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Apart from a near-full house crowd at Hagley Oval, Healy was also cheered on by her husband, Australia left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc who is in attendance for the final and was seen applauding when Healy brought up her ton.

A win against Australia would set India's campaign on track to reach the semifinals as they face Bangladesh and South Africa afterwards. In the run-up to the World Cup, India's batting looked stronger than their bowling in the bilateral series against New Zealand.

Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur notched up centuries as India posted a mammoth 317/8 in 50 overs against the West Indies, their first 300-plus total in the history of the tournament. It was also the third time two cricketers scored hundreds for India in a women's ODI match.

India's too slow a start and New Zealand's disciplined bowling meant they never got the chance to break free and rotate the strike.

It came down to the last three overs and it looked like the duo were going to get the job done as England required just nine runs for victory and still had two wickets in hand.

Mumbai: Popular celebrities from Bollywood and sports like Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar and Shah Rukh Khan have wished luck to the Indian women’s cricket team, which takes on England in the final of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday. Here’s what these celeb have tweeted: Lata Mangeshkar: Best of luck to the women cricket team […]

Vancouver: Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes as the US beat Japan 5-2 in the Women’s World Cup final yesterday. Lloyd’s flash of genius devastated Japan in a re-match of last World Cup final where Japan beat the American side in shootout, reports Xinhua. Inspired Lloyd drew the first blood with […]