The Australian women’s team continued to assert their dominance in the shortest format of the game as the Meg Lanning-led side won their sixth T20 World Cup title on Sunday. Australia defeated South Africa by 19 runs in Cape Town to win their third consecutive title in the shortest format, extending their record for the number of tournament wins. Batting first, Australia posted a competitive score of 156/6 in 20 overs and then restricted the Proteas women to 137/6 to secure the title at Newlands.
Beth Mooney was the star with the bat for Australia, as the opener remained unbeaten on 74 off 53 balls on a challenging pitch; The next highest individual score in the Australian innings was 29 by Ashley Gardner. Shabnim Ismail (2/26) and Marijan Kapp (2/35) took the wickets for the Proteas, with Nonkululeko Mlaba and Chloe Tryon taking a wicket each.
In the run chase, the hosts got off to a slow start scoring only 17 runs in the first five overs, while losing the crucial wicket of Tazmin Britts (10). The Proteas continued to lose wickets at regular intervals as Laura Wollwaite (61) held one end. After the wicket of Sune Luus (2), Wollwaite took charge of the innings and began to play more aggressive shots as the required run rate continued to rise. She shared a 55-run partnership with Chloe Tryon (25) before Megan Schutt trapped her in front of the stumps as Wolvaardt went for a lofted shot over midwicket.
Jeet Beth Mooney was the star with the bat for Australia, as the opener remained unbeaten on 74 off 53 balls on a challenging pitch; The next highest individual score in the Australian innings was 29 by Ashley Gardner. Shabnim Ismail (2/26) and Marijan Kapp (2/35) took the wickets for the Proteas, with Nonkululeko Mlaba and Chloe Tryon taking a wicket each.
In the run chase, the hosts got off to a slow start scoring only 17 runs in the first five overs, while losing the crucial wicket of Tazmin Britts (10). The Proteas continued to lose wickets at regular intervals as Laura Wollwaite (61) held one end. After the wicket of Sune Luus (2), Wollwaite took charge of the innings and began to play more aggressive shots as the required run rate continued to rise. She shared a 55-run partnership with Chloe Tryon (25) before Megan Schutt trapped her in front of the stumps as Wolvaardt went for a lofted shot over midwicket.
