Australia Women vs Pakistan Women, 9th Match, ICC Womens World Cup 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Fatima Sana to Mooney, out Caught by Sadaf Shamas!! End of one of the all-time great ODI innings. It's short and at Mooney who backs away to leg, looks to slash it away, but doesn't time it and it's a simple catch to cover at the edge of the ring. Alana King pats Mooney on the head as they head off inside. After an expensive over, Fatima Sana gets a wicket to cap off things. Mooney c Sadaf Shamas b Fatima Sana 109(114) [4s-11]

Fatima Sana to Mooney, FOUR, what batting. A slower-ball off-cutter on middle, Mooney makes room and cuts, wide of point and cover-point, right into the gap and there's no-one at sweeper cover as the off-side field is up. Fatima Sana can only look on in disappointment, 21 off this over already

Fatima Sana to Mooney, FOUR, the last over is proving to be expensive. Short outside off, Mooney goes on the back foot and pulls, it's hit hard and one bounce over the ropes and wide of Diana at deep mid-wicket. The 100-run stand is up as well

Fatima Sana to Alana King, 1 run, tough chance and dropped by Sidra Nawaz. Short outside off, Alana King pulls and the top-edge is found, hits the right thumb of Sidra Nawaz and goes down. She is in pain and removes the gloves, wrings her hand, she is OK to continue though

Fatima Sana to Alana King, SIX, 50 for Alana King. Look at her smile as she punches gloves with Mooney. A slower-ball on a length on middle, King swipes and it's a flat six to the deep backward square-leg fence, just cleared the cushions, the fielder was there but it's in the gap. Again big smiles in the Aussie dugout

Fatima Sana to Alana King, SIX, smashed over mid-wicket and it's a clean strike and all the way over deep mid-wicket. Full on off, Alana King gets under that and slugs it so well, clears the fence with ease

Diana Baig to Alana King, 1 run, full on middle, Alana King clears her front leg, heaves on the bounce to deep mid-wicket. The 200 is up for Australia

Diana Baig to Alana King, FOUR, again it's short on off, Alana King goes on the back foot and pulls hard, beats deep mid-wicket to her right, one bounce over the ropes, Fatima had no chance, such was the timing on that

Diana Baig to Alana King, SIX, short outside off, Alana King is so quick to go back and pulls flat, just clears the deep mid-wicket fence, King can hit them really well as we all know from the WBBL - she has played so many good knocks for the Scorchers

Fatima Sana to Mooney, 1 run, full on middle, Mooney gets forward to drive to long-on. It's yet another 100 for Mooney. Her first in World Cups. When Australia needs a savior - you turn to Mooney - as simple as that, what a knock under pressure and who knows, this could well be in a match-winning one. She fought the conditions, the bowling and the pressure to come up trumps. She takes her helmet off, raises the bat and she is still so focussed as the dugout gets up to applaud. What a knock. What a player.

Diana Baig to Mooney, FOUR, on the off-side now. On a good length and wide outside off, Mooney reaches for it and cuts wide of backward point, no chance for the sweeper cover, consecutive fours and Mooney into the 90s

Diana Baig to Mooney, FOUR, good length and following Mooney outside the leg-stump, she whips that away and finds the deep backward square-leg fence, wide of the fielder

Sadia Iqbal to Alana King, FOUR, beautiful drive and past cover and extra-cover. Too full outside off, Alana King gets forward and drives well, gets it in the gap and that's the 50-run stand is up too

Sadia Iqbal to Mooney, no run, given out by umpire N Janani and the decision is overturned. Too much turn and it's sliding down leg, on a good length and turns in, beats the forward defence and no bat, the ball strikes the pads and the big appeal is upheld. Immediately Mooney reviews and gets it overturned

Diana Baig to Mooney, FOUR, half-volley and Mooney doesn't miss out. It's full just outside off, Mooney gets forward to drive and beats both cover and mid-off, lovely placement

Diana Baig to Mooney, 2 runs, fumble from Nashra at long-on and two it is. Again sloppy from Pakistan. Full on middle, Mooney gets forward to drive and that's a simple stop

Diana Baig to Mooney, FOUR, lovely on-drive. Full and angling in on off, Mooney gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive, wide of mid-on, beats the dive of the fielder to her right

Nashra Sandhu to Alana King, FOUR, thick outside-edge and it flies away. Was in the air but miles wide of backward point, beats the chase and dive of Ramin, short outside off, Alana King goes on the back foot and slashes, the ball runs away

Diana Baig to Kim Garth, wide, out Stumped!! Superb stumping down the leg-side and that's all due to Sidra Nawaz. She is so quick to collect the ball on the half-volley and then whip the bails off. Was it a ploy from Diana Baig? She bowled a similar delivery earlier in the over which Nawaz failed to gather, this time Kim Garth lets it go and she comes forward with the momentum, the back foot is on the line and Nawaz breaks the stumps. That's not an easy take at all down leg, so a top effort and Pakistan have the wicket they needed. It is sent upstairs and called a wide as well, but Pakistan will happily take the wide for that wicket. Kim Garth st Sidra Nawaz b Diana Baig 11(47)

Diana Baig to Mooney, FOUR, lovely shot. Full on off, Mooney gets forward to drive well and cover dives to her left, but the ball beats the hand, the fielder was a tad slow to react there

Diana Baig to Mooney, 1 run, short of length on the body, Mooney goes on the back foot and pulls to deep backward square-leg. It's 50 for Mooney as well, a raise of the bat and she gets on with it

Diana Baig to Kim Garth, 1 run, full outside off, Kim Garth gets forward and square-drives nicely, wide of backward point's dive to her right, just one as the sweeper cover does well

Nashra Sandhu to Mooney, FOUR, dragged down short at the stumps, proper half-tracker and it's pulled away to the square leg boundary

Nashra Sandhu to Kim Garth, no run, the finger has gone up for LBW and there's a review from Garth straightaway. Looked like there might've been an inside edge. Good length on middle and off, slides on with the angle and she plays slightly outside the line. The inside edge has saved here, UltraEdge confirms. Mooney ran all the way to the boundary to receive a message from one of the subs there while the review was happening

Rameen Shamim to Wareham, out Caught&Bowled!! Oh what a catch diving around the non-striker! They're fully charged up for the occasion and look at the celebrations. Tossed up and dipping on a good length, holds on Wareham as she pushes at it and like so many of the other Aussie batters, ends up chipping it in the air. The catch isn't straightforward by any means. Shamim is bowling from over the wicket and this goes to the right of the non-striker. She has to dive across and is briefly unsighted as she dives behind the non-striker. But she reaches out, goes with both hands and grabs it. Wareham c and b Rameen Shamim 0(4)

Nashra Sandhu to McGrath, out Caught by Diana Baig!! Good catch diving forward and Pakistan continue to pounce on every opportunity they get. Third wicket for Sandhu. Teasing flight at 62kph, gets it above the eyeline and lures McGrath into the drive. She's not quite to the pitch of it though and ends up having to reach for it well in front of the body with hard hards. There's a bit of turn and hold off the surface, the error is drawn and she chips it in front of extra cover where Baig dives forward and grabs it with both hands. McGrath c Diana Baig b Nashra Sandhu 5(20)

Nashra Sandhu to Mooney, FOUR, gets this one away! Slightly short outside off, sits up at Sandhu's pace and Mooney slaps it through the off-side ring

Rameen Shamim to Gardner, out Caught by Fatima Sana!! They've got Gardner too! The batter who led an incredible recovery for Australia the other day with a counter-attacking hundred - gone. Who will get them out of this hole here? Slow and tossed up on middle and leg, stops on her as she looks to flick it away and she can't keep it down to short midwicket. Soft dismissal and Pakistan are right on top. Gardner c Fatima Sana b Rameen Shamim 1(5)

Nashra Sandhu to Sutherland, out Bowled!! Right through the gate! What do we have here in Colombo! Another wicket down and Australia are under some pressure as drinks are called. Tossed up, drifts in from round the wicket, pitches on a good length and draws Sutherland forward in defence. She plays for turn but there isn't much of it. Gets beaten on the inside edge and there's enough of a gap between bat and pad for the ball to go through. Sutherland b Nashra Sandhu 1(5)

Nashra Sandhu to Perry, out Stumped!! Has Perry been stumped? Keeper is confident. She got beaten in the flight after stepping out with Sandhu slowing it up at 66kph. It dipped well short of her, turned sharply past the edge and the keeper didn't waste much time in taking the bails off. Because it was so slow, Perry had the time to turn around and attempt to get back inside the crease. However, her bat is on the line when the bails light up. Sandhu strikes in her first over and the spinners continue to do a fine job. Perry st Sidra Nawaz b Nashra Sandhu 5(11)

Nashra Sandhu to Mooney, FOUR, not a good start from Sandhu. Overpitched outside off, all the fielders are in the ring on the off-side and Mooney pierces the gap through cover as she drives firmly

Fatima Sana to Mooney, FOUR, wrong line and punished! Rare loose ball from Fatima. It's down the leg-side, good length delivery and Mooney helps it fine past the keeper

Fatima Sana to Phoebe Litchfield, out Caught&Bowled!! The leading edge has gone straight up. Full delivery on middle and leg, Litchfield tries swiping across the line, it's a no-look shot from her and it has gone terribly wrong. Fatima settles under the skier and takes it. Both openers gone. Phoebe Litchfield c and b Fatima Sana 10(22) [4s-1]

Sadia Iqbal to Healy, out Caught by Diana Baig!! Oh she's gone. Again Healy fails to go big after a start and Iqbal strikes for Pakistan. Floated up and drifting into the pads, full ball, she looks to flick it away but hits it straight to midwicket. Couldn't keep it down. Healy c Diana Baig b Sadia Iqbal 20(23) [4s-3]

Sadia Iqbal to Healy, FOUR, juicy full toss outside off, Healy steps out and slaps it over cover

Sadia Iqbal to Healy, FOUR, runs away off the edge past slip! Tossed up on off, Healy gets forward to defend but it turns and takes the edge. Unlucky for Iqbal

Diana Baig to Healy, FOUR, she missed out on one in Baig's previous over but has no problems in putting this one away. Low full toss down leg, flicked away to the square leg boundary

Diana Baig to Phoebe Litchfield, FOUR, doesn't waste much time in using her feet. Gives the charge, gets a full fuller length on off and drills it through extra cover