{"id":271698,"date":"2023-02-16T19:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=271698"},"modified":"2023-02-17T05:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T05:59:34","slug":"aussie-pair-make-history-in-thumping-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=271698","title":{"rendered":"Aussie pair make history in thumping win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champion Australia produced its most convincing display so far at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/t20-world-cup\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Women&#x27;s T20 World Cup\">Women&#x27;s T20 World Cup<\/a>, routing Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to power to a third straight win.<\/p>\n<p>Aussie openers <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/beth-mooney\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Beth Mooney\">Beth Mooney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/alyssa-healy\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Alyssa Healy\">Alyssa Healy<\/a> both hit unbeaten half-centuries and the world&#x27;s top-ranked team reached 0-113 in 15.5 overs to easily overhaul Sri Lanka&#x27;s 8-112.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka came to St George&#x27;s Park in Gqeberha unbeaten as well but was no match for an Australian team at the top of its game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE MOLE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/2023-the-mole-roosters-season-preview-james-tedesco-joseph-suaalii-joseph-manu-brandon-smith-jared-waerea-hargreaves\/90d4b727-21d1-4000-b860-5c55de1cf1a1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Worrying trend could &#x27;derail&#x27; NRL big guns\ufeff\"><strong>Worrying trend could &#x27;derail&#x27; NRL big guns\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/australia-news-2023-wallabies-coach-eddie-jones-on-smash-and-grab-world-cup\/c896fd3d-e01c-48d4-ae06-3e7a4692b8ce\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Eddie&#x27;s plot to &#x27;steal the trophy&#x27; at World Cup\ufeff\"><strong>Eddie&#x27;s plot to &#x27;steal the trophy&#x27; at World Cup\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/dustin-johnson-liv-golf-defection-full-swing-netflix-greg-norman\/c94d6324-0702-4029-afff-cedfe37c470d\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Don&#x27;t care&#x27;: $200m star&#x27;s savage slapdown\"><strong>&#x27;Don&#x27;t care&#x27;: $200m star&#x27;s savage slapdown<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka&#x27;s bright start disappeared when Ellyse Perry claimed the prize wicket of Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu for 16 thanks to a leaping catch by Grace Harris at mid on.<\/p>\n<p>Harshitha Samarawickrama, who top-scored with 34, was stumped by Healy off spinner Harris as she stepped out of her crease and took a big swipe.<\/p>\n<p>That left Sri Lanka 2-69 and from there it lost six wickets for 43 runs to struggle to 112. Australia quick bowler Megan Schutt returned 4-24.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaustats\/status\/1626256439227613186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaustats\/status\/1626256439227613186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mooney and Healy had little trouble chasing down the target. Mooney collected seven fours in her 56 not out from 53 balls. Healy thumped six fours and a six to finish 54 not out off 43. The pair now hold the record for the most partnership runs in Women&#x27;s T20 World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>Australia strengthened its position at the top of Group 1 ahead of a game against host South Africa on Sunday morning in a big double-header in Gqeberha. England and India are the only other unbeaten teams at the tournament and meet in their Group 2 showdown in Gqeberha before the Australia-South Africa match.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Defending champion Australia produced its most convincing display so far at the Women&#x27;s T20 World Cup, routing Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to power to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=271698\" title=\"Aussie pair make history in thumping win\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271700,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271698\/revisions\/271700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}