Australia’s ladies cricketers rejoice after defeating Bangladesh within the Girls’s World Cup match on October 16, 2025. — ICC
VISAKHAPATNAM: Skipper Alyssa Healy hit an unbeaten 113, her second century in a row, as holders Australia booked their spot within the semi-finals of the Girls’s World Cup with a crushing 10-wicket win over Bangladesh on Thursday.
Healy and fellow opener Phoebe Litchfield, unbeaten on 84, hardly put a foot unsuitable as Australia romped house to their victory goal of 199 with 25.1 overs to spare in Visakhapatnam.
With a fourth win in 5 matches – the opposite was washed out – seven-time champions Australia grow to be the primary crew to safe a final-four berth within the 50-over marquee match.
The left-handed Litchfield hit Fariha Trisna for 2 successive fours to convey up the win as they reached 202-0 in 24.5 overs.
Australia have two matches left to play within the league stage together with a key conflict with rivals England subsequent week and a stunned Healy got here to know in regards to the semi-final qualification within the post-match presentation.
“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,” stated Healy.
“I didn’t know we have made the semi-finals.”
Wicketkeeper-batter Healy raised her second successive ton after her heroics within the earlier win over co-hosts India when the captain’s 142 made Australia chase down 331.
She hammered 20 boundaries from her 77-ball knock whereas Litchfield struck 12 boundaries and a six as she raised her eighth ODI fifty.
Australia’s spinners arrange the victory after they stored Bangladesh right down to 198-9 of their 50 overs after electing to bat first, Ashleigh Gardner, Alana King and Georgia Wareham all taking two wickets every.
Sobhana Mostary hit a defiant unbeaten 66 to make Bangladesh play out their full quota of overs after they slipped to 165-9 within the forty sixth over but it surely wasn’t sufficient to check the Australians.
Opener Rubya Haider handed Bangladesh a robust begin along with her strong 44 as Bangladesh misplaced their first wicket within the ninth over to tempo spearhead Megan Schutt.
Rubya hit eight fours earlier than she slogged Gardner to mid-on. Sharmin Akhter adopted swimsuit at which level leg-spinners King and Wareham made additional inroads.
Skipper Nigar Sultana was stumped off King, who was named participant of the match, and the remainder of the batting faltered with solely Mostary displaying grit.
“In these conditions we should get more runs,” stated Nigar. “Not being consistent as a batting unit cost us.”
