Australian women cricketers win T20 World Cup
Australian women cricket team went onto playing one up on their male counterparts, as they beat New Zealand in the final of women’s T20 world cup. In an exiting final, which saw the same grit with determination usually on display by Aussie men, meanwhile Australia’s women team staged a fabulous comeback to down their neighbours to win the final by only3 runs in Barbados.
Australian women suffered the same manner of collapse as their men’s team, as one after the other all batters in the top order failed to handle the moving ball. Eventually they were rolled over for a meagre score of 106, and the final seemed to be heading in a lopsided win for New Zealand. However little did the kiwis know, that a typical dogged comeback was to happen, and the 2nd half of the match was where all the action took place?
Defending a small total, Australia got the early wickets that they desperately required, and when Perry struck twice in 12 balls New Zealand were tottering at 29 for 4, and Perry was not done adding one more in the game. He also took on the responsibility to bowl the crucial final over, when only 14 runs were needed, but she held her nerve to only concede 10, and break the run of defeats against New Zealand in the most important match of all time.
Aussie women added to their already impressive trophy cabinet, which has five 50 over World Cups to their name, and in front of 3 of their male counter parts, Michael Clarke, David Warner and Mitchell Johnson who had stayed in the ground to support their women in the final.
The chase for New Zealand had begun in a positive manner, as Suzie pulled the very first ball for a boundary, and later followed it up with a brilliantly timed six. Watkins though left early, and Sara Mcglash was run out brilliantly soon after.
Australian women had started to sense a turnaround, and after Sarah caught Bates, Perry followed it up by disturbing the furniture behind Amy, and the women in yellow were certainly on top at that point.
The spin from Shelley and Lisa kept the pressure on the Kiwis, as they could not even manage to score at 3 runs per over in middle of their innings, and a mistake by 3rd umpire Asada Ra who while judging a stump dismissal pressed the out button instead of not out really set the cat amongst the pigeons but within moments it was corrected, to the relief of New Zealand.
Sophie Devine though kept one end going as she got 38 from 35, aided well by Nicola at the other end, as they kept New Zealand in the hunt, but the boundaries were still hard to come by for both.
Browne was Perry’s 3rd victim, all but rest assured an Aussie win but, in the 2nd last over Rene hit a six and a four to get Kiwis back in the game, but Perry held her nerve in the final over to get Australia over the line and win their first T20 World Cup.
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