Hello and welcome to the seventeenth match of the Women's World Cup of Cricket! The day's contest sees the unbeaten Australian side facing off against Bangladesh, who are hunting for their second win of the World Cup.
This has been a captivating tournament – while Australia indeed are without a loss in a contest, they have appeared vulnerable at points. Their batting in the Pakistan match was not at their peak, while against India they found it hard to discover the solutions during their bowling spell. On both occasions they were able to get to victory, but opposition teams will be paying close attention to identify these weaknesses and formulate tactics to capitalize on them.
Bangladesh’s sole win of the World Cup so far came against the Pakistani team – a decisive, victory by seven wickets with strong contributions across the bowling attack. Nonetheless, they also put on impressive performances against South Africa, which went down to the concluding over, and England, who seemed in difficulty at 78 for five pursuing the 178 runs set by Bangladesh. Although neither of those games ended in a win, they will have given the side a great deal of self-belief that they are capable enough to match it with top international sides.
Should Bangladesh carry that performance level in this encounter, we might be in for a thrilling conclusion. Although Australia is very much the favourites here, let’s not write off the supposed weaker side. There is much to talk about, so we should begin!
The narrow escape for Bangladesh against England is worth reviewing ahead of this contest as well.
If you want a reminder about the record-setting pursuit by Australia to claim the victory against India, we’ve got that match report for you as well.
During the pre-match period, you might want to review last night’s excitement? Unfortunately literal rain spoiled the occasion of the Pakistani team, who were extremely close of their initial one-day international triumph over England. If you missed the action, we’ve have the details with this contest summary.
Rain saves England at Women’s World Cup and ruins Pakistan hopes of historic win.
Knight rescues England as Bangladesh expresses frustration after three reviews go her way.
Australia successfully achieves record score to overcome India in thrilling Women's World Cup match.
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