All good things must come to and end and that's just about your lot from Australia's nine-run victory over India as the defending champions marched ominously into the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup.

You can read Tom Mallows' report from the match in Sharjah here...

We'll be back on Monday to see who will joint them with live text commentary, and ball-by-ball coverage on Test Match Special, of New Zealand v Pakistan on the BBC Sport website.

A win for the White Ferns and they will join their Trans-Tasman rivals in the last four. India will be praying Pakistan can do them a favour.

In the meantime here's some other cricket stories worth a read:

• Bouchier leads England to thumping win over Scotland
• Zaltzman's alternative stats from the madness of Multan
• Stokes set to play, Babar out & Multan pitch likely to be used again
• Anderson has 'urge' to extend playing career

In case you missed it earlier, England beat Scotland by 10 wickets thanks to an unbeaten 62 from Maia Bouchier as they moved one step closer to the semi-finals.

It was a case of so close, yet so far, for India captain Harmanpreet Kaur.

Her side now need Pakistan to do them a massive favour and beat New Zealand to have a chance of making the semi-finals.

Australia skipper Tahlia McGrath: "We want to win every game we play, we knew India would come really hard at us today and I am proud of the group that we held our nerve at the end.

"Standing in as skipper? Everyone's been great. The whole team got around me and I had a lot of help out there. It was not just me, there were a lot of players in different roles and I thought everyone stepped up. We constantly talked about what was the par total. Whoever was out there knows there is so much depth behind them. They could play with complete freedom.

"The pitch? It was a tricky one, it was hard to assess, it was holding and gripping and it changed a bit in the second innings. There were a lot of discussions, I thought we adapted really well. Maybe we'll have a touristy day in Dubai tomorrow, and then focus on the job in hand for the semi-finals."

India's top-order stars played their shots but were, perhaps, guilty of giving their wickets away. Shafali Verma (20), Jemimah Rodrigues (16) and Deepti Sharma (29) all got starts but could not kick on.

Harmanpreet Kaur held India's innings together with a fine unbeaten knock of 54 but with 13 runs required off the final over of the match she struggled to get on strike.

Australia closed out the game with four wickets went down - two for Annabel Sutherland and two run outs - with just five runs scored by India.

India made a pretty decent start with the ball after Australia had won the toss and decided to bat as Beth Mooney and Georgia Wareham fell cheaply to Renuka Singh.

Grace Harris, who was in for the injured Alyssa Healy, hit a controlled 40 off 41 balls before stand-skipper Tahlia McGrath and all-rounder Ellyse Perry, who both made 32, got them within striking distance of a good total.

Phoebe Litchfield then walloped six off the final delivery of Australia's innings to help them reach 151-8.

A quick recap then...

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "I think Australia's entire team contributed and they are not dependent on one or two players. They have a lot of all-rounders and batters who can take charge during the powerplay. They can make plans according to the pitch and conditions.

"We also planned our game well and we were in the game till the last two or three overs. The difference, I think, was their fielding. They didn't give us any easy runs. They are also a side with a lot of experience having played many World Cups together and also won.

"We knew this was a total that could be chased down. When me and Deepti Sharma were batting, we were not able to utilise a few balls from which we could have got boundaries. But we will learn from this."

On their chances of making the semi-finals:" We were trying to do whatever we can, but it's not in our hands anymore. Now, whichever team deserves to be there will be there."

Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

India are now going to need the biggest of favours from Pakistan against New Zealand tomorrow.

Player of the match Sophie Molineux of Australia, who took 2-32: "It was a really good game and we knew they were going to go hard. Such a quality game of cricket that could have gone either way but we held our nerve.

"We wanted to stay calm, Tahlia McGrath is a really calm captain. I felt all the senior players took control and everyone went on auto-pilot out there to get the victory. It also felt great to bounce back from the injuries in the group.

"Any game against India, you mark down on the calendar as being a tight one. Although the crowd was one-sided here today, it was a great experience and something we love about T20 matches."

Tash Farrant
England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

New Zealand will be relieved and extremely happy going into their last game against Pakistan. But Australia were just too good for India who gave it a good go in this chase.

I think, ultimately, it's their running that let them down. There was a period after the powerplay where they were taking just three runs an over. It left their captain Harmanpreet Kaur too much to do in the end and she looks absolutely knackered.

Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Once again, it is India who fall short against Australia - like they did in the semi-finals 18 months ago.

AUSTRALIA WIN BY NINE RUNSpublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 13 October

18:33 BST 13 October

Four wickets and five runs in the final over. Australia really do stand up when it matters. They are victorious and are into the semi-finals of the World Cup.

India need snookers to make the last four now.

A single off the final ball for new batter Renuka Singh as she works Annabel Sutherland off her legs.

Sutherland was absolutely brilliant in the final over.

Radha Yadav is given out lbw after being struck on the pad by Annabel Sutherland after a big swipe across the line.

She's reviewed it. More in hope than expectation.

11 needed off two balls for India.

Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It's been given out and it was basically impossible to get that one right.

Tash Farrant
England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It's 50-50 isn't it? Just flick a coin!