: Cricket: Classy Lanning leads Australia to win over India and into World Cup semi-finals #IndiaNEWS A classy 97 by Meg Lanning confirmed unbeaten Australia’s place in the Women’s World Cup semi-finals

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Cricket: Classy Lanning leads Australia to win over India and into World Cup semi-finals #IndiaNEWS
A classy 97 by Meg Lanning confirmed unbeaten Australia’s place in the Women’s World Cup semi-finals as a record run chase saw them to victory over India on Saturday. In a match that went down to the wire in Auckland, title favourites Australia reached 280-4 to overtake India’s 277-7 with three balls to spare. The previous best successful run chase in a Women’s World Cup match was 258-2 set by Australia against Sri Lanka at Bristol in 2017. Australian captain Lanning guided the innings with her player-of-the-match performance and said she feels she is coming into form after scores of five and nought in her previous two games.“It was nice to contribute. I was disappointed after the last couple of games,� she said.“It was a belter of a wicket, it came on really nicely, there wasn’t a lot of turn and any width given was really hard to defend.“So, yeah, we’ll take the win today, but understand we’ve got a bit to work on.�Australia have a superior run rate over the only other unbeaten side, South Africa. The two meet in a much-anticipated showdown in Wellington on Tuesday. The other three places in the last four of the tournament are still up for grabs although South Africa seem...Read more

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