Australian women cricketers hailed as among greatest ever after T20 World Cup 2023 win

Australia’s all-conquering women cricketers were hailed Monday as among the greatest sporting teams the country has ever produced after winning yet another Twenty20 World Cup. Meg Lanning’s side beat hosts South Africa by 19 runs at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday to lift the trophy for a sixth time in the last seven tournaments.

“Don Bradman had the Invincibles. Meg Lanning has the Immortals,” said The Australian newspaper.

“Where Bradman’s legendary team was labelled as such just for one tour of England after the war, the Australian women’s team is now an era of unprecedented world domination.”

The #T20WorldCup 🏆 is in the 🇦🇺 dressing room!#TurnItUp pic.twitter.com/h2W9N9SspF

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 26, 2023

Australia were already reigning 50-over World Cup champions and they won the inaugural Commonwealth Games gold medal last year.

“It’s a spectacular achievement and one that has been criminally underappreciated in recent weeks,” the broadsheet added.

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“For this Australian team not to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards is a disgrace and makes a mockery of the once prestigious awards.”

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🏆 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 🏆 #T20WorldCup | #TurnItUp pic.twitter.com/38iqldR6YS

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 26, 2023

The England women’s football side has been nominated for this year’s Laureus team award, along with five others, including the French men’s rugby team and Formula One’s Red Bull. But Lanning’s world-beaters were overlooked.

The Sydney Morning Herald lauded them as one of the all-time greats.

“They’ve played in a way that has changed the status and perception of women’s cricket forever and made some of them household names,” it said.

“It’s almost impossible to deny that when everything that matters is taken into account – achievement, grace, inspiration to a generation and social impact -– they’ve put more stakes in the ground than any other.”

The crowd really did #TurnItUp 🙌

The #T20WorldCup final saw Newlands host a record crowd for women’s cricket in South Africa. pic.twitter.com/mkGl4tSKyQ

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 26, 2023

Lanning has now led the team to five titles at ICC tournaments, with Sunday’s triumph adding to her previous wins as skipper in 2014, 2018 and 2020, and the 2022 one-day World Cup victory in New Zealand.

Overall, she has been part of seven World Cup-winning teams.

Opener Beth Mooney, whose unbeaten 74 set up the victory over South Africa, said Lanning should be considered one of the finest leaders in world sport.

Skipper Meg Lanning with one of her closest friends 😉#AUSvSA #T20WorldCup #TurnItUp pic.twitter.com/RDIgnnKMFP

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 26, 2023

“When Meg retires – hopefully not for a few more years – I think she’ll go down as one of the greatest leaders not just in cricket, but in sport, and just generally as well,” she told reporters.

“I think she’s got an immense cricket brain. She’s cool, calm and collected under pressure and she’s got empathy as well.”

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