Aust v England T20 final

Australia’s women are in their fifth straight World Twenty20 final after Alyssa Healy shook off a concussion to continue her dominance in a 71-run flogging of the West Indies. Cleared to play on the morning of the semifinal, Healy claimed her fourth player-of-the-match award in five games as she top-scored in Australia’s 142-5 before the hosts were rolled for 71 in Antigua. Healy’s 46 from 38 balls was backed up with three dismissals with the gloves, including a nifty run-out to start the rot when opener Hayley Matthews (5) left her crease after defending a ball from Sophie Molineux. It came five days after her collision with Megan Schutt, which sidelined her with a mild concussion for the second half of Australia’s loss to India. ‘‘I was really, really lucky. I really didn’t get many concussion symptoms,’’ Healy said. ‘‘I simply had a sore neck from the whiplash . . . I did all the right things as well to give my mind a break and let it refresh and replenish and go today.’’ Healy’s knock kept her tournament-high average at 67.66, with 203 runs at a strike rate of 149.26. Australia will face England in tomorrow’s final after they comfortably accounted for India by eight wickets. India crashed from a sound position at 89-2 to be all out for 112. The target did not test England despite the loss of two early wickets. Natalie Sciver and Amy Jones both scored unbeaten half-centuries in the chase.