Published: Mar 26, 2016, 02:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:21 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Match 16 of ICC Women’s T20 2016 at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on Saturday. Australia women take on Ireland women in Match No. 16 of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2016 at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Sublime batting performance by Australia Women lead them to 9 wicket win over Sri Lanka in their last match, whereas Ireland Women’s suffered an embarrassing loss as Sune Luus inspired South Africa Women crushed them by 67 runs margin to win the match. This match will see the second spot team in Group A take on bottom place team in the table. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: AUSTRALIA WOMEN vs IRELAND WOMEN, MATCH 16, WOMEN’S WORLD T20
Live Cricket Update, Australia Women 92/3 | Overs 13.2 | TARGET 92 | BATTING: Ellyse Perry 29 (30), Alex Blackwell 1 (1): Kim Grath gets her second wicket of Elyse Villani who missed her half-century by 7 runs. Right now Aussies need just 7 runs to win and not too far from entering the semi-final. Alex Balckwell enters and Ellyse Perry can take their team to victory. Ireland have faced four consecutive loss in this tournament. And an easy boundary by Perry lends Southern Stars their entry to semi-final. OUT! Elyse Villani 43 (35) c Lucy O’Reilly b Kim Grath
Live Cricket Update, Australia Women 73/2 | Overs 11 | TARGET 92Â | BATTING: Elyse Villani 39 (29), Ellyse Perry 16 (22): Looks Like Elyse Villani and Ellyse Perry are looking for early finish to their innings and earn the semi-final spot. Just 19 to win now from 54. That was quite easy for Aussies and quick. Now Villani is taking charge with boundaries in every over. Villani yet again proved herself after an excellent innings in previous match alongside the captain.
Live Cricket Update, Australia Women 50/2 | Overs 8| TARGET 92Â | BATTING: Elysse Villani 26 (20), Ellyse Perry 6 (13): Australia Women are crumbling with two wickets down already of captain Meg Lanning and Kim Grath gets her first and Ireland get their first breakthrough. Ellyse Perry and Elysse Villani are playing comfortably and controlled cricket on field. Alysa Healy has also made her way through the field as well quite early. bowled by Ciara Metcalfe. Isobel Joyce has not been her best with two wide deliveries. And 50 up for Aussie. OUT! Alyssa Healy 6 (7) c Isobel Joyce b Ciara Metcalfe, OUT! Meg Lanning b Kim Grath 8 (8)
Live Cricket Update, Ireland Women 91/6 | Overs 20 | BATTING: Shauna Kavanagh 8 (7): Australia strikes back hard of Ireland with 5 wickets down and Ireland managed to go beyond 85. Can they reach 100 is the question. Megan Schutt is on roll with three wickets in her kitty. Kim Grath who was the next scorer for Ireland also was picked by Megan Schutt. Rene Farrell comes to attack for last over. So far just one and she gets her third as well. Good restrictions by the Aussies. Mary Waldron comes into crease for last two deliveries. And Ireland wrap innings are 91. Target of 92 for Australia Women. OUT! Kim Garth c Beth Mooney b Megan Schutt 27 (46), OUT! Isobel Joyce 8 (13) lbw Megan Schutt, OUT! Laura Delany run out (Jess Jonassen) 0 (1), OUT! Robyn Lewis lbw Rene Farrell 0 (1), OUT! Mary Waldron run out (Elyssa Villani) 0 (2)
Live Cricket Update, Ireland Women 62/2 | Overs 15 | BATTING: Kim Grath 13 (32), Isobel Joyce 3 (8): Another wicket down of Cecelia Joyce now who was moving head to head with Clare Shellington earlier. Entered the crease was her sister and skipper Isobel Joyce and now the runrate has dropped further with target being just 80. Ireland does not look to go beyond 100 runs. Rene Farrell also got a wicket for herself. Megun Schutt completed the the 15th over with just 2 runs from it. OUT! Cecelia Joyce 23 (31) c Kristen Beams b Rene Ferrell
Live Cricket Update, Ireland Women 49/1 | Overs 10 | BATTING: Cecelia Joyce 21 (26), Kim Grath 5 (15): Ireland are going well with their innings and they might proceed to 100 runs from the way they are moving. Of course the rate has slowed down due to Clare’s wicket who was going for consecutive boundaries in an over. The spinners have come into attack and they are doing the job for Australia who were moving at rate of 6 per over and aiming for target of 132. Rene Farrell is bowling and Cecelia Joyce under attack. Cecelia and Kim are exchanging strikes. No run from second last spell. And ends with single.Â
Live Cricket Update, Ireland Women 33/1 | Overs 5 | BATTING: Cecelia Joyce 10 (10), Kim Grath 0 (1): Ireland know this is their last match and are moving at the right pace. Starting with maiden over and now they have moved to 25 already with Clare Shellington moving to 18 already with a boundary and big six in every over. Clare has struck three consecutive boundaries so far in the 5th over and she finally has to depart. Such a wonderful innings and Megan Schutt does the trick for AUS w. She went for fourth consecutive boundary but missed opportunity. Kim Grath comes into crease. OUT! Clare Shellington 22 (19) b Megan Schutt c Beth Mooney
Live Cricket Update, Ireland Women 0/0 | Overs 1 | BATTING: Clare Shellington 0 (6), Cecelia Joyce 0 (0): Lauren Cheatle opens the attack for Australia. Ireland’s opening batters Clare and Cecelia start the innings. Lauren’s length of delivery going over outside off stump. This time she length delivers down the leg. Superb Maiden over by Lauren.
Australia Women Playing XI: Australia Women: Alyssa Healy (wk), Elyssa Villani, Meg Lanning*, Ellysa Perry, Alex Blackwell, Jess Jonassen, Beth Mooney, Osborne, Megan Schutt, Farrell, Kristen Beams
Ireland Women Playing XI: Shrubrose Shillington, Cecelia Joyce, Dalton, Isobel Joyce*, Delany, Lewis, Garth, Waldron (wk), Kenealy, O’Reilly, Metcalfe
TOSS UPDATED: Australia Women win toss and elect to field first!
Australia were helped by a second wicket 109-runs partnership between skipper Meg Lanning and Elyse Villani to easily chase down Sri Lanka Women’s target of 124 runs, Elyse cracked a 39-ball 53 in the process, while Lanning made 53-ball 58. Australia’s bowling looked in good hands as Megan Schutt and Kristen Beam picked up two wickets apiece versus Sri Lanka. Ireland failed to make a strong batting first start as they were reduced to 20 for 2 in the sixth over but recovered a bit with a 44-run partnership for the third wicket between opener Clare Shillington making 34 and captain Isobel Joyce adding 22 runs only to lose their way afterwards. Joyce’s departure led to a dramatic batting collapse as Ireland ended at 89 for 9 from 64 for 2 in the 12th over to lose the match.
Kim Grath
