New Delhi, July 2 -- LONDON - Ashleigh Gardner's 11th over reduced West Indies from a team in control of their own semi-final to one with a total they had no plausible means of defending. She had Stafanie Taylor caught and Jahzara Claxton bowled inside six balls, West Indies sitting at 59 for four when the over ended. The position that had been 47 for one when Gardner began was, for all practical purposes, a different match. That was the match Gardner won at The Oval on Tuesday. The one played in the remaining nine overs, and in Australia's brisk 13-over chase, was a formality.

Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets to reach the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final, returning as six-time champions to the title match for the first time si...