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Latest Updates, India Women vs Australia Women, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final: Australia Women have won by 85 runs It’s over. Australia will lift their fifth T20I World Cup title. They have outplayed India in every department of the game. Preview: With sights set on their maiden ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title, India will look to come out all guns blazing when they take on four-time champions and hosts Australia in the summit clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). India announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with after a 17-run victory over defending champions and favourites Australia in the lung opener. The Women in Blue continued their fine run with wins over Bangladesh (by 18 runs), New Zealand (by 4 runs) and Sri Lanka (by seven wickets). The Women in Blue cemented a spot in the finale by virtue of topping their group’s points table as their last-four clash against England was washed out. Four-time champions Australia, on the other hand, suffered their only loss against India. There was no looking back from then onwards and the hosts went on to defeat Sri Lanka (by five wickets), Bangladesh (by 86 runs), New Zealand (by four runs) and South Africa (by five runs by virtue of the D/L method). Given India’s sensational unbeaten run and their win in the lung opener, Australia will have their task cut out and look to bring their A game as the Indians have looked a class apart in the tournament. Squads: India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh. Australia: Rachael Haynes, Megan Schutt, Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Beth Mooney, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Erin Burns, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland.
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Latest Updates, India Women vs Australia Women, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final: Australia Women have won by 85 runs It’s over. Australia will lift their fifth T20I World Cup title. They have outplayed India in every department of the game.
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Alyssa Healy (75) and Beth Mooney (78) got the Aussies off to a flier. They were stupendous in the fielding department and did not give away any freebies. Meghan Schutt and Jess Jonassen led the bowling attack, finishing with four and three wickets respectively.
The occasion and the Aussies were just too big for the Indians, who’ll take heart from their performances in the group stages.
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A moment to rejoice for the Aussies!
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Schutt comes in to bowl the final over of the innings and dismisses Poonam Yadav, the last batter, who swung her bat hard but holed out at deep mid-wicket. Poonam Yadav c Gardner b Schutt 1(5)
Australia Women have won by 85 runs It’s over. Australia will lift their fifth T20I World Cup title. They have outplayed India in every department of the game.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, 2019/20:
Most runs: Beth Mooney (259)
Most wickets: Megan Schutt (13)
Most dismissals by a keeper: Taniya Bhatia (10)
Most catches by a fielder: Beth Mooney (5)
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Jonassen into her last over and she removes Radha Yadav, who chipped the first ball straight to Mooney at mid-on. Two runs and a wicket in that over.
Radha Yadav c Mooney b Jonassen 1(2)
Women’s World T20 winners:
2009 : England W
2010 : Australia W
2012/13 : Australia W
2013/14 : Australia W
2015/16 : West Indies W
2018/19 : Australia W
2019/20 : Australia W*
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Jonassen picks up her third wicket. Gets rid of Radha Yadav this time around. Radha shimmies down the track and chips it straight to mid-on. A simple catch for Mooney. Australia just one wicket away from clinching their fourth title.
Radha Yadav c Mooney b Jonassen 1(2)
After 18 overs,India Women 97/8 ( Radha Yadav 1 , Poonam Yadav 0)
Megan Schutt comes in for her third over and gets the better of Shikha Pandey and Richa Ghosh. Indians are falling like a pack of cards here. Five runs and two wickets in that over.
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Richa Ghosh gets down on one knee to slog across the line but only manages a top edge there. Carey collects it around the mid-wicket region. Third wicket for Schutt.
Richa Ghosh c Carey b Schutt 18(18)
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Another one bites the dust. This time its Shikha Pandey, who tried to go over extra cover but found Mooney. Mooney can do no wrong at the moment.
Shikha Pandey c Mooney b Schutt 1(4)
After 17 overs,India Women 92/6 ( Richa Ghosh 14 , Shikha Pandey 2)
Nicola Carey comes into the attack for her last over and she removes Deepti Sharma, who mistimed the pull and fell prey to a beautiful catch at long on by Mooney. Four runs off the over. India need 93 runs in 18 balls
OUT! Wickets keep tumbling for the Indians. Deepti Sharma didn’t time the pull shot to perfection and it went to Mooney at long-on. Good catch, the ball was dipping on the fielder. Carey gets her first wicket.
Deepti Sharma c Mooney b Carey 33(35)
After 16 overs,India Women 88/5 ( Deepti Sharma 33 , Richa Ghosh 12)
Jess Jonassen comes into the attack for her third over. Deepti shimmies down on the third ball, clears the off-side in-field but just manages a double there. How accurate and wicket to wicket has Jonassen been. Seven runs off the over. India need 97 runs in 24 balls.
After 15 overs,India Women 81/5 ( Deepti Sharma 28 , Richa Ghosh 10)
Delissa Kimmince into her last over and she concedes just five runs there. Tidy stuff that.
After 14 overs,India Women 76/5 ( Deepti Sharma 25 , Richa Ghosh 8)
Nicola Carey comes in to the attack. Richa top edges the third ball towards third man, where it lands anxiously close to the fielder. Again, great work at the long-on boundary on the fourth ball. An inside edge of Deepti’s bat on the penultimate delivery of the over goes for a boundary. Nine runs off the over.
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Deepti tried to smoke it over mid-wicket but got the edge and the ball went to the third man fence like a trace of bullet. Doesn’t matter how they come as long as they keep coming.
After 13 overs,India Women 67/5 ( Deepti Sharma 17 , Richa Ghosh 7)
Molineux returns for her last over. Gets smacked for a four by Richa Ghosh, who played a lofted drive over covers on the second ball. Nice work at the cover boundary, who saved a certain four on the last delivery. Nine runs off the over.
After 12 overs,India Women 58/5 ( Deepti Sharma 15 , Richa Ghosh 0)
Delissa Kimmince into her third over. She gets rid of Veda Krishnaurthy, who departed after trying to up the ante. Just two runs and a wicket in that over.