“We’re in a bit of a different situation to India,” Molineux said. “We still need to win and make sure we finish where we want to place. We know that there’s a bit of pressure on them, and hopefully we can double down on that and put pressure on them as well quite early in the game.
“But games against India are always, always good, always intense. It’s a sellout crowd, so we know it’s going to be a big occasion and we’re very much looking forward to it.”
“Phoebe will slot in there in the top order and there’ll be someone that’s going to be really unlucky that’ll have to drop out,” Molineux said. “Who, I’m not too sure.
“We’ll probably have to keep watching this pitch. It’s under a bit of sun at the moment, so we’ll probably have to look at that. The beauty with our squad is the depth that we’ve got and we’ve had to use that at different points this tour.”
“That sort of feeds into what we want to do as a team and how we want to play,” Molineux said. “Our batting order is full of explosiveness and players that are naturally really good run-scorers and will do it at a high rate.
“So it’s just, I suppose, unlocking that and getting the girls to feel like they can be free in the powerplay and after that as well. It’s been really pleasing to see everyone chip in with some runs in the different games that we’ve played.
“It’s nice that everyone’s had a bit of time out the middle at some point during the tournament, and hopefully that puts our top order and middle order in good stead over the next little bit.”
“It doesn’t look blown up or anything like that, which is a miracle,” Molineux said of Mooney. “She’s tough, so she’ll be absolutely fine to go on Sunday and onwards. I don’t envy her that coming out twice in the one game, and she stayed on but she’s tough and she’s done that a lot for us over the years.”
Australia lost two of their three T20 games when India toured in February, the same opponents who knocked them out in the semi-finals of the 50-over World Cup en route to a maiden global title at home, although Australia swept the ODI leg of India’s recent visit 3-0.
