AUS-W vs SA-W

5:54 PM local time (10:24 PM IST): So that will be that from this game in Manchester. Now, it's back to Group 2 action as defending champions New Zealand take on last time's semi-finalists West Indies, in Southampton. You can catch all the action right here. For now, this is Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Sophie Molineux (Australia captain): "Yes we played really well! In every department, we went about out work nicely. The batters were up to the mark, I felt. That's the way we play, we take it on with the depth in our batting line-up. Phoebs (Phoebe Litchfield) was amazing, she generally is! I have the right people in the right place, and I too go with the gut. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. But we back ourselves in everything." 

Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa captain): "Tough day today! I thought we had a pretty decent first half. But we weren't up to scratch with the bat. They bowled well, but we didn't do our bit and lost our way. Awesome to have them (Kapp and Ismail) back bowling together, and (Nonkululeko) Mlaba bowled well too. I struggled to get going and it didn't help not getting enough runs in the power play. We left things a little too late. Still a long tournament, we need to put this game behind us." 

Georgia Wareham (Player of the Match, 32 runs with the bat, 3 wickets with the ball and a run out of Marizanne Kapp!): "With our batting line-up, you can play with a lot of confidence and freedom. I thought Phoebes (Phoebe Litchfield) played a wonderful knock and made it easy for us. With the ball, just kept it straight and used the conditions to good effect. Between Ash (Gardner) and myself, we try to field in the hot-spots and get the job done! Sophs (Sophie Molineux) been amazing with her overall work!" 

5:38 PM local time (10:08 PM IST): Australia win by 65 runs with 19 balls to spare! 

Phoebe Litchfield 50 (24) | Goergia Wareham - 3/13 (2.4)
Laura Wolvaardt 44 (39) | Nonkululeko Mlaba - 2/22 (4)

Only three batters scoring in double digits. The best of them today got run out abruptly. And the highest scorer could go at a strike rate of only 112.82! Tells you all you need to know about this innings. And, the other double-digit scorer, Nadine de Klerk, promoted up the order, could get a 22-ball 25 only! 

It was a combination of spin and pace for Australia right from the start, and it began with the captain herself, Sophie Molineux, who took the wicket of Sune Luus in the first over. 

Laura Wolvaardt just could not get going in terms of boundaries and the class of this Australian team was just too much for the rest of the batters to put up with. 

In a group like this, South Africa needed to bat the overs out. Now, they have to bounce back  with strong wins to improve their net run-rate. 

16.5 Georgia Wareham to Nonkululeko Mlaba, AND THAT WILL BE THAT! AUSTRALIA WIN CONVINCINGLY! Into the wicket and on off-stump. Clubbed against the turn off the back foot to the wide long-on area. But deep mid-wicket gets around to her left there and takes a good catch to end the match! 

16.4 Georgia Wareham to Nonkululeko Mlaba, WIDE! Slid down the leg-side here on the good length. The attempted pull shot gets missed though. 

16.3 Georgia Wareham to Chloe Tryon, THAT'S OUT! TRYON GOES! Into the wicket on leg-and-middle. Tryon tries to pull it off the back foot against the turn but splices it in the process. King at mid-wicket makes sure to complete the catch there! 

15.6 Ashleigh Gardner to Chloe Tryon, good length and slow on the stumps. Tryon advances and heaves it to deep square-leg for a single to keep strike.

15.3 Ashleigh Gardner to Ayabonga Khaka, over the wicket, flighted and around off. The attempted drive off the front foot to cover gets beaten on the outside edge.