Australia ended India’s Women’s T20 World Cup campaign at Lord’s with a chase that turned pressure into punishment.
Set 171 after Harmanpreet Kaur dragged India to 170 for four, Australia reached 172 for four in 19 overs to win by six wickets. Cricbuzz’s scorecard recorded the key numbers: Ellyse Perry made 56 from 38 balls, while Ashleigh Gardner closed the chase with an unbeaten 53 from 29.
Perry and Gardner break India’s control
India had enough runs to ask serious questions, and the start of the chase gave them a route into the semi-finals. But Perry and Gardner changed the shape of the night with a 100-run stand in 57 balls, stripping India of control through the middle and death overs.
The result confirmed India’s exit and strengthened Australia’s status as the tournament’s cleanest problem-solvers. It also reframed several of ReadCricket’s pre-match warning signs, from Sophie Molineux’s powerplay threat to India’s pressure on Shafali Verma, as part of a wider failure to convert big moments against elite opposition.
The Olympics.com match report noted Australia chased the 171 target with an over unused. That detail matters. This was not a scrape; it was a statement chase at the game’s most symbolic venue.
For India, the audit will be severe: a competitive total, a captain’s intervention, and still no answer once Australia’s senior all-rounders seized the tempo.
