Australia defeat West Indies to stay unbeaten in Women’s World Cup

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Australia take a big step towards the semi-finals with a fourth straight win at the tournament in New Zealand.

That’s all we have to say today. Thanks for joining me and on behalf of my colleague Jim, who is now in London’s land of the snooze, thanks for joining him earlier. Match report to follow soon, and we’ll be with you for more live bloggage throughout the tournament.

Australia skipper Meg Lanning will be more content, especially in the knowledge her unbeaten team have one foot in the semi-finals. They sit top, four from four and on eight points. South Africa are second with six points and India third with four, but both have a game in hand. There results from England v India and New Zealand v South Africa over the next couple of days will paint a clearer picture.

“We have got such depth,” Lanning says. “Anyone who comes in wants to contribute ... Rach and Moons did extremely well with the bat. Ideally I don’t want us to lose early wickets.”

She gives Australia’s batting performance a 7/10.

West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor is displeased with her side’s batting, just as she was on the weekend when they lost to India.

“Not the best batting display from us,” she says. “We pride ourselves with the bat [but] we didn’t assess the conditions well. Anything over 250 would have been good. We spoke about the fact that 130 was well below par but we tried as a bowling unit.”

They sit fifth with three games remaining.

Ellyse Perry is player of the match with 3-22. She’s been working on her consistency and variations, she says, especially with the new ball.

“I love training I think,” she says. “The more I bowl the better rhythm I tend to have. Sometimes playing Test matches have been really helpful