India secured their spot within the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals with a five-run Duckworth-Lewis-Stern technique win over Ireland in a rain-affected match at Gqeberha
The end result units up a sem-final in opposition to Australia at Newlands on Thursday for a spot in Sunday’s remaining.
Ireland had been 2 for 54 within the ninth over on Monday, chasing 156 to win, when the rain fell, forcing an early end.
Ireland had been left agonisingly quick, having wanted simply 5 extra runs earlier than the rain got here to safe victory.
The tight end result imply that – barring a freak, heavy loss to Pakistan on Tuesday – England will qualify as Group B winners and keep away from Australia within the semi-finals.
Instead, India will face the favourites and world champions.
For Ireland, who’ve by no means received a match on this event, it was a case of what may need been.
This was their sixteenth straight defeat and certainly essentially the most painful.
Women’s Premier League high decide Smriti Mandhana survived being dropped 4 instances on her approach to a match-winning 87 from 56 deliveries when India batted first.
India made 6 for 155 from their 20 overs, with Shafali Verma (24) and Jemimah Rodgrigues (19) the following highest scorers. Laura Delany took three wickets for Ireland.
“(The rain delay) kind of came out of nowhere and we weren’t really prepared for it,” Ireland captain Delany instructed BBC Sport.
“We hadn’t looked at the DLS score at all, myself and Gaby (Lewis) were only looking to build a partnership and hit boundaries.”
Ireland had made a disastrous begin, dropping their first two wickets for one run.
But Lewis (32 not out) and captain Laura Delany (17 not out) put Ireland again in rivalry earlier than the rain got here.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
