VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — Alyssa Healy scored 142 as defending champion Australia beat India by three wickets on Sunday in the highest successful run chase in women’s one-day international cricket.
Australia won with an over to spare under lights in dewy conditions and moved top of the standings at the Women's Cricket World Cup with three wins from four games, including one washout.
Australia finished on 331-7 with Ellyse Perry (47 not out) hitting the winning six off the last ball of the 49th over, in reply to India's 330 in 48.5 overs.
Healy’s 107-ball innings included 21 fours and three sixes. It was a sixth ODI hundred for the Australia skipper, her second against India and third at World Cups.
Earlier, Smriti Mandhana’s 80 runs off 66 balls provided a great start for India after