Clare Shillington

New Delhi, Mar 26 () Australian women's team kept their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals alive with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their final group league game of the ICC World T20, here today.

Australian women's team kept their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals alive with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their final group league game of the ICC World T20.

South Africa produced a near-perfect performance as they humbled Ireland by 67 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Leg-spinner Sune Luus grabbed five wickets for just eight runs in a sensational bowling spell as South Africa crushed Ireland by 67 runs in their second group match of the Women's World Twenty20 on Wednesday.

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur entered the top-five in the latest ICC Women's T20 International player rankings with opener Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues also achieving their career-best rankings.

India will enter the game against the Irish as overwhelming favourites but skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is aware that her team cannot afford to take things for granted in this mega-event. India are on a roll having convincingly won their first two matches, including against arch-rivals Pakistan two days ago.

Outclassed by three-time champions Australia in their opening match, South Africa will look to turn around their campaign and keep their semifinal hopes alive when they clash with a lowly Ireland in their ICC Women's World Twenty20 match here tomorrow.

Indian spinners produced yet another controlled performance to clinch a semi-final berth with a comfortable 52-run victory against Ireland in a group league encounter of the ICC Women's World T20 on Thursday.

Check live score, ball by ball commentary and scorecard of 2018 ICC Women's Twenty-20 World Cup match between India Women vs Ireland Women on Times of India.

Mithali Raj will be leading the Indian women's cricket team in the ICC World Cup qualifier scheduled to be held in Colombo from February 7-21.