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Seasoned batter Beth Mooney struck a magnificent 109 arsenic she single-handedly lifted Australia to a challenging 221/9 aft Pakistan spinners, led by Nashra Sandhu, near them tottering astatine 76/7 successful their ICC Women’s World Cup lucifer successful Colombo connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025).
Initially, Sandhu (3/37) and the different dilatory bowlers spun a web astir Australian batters with a superb effort, but Mooney stood similar a stone and rescued them with 2 important partnerships to instrumentality her broadside past 200 aft being asked to bat.
Mooney, who deed her 5th ODI ton, was the fulcrum of the Australian innings and she deed 11 fours from 114 balls.
The 2nd champion Australian batter was No. 10 Alana King (51 not retired disconnected 49 balls), who stitched a grounds 106-run concern for the ninth wicket. It was the highest basal for the ninth oregon a little wicket successful women’s ODIs. The erstwhile champion was 76 betwixt Ashleigh Gardner and Kim Garth of Australia for the ninth wicket against South Africa successful 2024.
Coming to the crease erstwhile the people work 30 for two, Mooney saw wickets tumbling astir her. Undeterred, she went astir her concern with composure and played 1 of her astir memorable innings.
Australia were 83 for 7 astatine the halfway people and from there, they added 138 runs for the nonaccomplishment of 2 wickets.
On a dilatory and turning pitch, immoderate of the Australian top-order batters were blameworthy of deficiency of exertion and mediocre changeable selection, adjacent arsenic Pakistan did precise good successful fielding department, taking important catches with superb efforts.
Australia mislaid Healy successful the seventh implicit portion Phoebe Litchfield followed suit 3 balls aboriginal for the aforesaid people of 30 arsenic Pakistan made a superb start.
Australia’s woes continued arsenic the shot began to turn. Sandhu accounted for the 2 large wickets of Ellyse Perry (5) and Annabel Sutherland (1) arsenic Australia slumped to 59 for 4 successful the 15th over.
Ashleigh Gardner, who scored a period against New Zealand, continued Australian batters’ indiscretion arsenic she chipped a Shamim transportation consecutive to midwicket fielder.
The defending champions were successful dire straits with the scoreboard speechmaking 60 for 5 successful the 16th over. They mislaid 3 wickets for the summation of conscionable 5 runs.
The unbelievable illness continued with Tahlia McGrath and Georgia Wareham getting retired successful the abstraction of 5 balls and for the summation of conscionable 1 run.
