Australia Women vs England Women, 23rd Match, ICC Womens World Cup 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Molineux to Ecclestone, FOUR, Ecclestone helps England end on 244. Length delivery and sliding into the pads, she swings it to the deep square leg fence and that's a good way to end the innings

Molineux to Bell, 1 run, full on middle, Bell gets forward to drive to the right of extra-cover, the fielder on the slide parries it to long-off

Molineux to Ecclestone, byes, 1 run, fired outside off, on a length, Ecclestone shuffles across and looks for the sweep, misses, Mooney misses too and they take a bye

Molineux to Bell, 1 run, good length and skidding on to middle and leg, Bell nudges a single to the left of short fine

Molineux to Ecclestone, 1 run, flat good length on middle and leg, tucked away to deep mid-wicket and it's just one

Molineux to Smith, out Smith Run Out!! 1 run completed. Mix-up and Smith goes. She comes down the track and punches it wide of long-on, Voll is the fielder there, Smith wants two and is halfway down the track, sent back, the throw to Molineux is well wide of the stumps, she collects and fires a direct-hit to catch Smith well short. Ecclestone wanted the strike and that's why she sent Smith back. Smith run out (Georgia Voll/Molineux) 3(3)

Molineux to Ecclestone, no run, good length and flat outside off, Ecclestone goes on the back foot and punches it to cover-point

Molineux to Capsey, out Lbw!! That's why Capsey was reluctant to take the b. It's a full ball on middle and leg, Capsey misses the big slogsweep and is hit on the back thigh. Crashing flush into leg-stump and that will do for her. The finger went up immediately and even a review doesn't save Capsey. It was Charlie Dean who forced the review as Capsey was happy to walk off. Capsey lbw b Molineux 38(32) [4s-5]

Molineux to Charlie Dean, 1 run, on a length around off, Charlie Dean reverse-sweeps it hard and straight to sweeper cover

Molineux to Capsey, 1 run, tossed up and Capsey comes down the track to drive it down to long-on

Molineux to Charlie Dean, 1 run, on a length outside off, Charlie Dean comes down the track and flat-bats it down to long-on

Molineux to Capsey, 1 run, Capsey comes down the track and drives it down to long-on

Molineux to Capsey, 1 run, good length and flat on off, Capsey steps out and punches it down to long-on

Molineux to Capsey, FOUR, poor delivery and four. It's down leg, fired on a fuller length, Capsey sweeps and the under-edge runs away fine for four

Molineux to Charlie Dean, 1 run, slower and tossed up outside off, Charlie Dean shuffles across and sweeps to deep mid-wicket

Molineux to Capsey, 1 run, on a good length as Capsey advances, tucks it to long-on and Sutherland keeps it to one

Molineux to Charlie Dean, 1 run, dragged the length back as she sees Charlie Dean come down, pushed down to long-on

Molineux to Capsey, 1 run, on a length outside off, Capsey comes down the track and drives it wide of extra-cover for one

Molineux to Capsey, 2 runs, short on the stumps, Capsey camps back and tucks it to the left of deep mid-wicket

Molineux to Capsey, no run, tossed up on off, Capsey drives it back to the bowler

Molineux to Capsey, no run, full and straight on off, Capsey prods forward and blocks

Molineux to Capsey, no run, floated up just outside off, Capsey chips the drive to the right of cover

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, flicked away off the toes square on the leg-side

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, no run, slider on leg stump, Dunkley misses the flick and gets hit high on the front pad

Molineux to Lamb, no run, slower and fuller on off, Lamb comes down the track and blocks it back to the bowler

Molineux to Lamb, FOUR, full and drifting down the leg-side, Lamb gets a tickle off her pads and beats the fielder at short fine to her right

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps, worked away into the mid-wicket pocket

Molineux to Lamb, 1 run, full on middle and leg, wristed away wide of mid-wicket

Molineux to Lamb, no run, short outside off, Lamb taps it to the left of cover

Molineux to Lamb, no run, tossed up on off, Lamb steps out and mistimes the drive back to the bowler

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, no run, flat on off, poked back to the right of the bowler

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, 1 run, looped up outside off, Beaumont steps out and pushes the drive to long-off

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, fuller on the stumps, a gentle clip to mid-wicket

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, 1 run, slow and short on off, Beaumont nudges it into the leg-side for a quick single

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, stays leg-side of the flatter delivery and punches it down to long-off

Molineux to Sophia Dunkley, no run, slider on the stumps, Dunkley goes on the back foot and knocks to mid-wicket

Molineux to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full delivery fired in on off, defended forward

Molineux to Knight, out Lbw!! This is very close. Review taken by Australia after the umpire shakes her head. Knight might be in trouble here. Went back in the crease to a full delivery fired in from round the wicket, played across the line and missed completely. Looked out in real time and out it is, with ball-tracking saying that it would've crashed into leg stump. Knight lbw b Molineux 20(27) [4s-3]

Molineux to Knight, FOUR, lovely use of the feet there! Makes some room as she dances down, gets under this flighted delivery and goes over the top of mid-off who is in the ring

Molineux to Knight, no run, full on the pads, Knight flicks wide of short midwicket who dives across and cuts it off

Molineux to Knight, no run, length ball wide of off, Knight tries a reverse-sweep but misses. Keeper fumbles and it deflects to short fine

Molineux to Knight, no run, flat on a good length on off, Knight gets forward and knocks it to short cover

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, no run, slower and holds a touch on off, Beaumont is early into the flick and gets a thick leading edge that drops well short of the fielder at mid-off

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, no run, saunters down the pitch and mistimes the drive to the left of Gardner at silly mid-on

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, no run, floated up outside off, Beaumont prods forward and blocks to Litchfield at cover

Molineux to Knight, 1 run, gets an inside edge on the push to the right of Gardner at mid-wicket for a quick single

Molineux to Knight, FOUR, steps out, gets close to the pitch of the delivery and whips it over mid-wicket for her first boundary against spin...

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, 1 run, jumps out of her crease and flick-drives the full delivery to long-on

Molineux to Knight, 1 run, full and just outside off, Knight gets forward and drives to the left of mid-on

Molineux to Knight, no run, pushed through quicker outside off, forward and driven to cover

Molineux to Knight, no run, comes down the track and looks to whip it away on the leg-side. Misses it completely and gets struck on the front pad as the ball deflects to cover

Molineux to Knight, no run, quicker just outside off, Knight blocks it off the inside half back to the bowler

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, 1 run, shimmies down the pitch and eases the drive to long-on

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, no run, steps out and drives the full delivery back to the bowler

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, 1 run, uses her feet once again and runs with the shot (drive) to mid-on

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, FOUR, comes dancing down the wicket, gets too close to the pitch of the delivery and hoicks it off the cue end in the gap over mid-wicket. No-one in the deep and, must say, it was a safe shot from Beaumont

Molineux to Tammy Beaumont, no run, full on off, Beaumont lunges across and blocks it back to the bowler

Molineux to Knight, 1 run, slower on off stump, Knight knocks it to the right of mid-wicket and hustles through for a quick single

Molineux to Knight, no run, short and wide of off, Knight goes too hard on the cut and mistimes to backward point

Molineux to Knight, no run, flat outside off, Knight plays the late cut to backward point