The Australia captain’s unbeaten 135 propelled her side to a sixth straight win at the tournament in New Zealand
Captain Meg Lanning guided Australia to a sixth-straight World Cup win, making an unbeaten 135 in a successful chase of South Africa’s 271-5.
The Australian skipper stepped up in the absence of top-order bat Ellyse Perry, who hurt her back bowling, to score her 15th ODI century. Ismail, the World Cup’s leading wicket taker, had Alyssa Healy caught behind for one and was on the warpath, twice drawing edges from Lanning that were put down or missed behind the wicket.
Rachael Haynes , Beth Mooney , McGrath and Ash Gardner all played supporting acts to the Lanning show, with Annabel Sutherland alongside her captain to hit the winning runs.
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