Women’s World Cup 2022, Australia vs Pakistan Stats Review: Alyssa Healy’s 72, solid bowling attack guide Australia to a clinical victory

Australia continues its domination over the Pakistani team in the World Cup matches by defeating the Women in Green comfortably by seven wickets margin in the sixth match of the marquee tournament at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Solid performances from bowlers and opener Alyssa Healy’s breezy knock of 72 runs off 79 balls were too much for the Asian side to handle as they faced a crushing loss with 92 balls left in the Aussie innings.

Talking about how the game went by, Australia skipper Meg Lanning won the toss and opted to field first. Pakistan openers Sidra Ameen and Nahida Khan scored two and nine runs respectively as the team found themselves in big trouble with the score being 44/4. Skipper Bismah Maroof and Aliya Riaz then steadied the innings by stitching 99 runs partnership for the fifth wicket, the highest partnership for Pakistan for that wicket in the 50-overs format. Riaz got out for 53 runs while Maroof remained unbeaten to take her side to 190/6 in 50 overs. All Aussie bowlers bowled tightly to keep Pakistan score below 200.

In reply, wicketkeeper-batter Healy struck 72 off 79 which included seven fours. Rachael Haynes and captain Lanning amassed 34 and 35 runs respectively. With all the batters getting good starts, Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney also joined hands to guide their side to an easy victory by seven wickets in 34.4 overs by remaining not out on 26 and 23 runs respectively. Healy was adjudged with the Player of the Match award for her match-winning fluent half-century. Notably, Australia has now played 13 ODIs with Pakistan and won all of them. With this result, the Australian team has now played two and won two while Pakistan has also played the same number of matches losing both in the ongoing World Cup.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Australia vs Pakistan, Women’s World Cup 2022 group match:

 13 – Australia won their 13^th ODI against Pakistan. Both teams have faced each other in 13 matches and all of them have been won by the Aussies.

1 – Aliya Riaz and Bismah Maroof recorded the highest partnership (99) for any wicket for Pakistan in World Cup tournaments. The previous best was 84 by Maliha Hussain and Sharmeen Khan against South Africa in 1997.

2 – Aliya Riaz has now joint-second highest fifty-plus scores (5) with Dane van Niekerk at no. six or lower in ODIs.

23 – Pakistan has now lost 23 out of the 25 matches played in the World Cups.

1 – Bisman Maroof is now joint-top with Javeria Khan for most fifties (15) for Pakistan in ODIs.

1 – Riaz and Maroof registered the highest fifth-wicket partnership (99) for Pakistan in ODI matches. The previous highest was 91 by Maroof and Nida Dar Against Sri Lanka in 2018.

31 – Australia has now won a staggering 31 out of the last 32 ODIs since the year 2018.

16 – Pakistan lost their 16^th consecutive match in the World Cup tournaments.

78* – Maroof recorded her best ODI score (78*) against Australia in her seventh inning.