OPINION: Australia's women's struggles adding spice to Twenty20 World Cup
Beth Mooney was then stranded halfway down the pitch by the turn of off-spinner Shashikala Siriwardene, and the Australians were 3-10. That can happen to a confident team when they're looking to take on the bowlers, but this was happening to top-order bats groping at fresh air.
On the scorecards, a certain story is told. Australia's skipper and deputy steadied the ship, steered it off the reef or whatever it is that seafarers do. Meg Lanning played an anchoring role with an unbeaten 41, there was a spinnaker job from Rachael Haynes with 60 from 47, before Ellyse Perry piloted the ship to dock after a couple more late wickets made waves.
Winning the recent tri-series was expected, but there were games dropped against both England and India along the way. There were lower-order rescues. There were plenty of moments that didn't convince.
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