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Australia: Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux(c), Alana King, Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton, Phoebe Litchfield, Megan Schutt, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur, Nandni Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Bharti Fulmali, Prema Rawat
India Women have won the toss and have opted to bat.
Australia Women (Playing XI): Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux(c), Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud
Molineux: Actually we were going to have a bowl. Pheebs is back in, Alana King is missing out. Just conditions and matchups.
Harman: Going to bat first. Very important game for us, we thought let's just bat freely. One change. Kranti back in place of Nandni. These kind of pitches suit her. It's a fresh day, fresh mind. Today is the day to enjoy ourselves.
Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are at the crease. Lucy Hamilton opens the bowling attack for Australia women. India's opening partnership has not been upto the mark in this tournament but would want to change that in their most important game.
Superb start for India women against Australia women at Lord's. They have not lost a wicket and are going after the Aussie bowlers. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are picking and choosing which deliveries to hit out of the park.
This is a superb start for IND-W against the mighty Aussies and that too in a pivotal game. Both openers have been brilliant and have attacked when necessary. AUS-W bowlers have not bowled their ideal lines as Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma captailised on the poor lengths and dispatched them to the boundary.
What a start this is for IND-W against AUS-W! Indian openers have bludgeoned the Aussie bowlers to all corners of the Lord's arena. Ash Gardner has bore the brunt of some Shafali Verma blitzkrieg as India look towards a big score against the mighty Aussie team.
India have lost the wicket of Shafali Verma (34) after a good start she and Smriti have given. Aussie captain Sophie Molineux with the dismissal as Australia striker in the 10th over. Big wicket.
Ben Stokes, the England Test captain since 2022, has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of this Test.
The 35-year-old announced his decision to his team-mates in the Trent Bridge dressing room today. Stokes is playing in his 122nd Test, and he also featured in 114 ODIs, winning the World Cup in 2019, plus 43 T20s.
Smriti Mandhana had to walk back after a miscommunication between herself and Jemimah Rodrigues. AUS-W will be content to see the back of Smriti after the southpaw was playing so well and was looking for big score.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur are looking to steady ship and make the next five overs with some counter-attack against the Aussie bowlers. India are in the driver's seat with 111 on the board and few big runs and they could be looking towards 170.
Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawa and Ravi Shastri are in the house for the match as the screen show the big players. On the field, IND-W need two big overs now, if they are to cross 150 at Lord's. Superb piece of bowling from the Aussies as they have not allowed anything loose.
What an end to an innings for IND-W! Harmanpreet Kaur's three sixes, dropped catches, stars in the stands - this match has it all. South Africa women, who are seated in the stadium, will be feeling a tad nervous now after seeing IND-W finish on a high. Big total this to chase for AUS-W.
Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney are looking to steady ship after losing Georgia Voll in the first over. Aussies have a dangerous batting lineup, one that stretches down the order and India must be vary of that. IND-W need some good fielding plus some decent bowling if they are to contain AUS-W.
Brakes have been applied by the IND-W bowlers with AUS-W unable to find the boundaries. Superb piece of bowling from the Indian bowlers as they have frustrated the lives out of Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney with the Run rate mounting.
Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield have upped the ante as they look to break the shackles. AUS-W need 122 runs in 84 and have nine wickets in hand against the Indian side. SA-W players watch from the stands with some players biting away their nails.
Shree Charani, who has become the highest wicket-taker in the tournament, removed the dangerous Phoebe Litchfield with the Indian striking at the right time. The Aussie batter was looking ominous at the crease but Shree Charani removed the batter to put the momentum back into India's lap.
Beth Mooney has been dismissed for the sixth time by Deepti Sharma in T20Is as the dangerous Aussie batter makes the long walk back to the pavillion. IND-W strike back with the third wicket as Aussies have been pegged back.
Australia Women need 86 runs in 48 balls as we see some tensed faces in the AUS-W balcony. A steep chase for this Aussie side and moreover, the required run-rate has also gone over 10rpo.
Australia Women need 62 runs in 36 balls and Ellyse Perry and Ash Gardner have made sure the crowd has remained silent and put the pressure back on the Indian camp.
Perry and Gardner have flattened the Indian crowd and the team. The two Aussie batters have put on a show with the bat as Australia require 34 runs in 24 balls. Should be a cakewalk unless Indian bowlers strike late.
India are eliminated after their six-wicket defeat at the hands of AUS-W at Lord's. Great fightback from the ODI World Cup champions but Australian juggernauts marches on with Ellyse Perry and Ash Gardner providing the steadiness. SA-W are through as well. Glum faces in the Indian dugout and the players. SA-W and AUS-W players are happy and why they should be not!
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