Women T20 World Cup: Australia overcame South Africa to win the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title on Sunday.The Women in Yellow successfully defended 156/6 as Laura Wolvaardt’s knock (61) went in vain. Beth Mooney laid the foundation for Australia’s win with another scintillating knock in the final. Notably, Australia have won the Women’s T20 World Cup title for the sixth time. Meanwhile, Netizens praised Women in Yellow for yet another dominating performance in the ICC events. Follow Women’s T20 World Cup FINAL LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
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7 ODI WC for Australia Women’s.
6 T20 WC for Australia Women’s.
5 ODI WC for Australia Men’s.
2 CT for Australia Men’s.
1 T20 WC for Australia Men’s.Born to dominate ICC tournaments – Australia. pic.twitter.com/7mUIkKvP1B
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 26, 2023
Australia had a productive start after electing to bat first. However, SA restricted the flow of runs from Alyssa Healy and Mooney. Gardner launched a timely counter-attack after the dismissal of Healy. Mooney’s unbeaten 74 powered Australia to 156/6. Meanwhile, Shabnim Ismail delivered in the death overs. Although SA lost successive wickets, Wolvaardt kept them alive. However, SA fell 19 runs short (137/6).
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— Josh Schönafinger (@joshschon) February 26, 2023
Australia had reached their seventh final in the Women’s T20 World Cup.They were the runners-up in the 2016 edition when West Indies lifted the trophy.Meanwhile, Australia won the title in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2020.On the other hand, South Africa had qualified for their first-ever World Cup final (men or women).
7 Women’s ODI World Cup.
6 Women’s T20 T20 World Cup.
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2 Men’s Champions trophy.
1 Men’s T20 World Cup.21 ICC trophies for Australia – This is unbelievable! pic.twitter.com/l612IL7Vas
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) February 26, 2023
Lanning has become the first-ever player (man or woman) to have led a side in 100 T20Is. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur is her closest rival with 96 matches. Among men, former Australian batter Aaron Finch holds the record for captaining a side in most T20Is. He guided the Aussies in 76 T20Is and finished with a win percentage of 55.47 as captain.
Congratulations Australia and Ellyse Perry for winning Women’s T20 World Cup Final vs South Africa 🏆#SAWvsAUSW #AUSvsSA #t20worldcupfinal #AUSWvsSAW pic.twitter.com/YhvRx5J3vX
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) February 26, 2023
