Overview

• Australia beat India by three wickets with one over to spare, as Ellyse Perry returned from retiring hurt to finish unbeaten on 47 and sealed the win with a six.
• Alyssa Healy’s 142 off 107 balls was her sixth ODI century and first as captain, earning player-of-the-match honors in the highest successful chase in women’s ODI history.
• India posted 330 after a 155-run opening stand from Smriti Mandhana (80) and Pratika Rawal (75), but the innings fell away with the last six wickets tumbling for 36.
• Annabel Sutherland took 5/40 to trigger India’s late collapse, while left-arm spinner N Shree Charani led India’s reply with 3/41 in Australia’s chase.
• The result moves Australia to seven points and first place, leaves India third on four after a second straight defeat, and sets up a tight semifinal race where net run rate could prove decisive.