Healy hammers another ton as Australia reach semis

ICC Women's World Cup, Visakhapatnam

Bangladesh 198-9 (50 overs): Sobhana 66* (80); King 2-18

Australia 202-0 (24.5 overs): Healy 113* (77), Litchfield 84 (72); Shorna Akter 0-19

Australia won by 10 wickets

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Australia captain Alyssa Healy struck her second consecutive century as Australia thrashed Bangladesh by 10 wickets to ensure their place in the World Cup semi-finals.

Healy scored 113 in an unbroken opening partnership of 202 with Phoebe Litchfield as the defending champions raced to their target within 25 overs in Visakhapatnam.

Litchfield scored 84 from 72 balls, while Healy's innings came from 77 deliveries as she followed up her superb 142 in Australia's record chase against India on this ground on Sunday.

Chasing 199, the pair struck 33 boundaries between them, as Australia qualified for the knockout stages with two games to spare.

Having chosen to bat, Bangladesh opener Rubya Haider lived a charmed life, surviving numerous edges and drops before finally falling for 44.

She was the second wicket to fall as Bangladesh slid from 73-1 to 165-9.

Sobhana Mostary hit an unbeaten 66 to drag her side towards respectability, putting on a 34-run last wicket partnership with Fariha Trisna, but Bangladesh's total of 198-9 was never going to be defendable against a formidable Australia batting line-up.