide as well as she struggles with her lines.

• Mar 19, 2022 07:14 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: Bhatia survives!

  India 44/2 after 11 overs. Extra bounce from Jonassen and Bhatia goes for the sweep. The ball takes her top edge and Elysse Perry starts running in towards fine leg from the deep, puts in a dive but the ball remains out of reach. Perry then keeps the ball to bowl her first over in the 12th. The Indians take a single which means Bhatia is on strike.

• Mar 19, 2022 07:06 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: India 38/2 in 9 overs

  Mithali and Yastika rush through for a single at the end of the ninth over. India need a big innings from their skipper here, who has been woefully out of form in this tournament.

• Mar 19, 2022 06:56 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: OUT! What a catch

  That's that for Shafali Verma. She goes for the late cut and Mooney dives to her left and catches it flying with both hands. It was just a cameo as it turns out from Shafali and India have lost both their openers now.  

  Shafali Verma c Beth Mooney b Darcie Brown 12 (16), India 28/2 off 6 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 06:53 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: FOUR!

  Boundary off the very next ball. Schutt sends this one in short and outside off, Shafali waits and then opens the face of the bat to pierce the gap between short third and point.

• Mar 19, 2022 06:50 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: SIX! Shafali tees off

  Full and straight from Schutt, Shafali takes a big stride forward and sends that over the bowler's head. The ball smashes on to the sight screen and Shafali has a big smile on her face. 

• Mar 19, 2022 06:43 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: GONE! Mandhana falls early

  That is a big wicket and it has come very early for Australia. Mandhana drawn into a drive well outside off, it takes her outside edge and Lanning takes a sharp catch diving low with both hands at slips. 

  Mandhana c Lanning b Brown 10 (11), India 11/1 in 3.1 overs

• Mar 19, 2022 06:38 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live score and updates: India 10/0 after 2 overs

  𝗔 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵! 🙌 🙌
  
  Congratulations to the legendary #TeamIndia pacer @JhulanG10 as she plays her 2⃣0⃣0⃣th WODI! 👏 👏 #CWC22 | #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/jQvP25FwoX

  — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 19, 2022

  It is a milestone day for Jhulan Goswami. She becomes just the second player after her captain Mithali Raj to play 200 matches in women's ODIs. Mithali presented Jhulan her 200th cap before the match.

• Mar 19, 2022 06:31 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: The players are out!

  Smriti Mandhana is on strike, Megan Schutt has the ball in her hands and Shafali Verma is indeed opening the batting for India. Mandhana drives the first ball elegantly to take two runs off the first ball of the match. 

• Mar 19, 2022 06:25 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: National anthems

  The two sets of players are out for their national anthems. Australia sing theirs first and then the Indians.

• Mar 19, 2022 06:21 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: What the skippers said

  Mithali Raj: We would have bowled as well because, like Meg said, It's a fresh wicket. One change: Shafali comes in for Deepti Sharma. It's because we wanted to strengthen our top order and we'll look to put up a good score. Big events are like a marathon, sometimes you do well and sometimes you don't, you have to be consistent. We've done well in the last couple of games and we'd like to bring our A game on today.

• Mar 19, 2022 06:20 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: What the skippers said

  Meg Lanning: It's a fresh wicket and the weather might play a role. We have one change, Darcie Brown comes in for Annabel Sutherland. We're looking to get better every game and India is a new challenge for us, we want to put the perfect game together. India are a dangerous side. They are world-class and have some match-winners as well.

• Mar 19, 2022 06:12 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: Australia XI

  Alyssa Healy (wicketkeeper), Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning (captain), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

• Mar 19, 2022 06:12 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: India XI

  Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Mithali Raj(captain), Harmanpreet Kaur, Sneh Rana, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

• Mar 19, 2022 06:07 AM IST

  IND vs AUS Women's World Cup Live: Shafali Verma returns

  Shafali Verma has been included in the squad in place of Deepti Sharma. Mithali Raj said that the change has been made to strengthen India's batting. We will see in a few minutes if Shafali is going to slot straight back into that opening role or if India will stick with Yastika. 

• Mar 19, 2022 06:05 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: TOSS UPDATE!

  Australia have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.

• Mar 19, 2022 05:59 AM IST

  India vs Australia Live updates: Minutes away from the toss...

  We are counting down seconds now. Mithali Raj and Meg Lanning will be getting ready to walk downstairs at Eden Park for the toss. 

• Mar 19, 2022 05:52 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: Will Shafali Verma return?

  Former England captain Nasser Hussain had said that India will need somethign exceptional to beat Australia, batting for Shafali Verma to be brought back to the top of the order. Yastika Bhatia has been opening the batting with Smriti Mandhana thus far in the tournament. Will we see Shafali return in this match?

• Mar 19, 2022 05:40 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live score and updates: The last time these two sides met

  India won a thriller to put an end to Australia's extraordinary winning streak that started after the end of the 2017 World Cup. India had already lost the three-match ODI series but the game hardly felt like a dead rubber as they held their nerve to chase down a target of 265 with two wickets and three balls to spare. Australia's winning streak thus came to an end at 26 matches. 

• Mar 19, 2022 05:34 AM IST

  India vs Australia Women's World Cup Live: What Smriti Mandhana said

  Smriti Mandhana spoke about India's batting issues in the pre-match press conference.

  "If I had an explanation (for batting inconsistency), I would have definitely discussed in the dressing room. In the NZ series, our batters did well, the last four matches (in WC) the batting has not clicked as a unit and it is something we need work on. I am confident tomorrow will be a perfect game for the batters. The bowlers are doing an amazing job for us, they need more support from batters."

• Mar 19, 2022 05:31 AM IST

  IND W vs AUS W Live: India's batting woes

  India have blown hot and cold with the bat in the tournament thus far, with the fact that they were all out for just 134 runs against England right after scoring a mammoth 317/8 against the West Indies being emblematic of their problems. Smriti Mandhana tried standing strong while the rest of her team fell apart at the other end against England and it was only an unlikely partnership between Jhulan Goswami and Richa Ghosh that got India into the 130s.

• Mar 19, 2022 05:20 AM IST

  India W vs Australia W Live Score: Hello and welcome!

  The toss will be at 6am IST and the match starts at 6.30am. Australia have been as close to invincible as it gets in this tournament, with their opening fixture against England being the only time they were mildly challenged thus far. They then beat Pakistan by seven wickets, hosts New Zealand by 141 runs and the West Indies by seven wickets.