Healy, Haynes enable West Indies' thrashing as Australia make another World Cup final
Australia forgot about West Indies by 157 races to walk into the 2022 World Cup last - their 10th such appearance in 12 versions. On the rear of Alyssa Healy's very much paced 129, her overwhelming twofold century opening stand with Rachael Haynes (85) and a Beth Mooney appearance (43*off 31) toward the end, Australia posted an ordering 305/3 from their 45 overs in a downpour shortened 45-overs-per-side elimination round at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Wednesday. Banishing some energy from Deandra Dottin right off the bat, West Indies' tall pursue needed battle and expectedly missed the mark.
Put in to bat first, Healy and Haynes conquered a quiet beginning - Australia had only 37 from their 9-over powerplay - to enlist Australia's most noteworthy association in this World Cup, consolidating for a 216-run stand that leveled West Indies a long time before their pursuit could start. While Haynes was familiar with the powerplay, rebuffing anything short or overpitched directly to the fence, Healy was 11 off 29 at a certain point, and limit less, prior to turning it around fabulously.
When she observed her furrow, Healy took Australia past the 50 in the twelfth over and 100 before the finish of the twentieth while the pair both arrived at their fifties two overs later. The wicketkeeper then immediately proceeded to outscore her bad habit skipper, hurling and clearing a few outright gifts from an unpredictable West Indies assault to get about six limits en route to 83 off 82 continuously drinks break. Her main six fell off an abdomen high full throw from Karishma Ramharack, bringing her into the 90s. Her fifty was 63 balls really taking shape, and Healy took only 28 more to transform it into her lady World Cup century - Haynes playing a supportive role from the beginning.
Regardless of whether West Indies figured out how to string together several limit less overs, the openers' running between the wicket was on the money. What exacerbated the situation for West Indies were various exorbitant drops. Both Haynes and Healy were reprieved early, when in single digits. Haynes got a second life on 61, Healy when she was on 123 - however West Indies offered to set things straight not long after to at last leap forward after almost 33 overs of battle for a break. Chinelle Henry's twofold wicket over to deny Haynes a century and eliminate special hitter Gardner early, brought some further cheer however the harm had previously been finished. Notwithstanding, Mooney didn't allow West Indies to take full advantage of that window and pillaged a lively happened to 43 not out, including a full go-around of limits off Stafanie Taylor in the 43rd over. Her quickfire stand of 69 with Meg Lanning moved Australia past 300 in the long run.
In spite of losing Rashada Williams early, Dottin and Hayley Matthews gave West Indies' pursuit a somewhat sure beginning than what their non-verbal communication reflected at the midway phase of the game. The previous, particularly, managed in limits hitting five of them in her 35-ball 34 preceding holing out to Annabel Sutherland at long-on, off Tahlia McGrath soon after powerplay.
West Indies' asking rate climbed consistently subsequently. After a concise time of opposition, wherein Matthews and Taylor put on 47 for the fourth-wicket organization, the previous fell for 34 as well. What marked any opportunity of a rebound was losing their center request in about ten conveyances, for just nine runs. Taylor battled her approach to 46 and found something useful to do when Sutherland neglected to lock on to a catch, off Gardner. Yet, she could add simply two more to her count before Alana King had her gotten before the finish of the 37th over. With Anisa Mohammed harmed and Henry additionally inaccessible to bat, West Indies retired from the World Cup after a somewhat hesitant trip.
Brief scores: Australia 305/3 in 45 overs (Alyssa Healy 129, Rachael Haynes 85, Beth Mooney 43*; Chinelle Henry 2-51) beat West Indies 148 all out in 37 overs (Stafanie Taylor 48; Jess Jonassen 2-14) by 157 runs