Stunning comeback game as Aussie guns flex

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Australian legspinner Georgia Wareham made the astir of her archetypal planetary lucifer successful much than a year, taking 3-20 arsenic the defending champions eased to triumph implicit Bangladesh by 8 wickets astatine the Women's T20 World Cup connected Wednesday morning.

Australia joined Sri Lanka with 2 wins from 2 successful Group 1 and went backmost to the apical connected nett tally rate.

Wareham, whose past planetary was successful October 2021, was pivotal arsenic Australia constricted Bangladesh to 7-107, wherever lone skipper Nigar Sultana's 57 from 50 balls stood out.

The Aussies were untroubled successful their chase, cruising to 2-111 successful 18.2 overs and led location by skipper Meg Lanning, who hardly got retired of 2nd cogwheel successful her 48 not out.

Opener Alyssa Healy deed 37 from 36 astatine the apical to enactment the world's top-ranked squad connected the mode to different awesome win. Australia bushed New Zealand by a whopping 97 runs successful the archetypal crippled of its rubric defence.

Australia is the ascendant unit successful women's cricket and has won 5 of the 7 T20 World Cups. It is seeking a 3rd consecutive title.

Wareham had a agelong roadworthy backmost to planetary cricket aft rupturing a ligament successful her near genu much than a twelvemonth ago.

On her comeback, the 23-year-old spinner picked up the wickets of Sobhana Mostary (7), Shorna Akter (12) and Rumana Ahmed (4) successful Bangladesh's mediate bid arsenic Australia took power and ne'er relinquished it successful the archetypal crippled of the World Cup successful Gqeberha, the metropolis formerly known arsenic Port Elizabeth.

“It’s beauteous peculiar immoderate clip to play for your country,” Wareham said. “To bash that astatine the World Cup and get a fewer wickets, it’s beauteous cool.”

India is backmost successful enactment Wednesday against West Indies and could articulation England with 2 wins from 2 successful Group 2.

India is besides expected to beryllium boosted by the instrumentality of prima batter Smriti Mandhana, who is acceptable to travel backmost into the squad aft missing the opening triumph implicit Pakistan with a digit injury.

Mandhana is apt to beryllium successful bully spirits aft she was the astir costly subordinate to beryllium bought astatine the Women's Premier League auction successful India.

The apical 2 teams from each of the 2 preliminary groups beforehand consecutive to the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. The teams presently successful presumption to advancement are Australia, Sri Lanka, England and India.

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