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Australia hold off India rally to reach Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals

Australia, 151-8, beat India, 142-9, by nine runs
Defending champions take four wickets in last over to seal win

Tahlia McGrath has taken the captaincy reins seamlessly from the injured Alyssa Healy to lead Australia into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, while also handing big rivals India a potentially fatal blow. McGrath, taking over because of skipper Healy’s foot injury, led from the front in Sharjah on Sunday with a brisk knock of 32 as the champions again demonstrated their enviable strength-in-depth in their nine-run victory.

Halfway through India’s chase of the Aussies’ 151-8, McGrath’s side had already done enough statistically to guarantee qualification. But the unbeaten side were determined to maintain their stranglehold, restricting India to 142-9 – thanks to four wickets in Annabel Sutherland’s last over – to hand their fancied rivals a defeat that leaves their semi-final hopes out of their hands.

Source: Cricket - The Guardian