Overview

• India bowled out Pakistan for 159 after posting 247 in Colombo, extending their women’s ODI record against Pakistan to 12-0 and moving above Australia to first place.
• Kranti Goud took 3-20 to earn Player of the Match, with Deepti Sharma 3-45 and Sneh Rana 2-38; Pakistan’s Sidra Amin top-scored with 81 in a losing chase that included a brief insect-related stoppage.
• South Africa chased 232 in 40.5 overs in Indore as Tazmin Brits struck 101 and Sune Luus finished unbeaten on 81, their 159-run stand setting a national Women’s World Cup partnership record.
• Spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba’s 4-40 triggered New Zealand’s collapse to 231, leaving the White Ferns winless and lifting South Africa to fifth with an improved net run rate (-1.424).
• Brits reached seven ODI hundreds in just 41 innings, the fastest in women’s ODI history; next fixtures include Pakistan vs Australia on Oct 8, India vs South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Oct 9, and New Zealand vs Bangladesh on Oct 10.