Join now and get your first month for just $1 ><\/a><\/p>\nThe 35-year-old combined with opener Georgia Voll (39 from 28 balls) for 100-run partnership for the second wicket, while fellow all-rounders Annabel Sutherland (27 from 18 balls) and Nicola Carey (26 not out from 13 balls) added valuable runs during the death overs.<\/p>\n
Muneeba Ali scored 32 before she was caught at mid-wicket in Perry\u2019s only over, while there were also three run outs as Pakistan imploded. <\/p>\n
Australia’s Ellyse Perry. Photo by Oli SCARFF \/ AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n
Sutherland and captain Sophie Molineux also took two wickets each during the pitiful run chase, with leg-spinner Georgie Wareham taking 1-2 from two overs.<\/p>\n
However, Australia is sweating on the fitness of wicketkeeper Beth Mooney, who endured a painful 20 overs behind the stumps. The 32-year-old twice dislocated the middle finger of her right hand, receiving medical attention on both occasions.<\/p>\n
It comes after Mooney retired hurt and handed over the wicketkeeping gloves to Georgia Voll during Saturday\u2019s match against the Netherlands due to back soreness.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s second-choice wicketkeeper, opener Phoebe Litchfield is out of action with a quad injury, while travelling reserve Tahlia Wilson has yet to be added to the official squad.<\/p>\n
Six-time T20 World Cup winners Australia have won all four of their group matches. <\/p>\n
They face title rivals India on Sunday in a crucial clash in the battle for semi-final places.<\/p>\n
Already eliminated from the tournament in England, Pakistan have lost all four of their group games. <\/p>\n
Australia’s Beth Mooney. Photo by Nigel French\/PA Images via Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Scotland were eliminated after losing by six wickets to holders New Zealand who kept alive their faint hopes of defending the title. <\/p>\n
Darcey Carter notched an unbeaten 72 as Scotland set New Zealand a target of 132.<\/p>\n
But a century partnership from Izzy Sharp (62) and Brooke Halliday (41) ensured New Zealand cantered to victory in Bristol.<\/p>\n
New Zealand still require help to reach the semi-finals, needing either England or the West Indies to lose both of their remaining matches. <\/p>\n
England and West Indies meet before a must-win matchup for New Zealand against the tournament hosts.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka demolished Ireland, winning by nine wickets with 27 balls to spare in Bristol.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu compiled an unbeaten 106, the highest score of the tournament so far, to steer her side to an easy victory. <\/p>\n
Ireland skipper Gaby Lewis top-scored with 59 in her side\u2019s modest innings of 5-130.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka cruised to 1-134 thanks to the inspired Athapaththu, who blasted 17 fours and two sixes in a 61-ball masterclass.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka need to beat Scotland on Friday and hope other results go their way to secure a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ellyse Perry starred as Australia moved closer to the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 113-run rout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-756266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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