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I agree with you here that after Australia, England, India is very strong team even they lost few matches against host New Zealand before this Mega Event but still they are capable of beating them in this competition and having spot in semi-final because they have few very good players with very good experience and quality.
Pakistan is relatively new team with many girls are having not good enough experience for big games but still they have done very good in first session of this game before start of this game I was feeling India can tough 300+ but Pakistan bowlers done good job and restrict them for very good total, but sadly they lost this match very badly.
Now, with first upset of this event as West Indies beat New Zealand we have some good competition between three teams for remaining two spots of semi-final as first two are already Australia and England.
First a win against the New Zealand women's team by 3 runs and now a win against England women by seven runs. The West Indies women's team seems to be making the viewers' money worth it. They are taking the matches deep and hanging in there till the end and that's what everyone likes to see, a good game.
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Before this WC, India Women lost ODI series 4-1 and T20 series 1-0 and you saying they lost few matches to new zealand? Rating India ahead of new zealand is not justified seeing there recent performance just before the WC.
Meanwhile Australia W are in good control of there match against Pakistan W. Pakistan has given target of 190 runs. Bismah Maroof and Aliya are top scorer with 78 and 53 runs. All Aussies bowlers are economical today.
Even India lost matches against host New Zealand but still they are very good team, and they are capable of beating few teams like New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa for reaching into semi-final with they can easily win against Pakistan and Bangladesh which are relatively new teams in this format. My Teams for last four spots are Australia, England, New Zealand and India but West Indies done big upset with this they are favourite for fourth spot but still it's not sure.
Pakistani Women today done some better batting even they still fail to reach some respectable total but good thing these women having good experience with playing against quality teams and players which help them in near future and with this hopefully we have some more bilateral matches between these teams.
I think the favorites for the last four spots being India, Australia, England, and New Zealand seem to be right. But after the close wins of West Indies women, I think they might show some surprise in the tournament. For the other teams, unless they are playing cricket regularly they are not going to improve.
