another legcutter. Looks to push down the ground and gets a thick outside edge into the backward point region. Australia wrap up a comprehensive win to start their campaign
AUS Women vs PAK Women, 2nd Match, Group B at Providence, T20 World Cup, Nov 09 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
7.00pm That's it from this game. We have West Indies against Bangladesh coming up very soon, with Alagappan Muthu on ball-by-ball. Do jump over to that game now. Until next time, bye!
Alyssa Healy is the Player of the Match. "Really relishing my job at the top of the order, getting the license to go out there and enjoy myself," she says. "Momentum is key for us, and if we keep putting the performances on the board, we can go all the way. We left a few runs out there today, but our bowlers did the job."
6.53pm It was never in doubt, was it? Australia were just at a different level today, and even though they didn't quite hit their absolute top gear - except perhaps when Alyssa Healy was batting - they have won by 52 runs. Umaima Sohail looked good early on, but her run-out basically ended Pakistan's chances of chasing down 166.
length ball outside off, legcutter. Not sure if she was playing or leaving, but she ends up playing a long way inside the line of the ball
back of a length on off stump, defended into the covers
full, angling down leg, and what happened there? Looked to flick, and I think Healy has stumped her unintentionally! Sidra missed the flick and the ball ricocheted off her pads, into Healy's pads, and then into the stumps, and by then the batsman had taken a couple of involuntary steps down the pitch. Amazing!
slower legcutter wide of off stump. Stops on the pitch and turns sharply. Sidra misses the attempted leg-side whip
full, close to off stump. A lot of bottom hand in the attempted cover drive, and it ends up rolling into the midwicket region
looks for the reverse-sweep again, and the length ball, angling down leg, ends up hitting her body
Some good-natured chatter between Mir and Healy as Schutt prepares to bowl the final over.
down the track and she fires it in very full. Sidra ends up yorking herself, just about digs it out a short distance into the off side
full on middle stump, clears her front leg and swipes along the ground towards deep midwicket
out of her crease once more, drives this flighted ball to long-off
slower length ball outside off, swiped with a lot of bottom hand into the midwicket region, no timing
down the track and Molineux shifts her line wider. Looks to loft over mid-off or extra-cover, and ends up edging towards short third man
full outside off, driven down to long-on
back of a length wide of off stump, left alone
looks to reverse-sweep now, and ends up hitting it down into the pitch and then hits it again in her follow-through to send it running away past Healy's left leg
and again, down the track. This time it isn't as full as the previous one, and she can free her arms a little more and flat-bat it over the leaping mid-off fielder
down the track once more, drives the flighted, wide one to mid-off
back of a length outside off, dabbed gently to short third man
down the track again and Gardner bowls it wider outside off. Swipes it with the turn to long-on
down the track to the flighted off-stump ball, chips it on the bounce to deep midwicket