Beth Mooney has fashioned one of the finest innings of her illustrious career, digging out her first World Cup century to rescue Australia from the mire and help set up an ultimately straightforward 107-run win over Pakistan in Sri Lanka.

The left-hander hit 109 off 114 balls and shared a record women's ODI ninth-wicket stand with Alana King (51no) at the death to turn around the most precarious situation and guide Australia to a challenging 9-221 after they'd been tottering on 7-76 in a trial by spin at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium.

Alarm over, the world champions then looked relieved and ruthless on a difficult slow wicket, with Kim Garth and Megan Schutt ripping through Pakistan's top order as they crumbled to 114 all out off 36.3 overs.

The win, ultimately convincing enough but onl

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