Australia 153 for 3 (Mooney 64, Litchfield 48) beat England 150 for 4 (Sciver-Brunt 58*, Kemp 44*, Hamilton 1-19) by seven wickets
After consecutive ICC tournaments in which they went home empty-handed, Australia wound back the clock and waltzed off with a seventh T20 title to the disappointment of a packed house at Lord’s. Beth Mooney was the clutch performer once again, her third consecutive half-century in T20 World Cup finals steering a comfortable chase of 151.
England, playing a first T20 World Cup final in eight years.
A target of 151 was higher than had been chased in any previous Women’s T20 World Cup final
Australia came at them hard in response, pummelling England into submission and effectively ending the contest by halfway – if not the powerplay. Phoebe Litchfield belied the pressure of the occasion in her first final to crack an effervescent 48 from 35 during a century stand with Mooney that did the bulk of the work. Both fell before the end, but Australia still wrapped up victory – and a perfect record of seven wins from seven T20 final appearances – with 17 balls to spare.
An excellent crowd of 28,887 for the final and a record breaking 245,000 fans for the tournament. So well done English fans.
As the blog title mentions, it was a brilliant day, spent with Mark and Tracey, apart from the result, as Australia appear to hold a strangle over England in cricket. The journey home wasn’t easy, as the normal route had severe delays, so we walked to Baker Street to get a tube train to Charing Cross.
Thank you to Mark for some of the pictures during this day’s posting and enjoying the competition with him and Tracy.
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