Winner will face England in Sunday's sell-out final at Lord's
Thursday 20 July 2017 20:15, UK
Harmanpreet Kaur's stunning 171 not out saw India set Australia a massive 282 runs to win the second ICC Women's World Cup semi-final - the game reduced to 42-overs-a-side after early rain in Derby.
Kaur smashed 20 fours and seven sixes in her sensational 115-ball innings against a shell-shocked Australian side, who conceded 139 runs off the final 11 overs of the innings.
The winners of the second semi-final - which you can watch on Sky Sports Cricket (channel 404) - will face England's Women in Sunday's sell-out final at Lord's.
After a three-hour delay to proceedings due to early morning showers, when India eventually won the toss it was no surprise to see them elect to make first use of the Derby surface, having won all four of their games on the ground during the tournament when batting first.
Early wickets swiftly followed though, with Smriti Mandhana (6) gifting a leading edge to cover off Megan Schutt (1-64) and fellow opener Punam Raut (14) holing out to cover off Ashleigh Gardner (1-43).
In came Kaur, who, along with captain Mithali Raj (36), steadied the innings with their 66-run stand for the third wicket - ended when leg-spinner Kristen Beams (1-49) bowled Raj.
Kaur found another willing partner in Deepti Sharma (25), the pair putting on 137 together, though the latter incurred Kaur's wrath when she went through to her century, as the scampered two to reach the milestone nearly resulted in her partner being run-out.
While Sharma was bowled in the latter overs when looking to slog Elyse Villani (1-19), in her solitary over, Kaur kicked on, brutally dismantling Australia's sorry attack - Jess Jonassen particularly took some tap, with her seven overs costing 63.
In the 40th over of the innings, a badly-cramping Kaur passed 150, becoming only the 15th player in women's cricket history, and second Indian, to do so, as she fired her team up to an imposing score of 281-4.
