Join now and get your first month for just $1 ><\/a><\/p>\nAustralia arrived in England not holding either the 50-over or T20 world titles, with player-of-the-match Mooney saying at the presentation ceremony: \u201cWe\u2019re just happy to be here – it has been pretty well-documented that we haven\u2019t made it this far in the last two ICC events. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Georgia Voll hit the ball really well before her unfortunate dismissal.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhoebe Litchfield came out and nailed it from ball one. I just kept going and tried to make sure we got ahead in the game as early as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Australia team celebrate. AP Photo\/Alastair GrantSource: APAustralia’s Ashleigh Gardner. AP Photo\/Alastair GrantSource: AP<\/p>\n
Tight Australia bowling backed up by typically impressive fielding restricted England to a below par 4-150. <\/p>\n
England captain Nat-Sciver Brunt (58 not out) and Freya Kemp (44 not out) shared an unbroken stand of 80 that revived the innings from 4-70. <\/p>\n
The new-ball duo of Kim Garth (1-20 in four overs) and Lucy Hamilton (1-19 in three) were the pick of the attack in Australia\u2019s first global final at Lord\u2019s. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thought the bowlers did an exceptional job to hold them (England) to that total,\u201d said Australia\u2019s Annabel Sutherland. <\/p>\n
England, bidding for a first major title since winning the 2017 50-over World Cup final at Lord\u2019s and with the memory of a 16-0 rout by Australia in the last multi-format Ashes still fresh in the memory, rarely looked in with a chance. <\/p>\n
Sciver-Brunt had promised her side would go \u201ctoe-to-toe\u201d against Australia, with both sides unbeaten at the tournament before the final. <\/p>\n
But England\u2019s innings rarely got out of second gear. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am stood here hugely disappointed,\u201d said Sciver-Brunt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had a great competition to this point so for it to end like that is a bit sour in the mouth at the moment. <\/p>\n
Sciver-Brunt, accompanied by her son Theo onto the outfield for the pre-match anthems, added: \u201cWhen the pressure was on, their bowlers made it very difficult for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nat Sciver-Brunt of England embraces teammate Sophie Ecclestone. Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Dejected England coach Charlotte Edwards, brought in following the Ashes debacle after enjoying several triumphs against Australia during her playing days, said: \u201cGutted, really. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe came here with so much belief and confidence to pull off something really special… but they (Australia) are a very, very good team and we were completely outplayed there in the end.\u201d <\/p>\n
Australia were 1-17 when Voll, who lofted the first ball of the chase for four, played on to Lauren Bell. <\/p>\n
But the runs kept coming, with Mooney – who had already kept wicket expertly — steering Bell through backward point for one of seven fours in her 38-ball fifty. <\/p>\n
Litchfield swept Charlie Dean for four and lofted the off-spinner for six over extra-cover. Come the end of the six-over powerplay, Australia had one hand on the trophy at 68-1. <\/p>\n
Dean bowled Litchfield, to end a stand of 100 in 67 balls. and Mooney was eventually lbw to left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, but Australia were now in sight of victory at 140-3. <\/p>\n
England\u2019s day was summed up when Australia\u2019s winning runs came courtesy of five wides from Ecclestone, whose legside delivery sped to the boundary. <\/p>\n
Earlier, Australia struck soon after captain Sophie Molineux won the toss, Amy Jones edging Hamilton to gully. <\/p>\n
Veteran opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge became the first batter to score 300 runs at a women\u2019s T20 World Cup but fell for eight when she gloved Sutherland and was well caught down the legside at the second attempt by a diving Mooney. <\/p>\n
Alice Capsey made 23 but when Heather Knight, fresh from a fine fifty in a 40-run semi-final rout of South Africa, was plumb lbw for just two to Garth\u2019s leg-cutter, England had slumped to 4-70.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia thrashed England by seven wickets to win a record-extending seventh women\u2019s T20 World Cup title in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-781414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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