BUOYANT INDIAN WOMEN’S TEAM AIM FOR SEMIFINAL BERTH IN WORLD CUP
GUYANA: Eyeing a semi-finals berth, overwhelming favourites India will have to guard against complacency when they play Ireland in their third Group B match of the ICC Women’s World T20 here on Thursday.
India are on a roll, having convincingly won their first two matches, including against archrivals Pakistan two days ago.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur declared open the tournament with her blazing hundred against New Zealand at the Providence, the same venue where India will face Ireland.
Ireland, on the other hand, have lost to both Australia and Pakistan.
India will enter the game against the Irish as overwhelming favourites but Kaur is aware that her team cannot afford to take things for granted in this mega-event.
AUS ENTER SEMIS
NEWDELHI:Strong contenders Australia became the first team to seal a semi-final berth, defeating New Zealand by 38 runs on Tuesday for a third win in a row in Group B. Pakistan bounced back from two defeats to upstage newcomers Ireland by 38 runs in another Group B game in Guyana.
Brief scores: Australia 153/7 in 20 overs (Alyssa Healy 53, Leigh Kasperek 3/25, Sophie Devine 2/37) beat New Zealand 120 all out in 17.3 overs (Suzie Bates 48, Megan Schutt 3/12, Sophie Molineux 2/20, Delissa Kimmince 2/24) by 33 runs.
Pakistan 139/6 in 20 overs (Javeria Khan 74no, Lucy O’Reilly 3/19) beat Ireland 101/9 in 20 overs (Isobel Joyce 30, Nashra Sandhu 2/8, Aliya Riaz 2/16, Sana Mir 2/20, Aiman Anwer 2/25) by 38 runs.