Australia finished the second week of matches at the top of the table after three wins and 1 NR from four matches, whilst England sat in second after three wins from three matches.

Whereas, India drop down to 4th after their shock losses to South Africa (who are in 3rd) and Australia, and another big mover is New Zealand, who move up to 5th after their first win of the World Cup takes them above Bangladesh (6th), Sri Lanka (7th) and Pakistan (8th).

ODI 15: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka batted well as captain Chamari Athapaththu and Nilakshi de Silva scored half-centuries, with both Vishmi Gunaratne and Hasini Perera getting close with 42 and 44, respectively. Despite the high-scoring innings, with Sri Lanka finishing the 50 overs on 258-6, New Zealand’s Sophie Devine took 3 wickets for 54 runs off 10.9 overs.

However, the match was abandoned due to rain, and New Zealand were unable to begin their chase, so both teams left with a point, as the result was ruled an NR.

Result: match abandoned.

ODI 16: England vs Pakistan

Pakistan’s fantastic bowling stumped England, who looked all but set to suffer their first loss of their campaign; however, England’s 8th wicket partnership may have saved their innings, as Charlie Dean and Em Arlott scored 33 and 18 runs, respectively, to leave England at 133/9 in 31 overs.

Pakistan’s opening batswomen, Muneeba Ali and Omaima Sohail, had a brilliant start to the innings as they reached 34/0 at the end of over 7. However, their innings and eventually the match were stopped due to rain, so both sides received a point after the match was abandoned for an NR.

Result: match abandoned.

ODI 17: Australia vs Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s best-performing batters were Sobhana Mostary, as she hit 66 not out, and Rubya Haider, who scored 44 runs. However, Bangladesh couldn’t exploit their combined 100 runs, as they ended their innings on 198/9 after a fantastic bowling display from Alana King saw her take 2 wickets for an economy of 1.80 in 10 overs.

Australia’s opening batswomen, captain Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield, combined to successfully chase Bangladesh’s score. Both players finished the innings not out, as Healy scored 113 runs off 77 balls and Litchfield posted 84 runs off 72 for a linked-up score of 202/0.

Result: Australia beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets.

ODI 18: South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Despite the heavy rain pausing play, Sri Lanka managed to reach 105/7, as both innings were reduced to 20 overs due to the rain delay. Nonkululeko Mlaba was the standout performer in the innings, as she took 3 wickets for 30 runs, whilst Sri Lanka struggled to find their footing as they lost two wickets in both the 14th and 19th overs.

Both of South Africa’s opening batswomen, Tazmin Brits and captain Laura Wolvaardt, combined to complete the chase as they reached 125 not out. Player of the match Wolvaardt scored 60 off 47 balls, whilst Brits recorded 55 off 42 balls in 14.5 overs.

Result: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets (DLS method)

ODI 19: New Zealand vs Pakistan

Pakistan reached 92/5 with 25 overs before the match was abandoned due to heavy rain, so both countries take one point apiece from the contest. Aliya Riaz, Pakistan’s highest run scorer on the day, was not out at the time of abandonment with 28 runs from 52 balls, whilst New Zealand’s Lea Tahuhu continued to add to her impressive wicket haul as she took 2 wickets for 20 runs off 6 overs.

Result: match abandoned.

ODI 20: India vs England

England’s Heather Knight hit 109 runs off 91 balls to help England on their way to 288/8 as she teamed up with wicketkeeper Amy Jones, who also hit a half-century, to leave India with the highest run chase of the week so far. Deepti Sharma controlled the bowling for India as she took 4 wickets off 10 overs for an economy of 5.10.

Three Indian batters reached half-centuries, including Smriti Mandhana (88 runs off 94 balls), Harmanpreet Kaur (70 runs off 70 balls) and Deepti Sharma (50 runs off 57 balls), but India were unable to make these runs count in what would prove to be one of the tightest games of the World Cup so far, as England claimed the win by only 4 runs.

Result: England beat India by 4 runs.


ODI 21: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

Sri Lanka reached 202 runs thanks to Hasini Perera’s 85 runs off 99 balls, whilst their captain Chamari Athapaththu recorded their second-highest score with 46 runs off 43 balls. Bangladesh’s main force behind stumping Sri Lanka was Shorna Akter, as she took 3 wickets in 10 overs for an economy of 2.70.

Bangladesh’s captain Nigar Sultana Joty was the main driving force behind their chase, as she reached 77 runs off 98 balls alongside Sharmin Akhter, who ended the innings on 64 not out. However, Bangladesh fell just short after they lost 4 wickets in 4 balls, which left them just 7 runs short of victory after a 4-wicket haul from Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu.

Result: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 7 runs.

Standings after ODI 21

Australia, England and South Africa have all cemented their place in the semi-finals, as they all finished the third week of matches with 4 wins from 5 games. Australia and England remain ahead of South Africa in the standings on 9 points after 4 wins and 1 NR each, whilst South Africa has 4 wins and 1 loss.

India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka all sit on 4 points, but both India and New Zealand have a game in hand on Sri Lanka heading into the final week of the league stage matches.

Bangladesh and Pakistan both sit on 2 points; however, Bangladesh have won 1 match, whilst Pakistan remain winless despite two NR.