Australia defeated India by three wickets in the 13th match of the 2025 ICC Women's World Cup on Sunday, October 13, at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

Cricket, they say, is a funny old game and Monday night’s Women’s World Cup clash between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh proved just that. Until the last over, Bangladesh had one hand on two points, the other ready to wave goodbye to Sri Lanka.

The Women in Blue are battling turbulence after losing two big games – against South Africa and Australia – and will need to return to winning ways to avoid relying on complicated mathematics and their opponents to wriggle their way into the knockouts.

Proteas opener Tazmin Brits believes history will play no part in Wednesday' s World Cup semifinal against England.