Australia has the chance to reclaim the Women's Cricket World Cup after crushing West Indies by 157 runs in a rain-shortened semi-final in Wellington.
Alyssa Healy struck a magnificent 129 from 107 deliveries and paired with Rachael Haynes in a 216-run opening stand to help Australia make 3-305.
Set a world-record ODI chase to win, West Indies was held to 8-148 after 37 overs, with two players unable to bat.
The superb win — Australia's eighth in succession in New Zealand — sends the world's top-ranked team through to the final for the first time since 2013 when they beat India by 114 runs.
Australia will play either England or South Africa in Sunday's final in Christchurch as it chases a seventh ODI World Cup title.
Light drizzle delayed proceedings at Basin Reserve and compressed the match into a 45-over contest played under persistent fog.
Sent in by West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor, Australia's openers were alert to the dangers of the new pitch, safely navigating the powerplay.
"We knew if we invested a bit of time … we'd be able to cash in and we were able to do just that," Healy said in her post-match TV interview.
West Indies looked demoralised in the field, squandering a glut of chances to secure a breakthrough wicket.
Australia's openers eventually departed in the 33rd and 36th overs, with Healy top-edging an attempted tonk and Haynes (85) finding Deandra Dottin at cover off Chinelle Henry.
The huge opening stand allowed the rest of the Australian innings to swing freely.
Ash Gardner (12 off 8) was elevated to first drop but failed to cash in, before Beth Mooney (43 off 31) and Meg Lanning (26 off 26) took the Australian total past 300.
Mooney left her mark as West Indies began its improbable chase, diving to take a brilliant one-handed catch to dismiss Rashada Williams for a duck.
When Tahlia McGrath was introduced and claimed Dottin (34 off 35) with her third ball, West Indies was still more than 250 runs from home.
The required run-rate surged after tight spells from McGrath and Annabel Sutherland, and kept climbing with the introduction of spinners Jess Jonassen, Alana King and Gardner.
Healy capped her superb day with a sharp run out of Chedean Nation (7).
Meg Schutt (1-8 off five overs) and Jonassen (2-14 off five overs) were Australia's sharpest bowlers, while Darcie Brown finished with a disappointing 0-37 off six overs.
Attention now turns to Christchurch for Thursday's semi-final between South Africa and England.
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