Australia gained the Women’s T20 World Cup for the sixth time after they beat South Africa by 19 runs within the remaining at Newlands on Sunday.
Opening batter Beth Mooney anchored the Australian innings, scoring an unbeaten 74 in a complete of 156 for six.
South Africa had been by no means up with the required run fee and had been restricted to 137 for six regardless of opener Laura Wolvaardt hitting 61 off 48 balls.
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“It’s pretty special from the group,” mentioned Australia captain Meg Lanning. “We felt like it was a good score but we had to bowl well and put pressure on South Africa.
“It was about enjoying the process, about keeping things simple when the pressure is on.” South Africa captain Sune Luus, whose staff misplaced each of their opening video games of the event, hailed Australia for “setting a benchmark for other teams to live up to”.
She added: “If you would have told me before the game that Australia would have scored 156, we would have taken it. We lost wickets at crucial times.”
The world has been filled with reward for the Aussie staff.
Wolvaardt and semi-final heroine Tazmin Brits struggled to seek out gaps within the subject and scored solely 17 runs earlier than Brits was caught at mid-on off Darcie Brown off the final ball of the fifth over.
Marizanne Kapp hit two boundaries however was out for 11 and South Africa captain Sune Luus was run out for 2. At that stage the house aspect wanted one other 103 runs off 56 balls.
Wolvaardt and the hard-hitting Chloe Tryon gave a near-capacity crowd of about 15,000 hope with an attacking fourth wicket partnership of 55 off 37 balls however the match was successfully over when Wolvaardt was leg earlier than wicket to Megan Schutt within the seventeenth over.
The left-handed Mooney performed a measured innings, scoring her 74 runs off 53 balls whereas a succession of companions batted aggressively.
Ash Gardner and Grace Harris each batted forward of captain Meg Lanning and seemed to be beneath directions to go for his or her photographs.
South Africa’s bowlers carried out steadily and had been backed up by enthusiastic fielding. Stalwarts Shabnim Ismail and Kapp each took two wickets every.
But Australia confirmed their high quality in defending their complete with athleticism and dedication that put the South African batters beneath fixed strain.
They have now gained six of the eight T20 World Cups performed — in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023.
Only England, who gained the inaugural event in 2009, and West Indies in 2016, have damaged the stranglehold.
— with AFP
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Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
