Women's World Cup Matches Continued

New Zealand VS. England

England’s one-wicket victory is only the second in the history of the World Cup. England were also involved in the other, against Sri Lanka, but were on the losing side on that occasion in 2012-13 in Mumbai.

West Indies VS. Pakistan

Nida Dar’s 4 for 10 is Pakistan’s best bowling in the World Cup, overtaking Nashra Sandhu’s 4 for 26 against India at Derby in 2017.

South Africa VS. Australia

Laura Woolvardt’s 90 is the fifth-highest score in the World Cup in a losing cause against Australia.
South Africa’s 271 for 5 is the second-highest total in the World Cup after being inserted, and losing. India’s 277 for 7 earlier in the tournament, also against Australia, is the highest.
Meg Lanning’s unbeaten 135 is the second-highest, second innings of a match score in the World Cup. Meg has made three of the top four such scores in the competition in this category.

India VS. Bangladesh

The Indian innings saw the fourth occasion in the World Cup of the first three wickets falling without the addition of any runs after the first wicket partnership.

Pakistan VS. England

Nahida Khan became the first player to be dismissed by the first ball of a World Cup match.

South Africa VS. West Indies

Based on an innings of 30 or more, Mignon du Preez’s 86.36% of team runs scored whilst in is the second highest in the World Cup. Only Ashleigh Gardner, with 87.27% of Australia’s runs against New Zealand whilst she was in, in the current tournament is higher.

England VS. Bangladesh

Sophia Dunkley’s 67 is the highest score by a player batting at number 6 for England in the World Cup. The previous highest was Jane Smit’s unbeaten 63 against Sri Lanka at Lincoln in 2000.
Kate Cross became the tenth England player to take three catches in the field in a World Cup innings.

India VS. South Africa

India’s 274 for 7, and subsequent defeat, means that in this tournament and all World Cup tournaments, they now hold the top two first innings totals and subsequently lost.
India became the first team to twice record three individual fifties in an innings in which their team lost. South Africa also performed this feat once, against England at Bristol in 2017.
The partnership of 91 between Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana is the highest first-wicket stand for India in a losing cause.
Mithali Raj became the World Cup’s second highest scorer (1321), overtaking Jan Brittin’s record of 1299 runs. Only New Zealand’s Debbie Hockley’s with 1501 runs is ahead of Mithali.

Semi-final Preview

AUSTRALIA play WEST INDIES in one-semi-final whilst SOUTH AFRICA and ENGLAND meet in the other.

Of the seven World Cup matches played between Australia and West Indies, Australia have won six times with West Indies winning just once. When the sides met in the on-going tournament, Australia won by seven wickets. The sides have never met in a World Cup semi-final but did contest the 2013 final which Australia won convincingly by 114 runs in Mumbai. The only victory for West Indies against Australia was earlier in the 2013 tournament.

England and South Africa have also met seven times in the World Cup, England winning five times to South Africa’s two. The two sides combined to give an exciting semi-final in 2017 at Bristol, England winning by two wickets with just two balls remaining. One of South Africa’s victories over their semi-final opponents came earlier in the current tournament.

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