A Healy-inspired Australian side has reignited its World Cup campaign with an 86-run win over Bangladesh at Manuka Oval on Thursday night.

Healy scored a sparkling 83 in an Australian record 151-run stand with Beth Mooney (81 not out) to guide the defending champions to 1-189.

Megan Schutt soon took centre stage with 3-21 before a team hat-trick - one Jess Jonassen wicket and two run-outs - in the final over put the finishing touches on Bangladesh's reply of 9-103.

The win lifts Australia into second in pool A and sets up a potential do-or-die clash with New Zealand in Melbourne on Monday.

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So the equation for Meg Lanning's side is simple: win and advance to the final four.

New Zealand wicketkeeper Katey Martin says "all the pressure is on Australia... it's a home World Cup".

But her Australian counterpart has hit back and says the outside noise won't weigh the Australians down as they set their sights on the march to the MCG for the final on March 8.

"It doesn't surprise me one bit, loves a bit of banter old Katey Martin," Healy said.

"They've still got a game before us. They're well within their right to come out and try to put some pressure on us with their words but we'll just focus on what we need to do, and showing up on Monday and putting the best performance we can on the board.

"If that means a semi-final, that's fantastic. If not, we'll know we just played the way we want to.

"Obviously Monday is a pretty crucial game in the context of the World Cup. We'll take a lot of confidence out of that, especially as a batting group.

"There has been a lot of pressure on us, we haven't felt it on the inside. We know if we execute what we want to do, we'll get the desired result.

"We're coming up on Monday against a side we're really familiar with, hopefully that suits us even more."

India have secured their finals berth already following a three-run win over the White Ferns, leaving just one more top four spot up for grabs.

All eyes will now be on New Zealand's clash with Bangladesh at Junction Oval on Saturday. The former could win that, drop a game to Australia and still advance on a superior net run rate.

Australia's net run rate climbed to 1.226 in the win over Bangladesh, whilst that of the White Ferns sits at 0.429.

The crowd of 5614 in Canberra marked the highest for a women's cricket match in Canberra, surpassing the mark of 4131 set during an Ashes Twenty20 in 2017.

Amongst the punters was a sign bearing the words "we skipped uni for Beth Mooney" - and for good reason.

Wind back the clock little more than two years and Mooney was in the middle at this very venue peeling off one of the finest Twenty20 international centuries in history.

But this time around it was Healy stealing the show on her way to becoming the tournament's leading run-scorer.

The 29-year-old signalled her intentions when she sent the first delivery of the game to the fence - and she followed it up twice more in the opening over.

Back-to-back sixes brought up her half-century from 26 balls soon after to help the run rate surge towards double figures.

It seemed no amount of Bangladeshi taka would be able to buy their side a wicket for the best part of the Australian innings.

Then Salma Khatun took the ball for the 17^th over and finally jagged Healy - it was the third time lucky for the visitors after both Healy and Mooney had been dropped in consecutive deliveries earlier in the over.

It brought an end to a 151-run opening stand - the highest by an Australian pair and the 11^th biggest in the format's history.

"Moons loves batting at Manuka Oval, I think she averages like 80 or something ridiculous here, so I was just holding on for the ride and seeing if I could contribute for a change," Healy said.

"The left hand-right hand combination for us at the top is really effective. There's been a lot of talk about how we have been playing over the past couple of weeks in particular.

"It was nice for us to go out there and put all that aside and play the way we wanted to. To get that result was fantastic against a side that's really unknown to us."

It was clear from the outset Bangladesh would have little chance of mowing down the total in their first meeting against Australia.

It would take just two Schutt overs to leave the Bangladesh top order in all sorts as the 27-year-old seamer split the defence of Shamima Sultana (13) to send her back to the pavilion alongside Murshida Khatun (eight).

The visitors limped through to the end of the innings to pick up a valiant loss, with top scorer Fargana Hoque Pinky (36) adamant they will be better for the run against top class opposition.

AT A GLANCE

ICC Twenty20 World Cup: AUSTRALIA 1-189 (Alyssa Healy 83, Beth Mooney 81*; Salma Khatun 1-39) bt BANGLADESH 9-103 (Fargana Hoque Pinky 36, Nigar Sultana Joty 19; Megan Schutt 3-21, Jess Jonassen 2-17) by 86 runs at Manuka Oval. Crowd: 5614.