Opening batter Danielle Wyatt was the highest scorer for England with 43 runs, and alongside her, only Knight reached double figures, scoring 25.

Alyssa Healy scored quickly for Australia to start their chase, but they lost early wickets to fall to 44 for two.

[1] They started their campaign against Pakistan; Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney shared a 72-run partnership for the first wicket, and each were eventually dismissed for 48 runs to help Australia to a score of 165 for five.

[2] In their second match, against Ireland, Australia took five wickets for sixteen runs after the completion of the powerplay to help limit their opponents to a score of 93 for six.

Elyse Villani opened the innings with Mooney, but against a spin dominated bowling attack, Australia struggled to score runs.

In their reply, England lost both openers early, but runs from Amy Jones helped them reach 55 for three before the rain arrived.

Lanning batted patiently to score 31 runs, while a late flurry from Haynes pushed Australia to their total of 142 for five.

Quick scoring from Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues helped India reach 89 for two, but they subsequently lost their remaining eight wickets for 23 runs.

England's spin bowlers, Sophie Ecclestone, Heather Knight and Gordon did the damage, taking seven wickets between them, along with three run outs.

[15][16][17][1] Lisa Sthalekar, a former Australian captain, was more cautious, claiming that "you can’t say one country is the favourite", as there "are probably two or three teams that could potentially win the trophy.

England were the reigning Women's Cricket World Cup champions, having won the 50-over tournament the previous year.

[23] A crowd of over 9,000 attended the match,[24] which began at 20:00 AST (UTC–4) with a scheduled break between the two innings from 21:30 to 21:50; play was due to finish by 23:20.

"[28] Former Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar suggested that England should be targeting 140 runs on a pitch that the ground-staff had "scraped all the dead grass off," leaving a "nice sheen to the surface.

"[20] Australia opened their bowling attack with the left-arm spin bowler, Sophie Molineux,[29] but she was hit for a four and a six by Danielle Wyatt.

[30] As the pitch was not providing as much assistance to spin bowling, Australia switched to their pace bowlers to control the innings.

Wyatt was dropped twice in short succession; first Haynes could only get her fingertips to the ball,[31] and then wicket-keeper Healy could not hold onto a thick outside-edge.

Wyatt was dropped for the third time in the eighth over; she struck the ball hard back to the bowler, but it went through Kimmince's hands.

[20] England's captain, Knight, remained at the crease, but after hitting her first six of the innings to long on, she was out the next ball, caught by Wareham at mid-off.

[21] Match officials Key Five finalists were named in the team of the tournament; Jones, Shrubsole and Gordon from England along with Healy and Perry from Australia.