Gardner and Sutherland lead Australia to victory in Indore

Australia Women 248-4 beat England Women 244-9 by six wickets

Ash Gardner and Annabel Sutherland put on 180 for the fifth wicket at Indore to help Australia Women preserve their unbeaten run at the ICC Women's World Cup and inflict upon England their first defeat of the competition.

England were asked to bat first and made 244-9, thanks to 78 from Tammy Beaumont and a partnership of 61 between Alice Capsey (38) and Charlie Dean (26).

Australian leg-spinner Alana King was in fine form, recording figures of 10-1-20-1, while Sutherland - who would be awarded Player of the Match for her all-round efforts - took 3-60.

Early wickets from Lauren Bell and Linsey Smith got England off to a good start with the ball, and they looked to have Australia in a spot of bother at 68-4, but Gardner and Sutherland fought back and weren't to be separated as they ensured England would be unable to finish top of the group.

Nat Sciver-Brunt's team will travel to Visakhapatnam for their final group game, against New Zealand on Sunday, with their semi-final now set to be in Guwahati.

Please find video from Nat Sciver-Brunt's post-match press conference HERE. Please find audio from Nat Sciver-Brunt's post-match press conference HERE.

England's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Schedule 2025

Friday 3 October: England Women v South Africa Women, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati - England Women won by 10 wickets

Tuesday 7 October: England Women v Bangladesh Women, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati - England Women won by 4 wickets

Saturday 11 October: England Women v Sri Lanka Women, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - England Women win by 89 runs

Wednesday 15 October: England Women v Pakistan Women, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - No Result

Sunday 19 October: India Women v England Women, Holkar Stadium, Indore. England Women win by 4 runs.

Wednesday 22 October: Australia Women v England Women, Holkar Stadium, Indore. Australia Women win by 6 wickets.

Sunday 26 October: England Women v New Zealand Women, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. 05:30GMT.

Wednesday 29 October: First Semi-Final, TBC. 09:30GMT.

Thursday 30 October: Second Semi-Final, Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. 09:30GMT.

Sunday 02 November: Final, TBC. 09:30GMT.