Indore, Oct 22 (PTI) Stand-in-skipper Tahlia McGrath lauded “world-class” Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner for bailing Australia out of early wobble and guiding them to a six-wicket win over England in the Women’s World Cup match here on Wednesday.

Sutherland (98 not out) and Gardner (104 not out) shared a 180-run alliance for the fifth wicket as the Aussies recovered from 68 for four to overhaul England’s 244.

“Bells and Ash were just world-class. So good to watch them. It was clinical and I feel for Bells a bit, not getting a hundred. She thoroughly deserved it,” McGrath said in the post-match presentation.

“She (Sutherland) is such a gun and it's scary how young she still is. She's one of our hardest trainers. Her planning is meticulous and whenever we're in trouble, you sort

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