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Australia have continued their unbeaten run in the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 after defeating Bangladesh by five wickets at Wellington’s Basin Reserve on Friday.
Experienced campaigner Beth Mooney smashed an unbeaten 66 to help her side gun down a target of 136 in a rain-affected game. The Meg Lanning-led side lost a few early wickets before Mooney’s heroics, and a cameo from Annabel Sutherland (26 no) helped them cross the finishing line.
Earlier, Bangladesh had managed to post 135/6 on the board after the contest was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain. Off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner and left-armer Jess Jonassen shared four wickets while conceding 36 runs from 17 overs. Lata Mondal (33) and Sharmin Akhter (24) were the top scorers for Bangladesh.
“Today was about finding a way to get through and win, we had to fight. Bangladesh played extremely well and put us under pressure. It was a really positive performance in the end from Mooney and Sutherland to get us over the line. (The conversation with the umpires) It was just about how dark it was. They were bowling spin, so it was fine tonight, but if Darcie Brown was bowling, it might have been hard to see. That’s the way the conditions were, and I thought they did a good job to keep us out there,” said Lanning after the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
We repeat, Beth Mooney = rock solid.
Aussies needing 29 runs from 94 balls!
— Australian Women's Cricket Team 🏏 (@AusWomenCricket)
Never fear Mooney is here!!!!
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Best batting averages in women's ODIs from No.4 or lower (min 25 inns)
Beth Mooney: 54.47
Mithali Raj: 48.34
Ellyse Perry: 47.84
Heather Knight: 42.25The difference? Mooney strikes at ꦆclose to 90. The others at less than 80.
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN)
A huge k꧙nock from Beth Mooney and Australia wins by five wicketsไ 🙌 👏
— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket)
want to have soཧmething in my own life that is as consistently amazing as beth mooney
— Clare Cosy (@ClareCosy)
Beth Mooney is averaging 65.77 in ODIs the last 2 years (b༺est of anyone with min. 400 runs).
She’sꩵ the No.1 ranked T20I batter and ranked No.2 in ODIs.
Consistently wins matches off her own bat.
And yet arguably, she’s not even Australi𓄧a’s best batter. Madness
— Josh Schönafinger (@joshschon)
What is this Beth Mooney made of? 🙌🏼👏🏼
— S Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7)
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Beth Mooney's 66* saved Australia some blushes as they finish the group stage with 7 wins from 7 😮
Terrific fight show𓂃n from B🐼angladesh Women, throughout this entire competition 👏
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
Beth Mo🐬oney (66*) gets Australia home again, wonderfully assisted by Annabel Sutherland who finishes on 26*.
Great test for Australia that ahead of the semi-finals. Brilliant fight🎀 from Bangladesh aft💎er they only posted 6-135.
— Lachlan McKirdy (@LMcKirdy7)
