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06/23 16:19 CDT Australia beats Pakistan by 113 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women's T20 World Cup Australia beats Pakistan by 113 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women's T20 World Cup LEEDS, England (AP) --- Australia swatted aside Pakistan by 113 runs and remained unbeaten in the Women's Twenty20 World Cup at Headingley on Tuesday. Despite being four from four with one group game left, Australia has not secured a semifinals berth. Group rivals South Africa and India could yet wind up with four wins, too. Australia finishes against India at sold-out Lord's on Sunday. Australia has never missed the semifinals. Defending champion New Zealand and Sri Lanka held on to their slim semifinals hopes after winning their doubleheader in Bristol. New Zealand overcame Scotland by six wickets and Sri Lanka thumped Ireland by nine wickets. Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu hit the eighth century in World Cup history, an unbeaten 106 of her side's 134 runs, just two days after saying she felt like "a failure as a captain" following a defeat to the West Indies.

Perry collects 71 and 2-9 Australia posted 199-7 and bowled out Pakistan for 86 in the 14th over. Australia lost Beth Mooney to the game's first ball but recovered with a 64-1 powerplay --- the highest of the tournament --- as Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll battered Pakistan. Their 100-run stand in 56 balls included 39 by Voll. Perry fell for 71 off 48 and cameos by Annabel Sutherland (27) and Nicola Carey (26) kept the rate up. Mooney retired hurt on Saturday with a stiff back but kept wicket on Tuesday when she appeared to hurt her right wrist. But she brushed it off and took three catches. Pakistan self-destructed in three run outs, two of them the fault of opener Muneeba Ali, who top-scored with 32. Perry claimed two wickets in her only over, and captain Sophie Molineux and Sutherland also got braces. Georgia Wareham got a wicket in two overs including 11 dot balls. "We've got options, we've got depth, we are in a good position in that space," Molineux said. "We always review our games and there are things we wanna tick off, and even though we've had a couple of strong wins I don't think we've ticked everything off."

Athapaththu keeps semifinal hopes alive Athapaththu is a trailblazer for Sri Lanka, playing at her 10th T20 World Cup, and used to spearheading her side's hopes. But scores of 4, 27, and 2 amid one win prompted her to downgrade herself. Ireland bore the brunt of Athapaththu's rebound. She sent the first delivery past mid-off to the fence and preyed on poor bowling. She scored 50 off 32 balls and needed only 26 more to complete her first World Cup hundred and fourth in T20s, which included 76 off boundaries. Of course, Athapaththu hit the winning runs from her 17th boundary, and celebrated a massive Sri Lanka win by nine wickets with 4.3 overs remaining. "I got out early last game. I was disappointed about that but we won today and that's what matters to me as a player, as a captain," Athapaththu said. "I just played my natural game, I always attack. I tried my best to do my best." Ireland, still trying to win its first ever World Cup match, lost three wickets cheaply in the powerplay but fashioned a comeback thanks to captain Gaby Lewis and Leah Paul. Lewis scored a century when Ireland beat Sri Lanka for the first time in 2024 and made 59 off 50 balls here when she was bowled by Athapaththu.

New Zealand too Sharp for Scotland Izzy Sharp and Brooke Halliday lifted New Zealand from 26-3 in a wretched powerplay with a partnership of 101 that wasn't broken until victory was only five runs away. Sharp was the aggressor and out for a 43-ball 62, her career-best T20 score, and Halliday was unbeaten on 41 for New Zealand to reach 132-4 with 10 balls to spare and live to fight another day. New Zealand captain Melie Kerr said of Sharp, "She has the potential to be one of New Zealand's best ever and the best in the world." Scotland was eyeing a 150 total but was pulled back to 131-7 in the last six overs by the bowling of Sophie Devine, Nensi Patel, Bree Illing and Kerr. Made to bat first in its first international against New Zealand, Scotland got a flying start from opener Darcey Carter. She reached 50 off 37 balls, and two more dropped catches by New Zealand --- its 12th and 13th in four games --- had Scotland cruising. Then Devine's first over of medium pace netted two wickets, Scotland was squeezed and Kerr, a victim of one drop, returned in the 19th with a double wicket maiden and finished with 3-17. Carter was stranded on 72 not out. New Zealand made the 132 target look towering when it was three down in the powerplay and Halliday was lucky her edge only grazed the fingertips of wicketkeeper Sarah Bryce. Halliday didn't grab a boundary until the 14th over, content to let Sharp lead. But they accelerated after the 14th by taking 12, 12 and 12 off the next three overs. On Wednesday it's England vs. West Indies. Both are unbeaten. ___ AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket

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