A rampant Australia emphatically clinched their fifth Women’s T20 World Cup title on Sunday, thumping India by 85 runs in front of more than 86,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Alyssa Healy smashed a quick-fire 75 and Beth Mooney hit an unbeaten 78 as the defending champions plundered an ominous 184/4 — the highest score ever in a Women’s T20 World Cup final. In reply, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led India could only manage 99 in 19.1 overs, ending a 17-day tournament that reinforced Australia’s dominance of the sport, having now won five of the seven World Cups so far.
Brief scores: Australia 184/4 in 20 overs (Beth Mooney 78*, Alyssa Healy 74; Deepti Sharma 2-38) beat India 99 in 19.1 overs (Megan Schutt 4-🐈18, Jess Jonassen 3-30) by 85 runs.
Here’s how the cricketing world reacted to Australia’s win over India:
Congꦚratulations on winning yet another T20 title. You have brilliant. Savour the moment!
— Sir Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards)
Our girls gave their everything, just had one♊ bad day but it was so wonderful to see the way in which they played barring today .Wishing them better luck n🌳ext time. Congratulations to Australia on winning the
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Congratulations to the ,on there success. be proud of your efforts, you had a great tournament, you are building a team that will cause havoc in the coming years. Women's cricket is alive and well. The game is growing.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
This was heartbreaking. Well played . Sometimes, it's just not your day! Congratulations . May this World Cup inspire many more to take up the sport! 🙌🏼
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket)
Australia are deserving winners of the . And they produced a spectacle at the MCG. 86k here. It has been magnificent for the women's game.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Congratulations team for another amazing World Cup win. You set the standard for the women’s 🍒game again and again and should be really proud of your incredible efforts
— Steve Smith (@stevesmith49)
Great campaign for the , well done and the entire te💮am for making us all proud. Onwards and upwards 👌👍🏻 . Congrats to the for a dominating performance on the big night. 👏
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
No matter what we are still proud of you . Remember this was our first defeat in the tournament. So many great memories of the tournament. Lessons learnt an💦d hopefully next time we will be champion.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
The pressure of coming good in the finals was a bit too much fr Indn girls.. is a cruel venue fr first timers-but all said & done OZ ou⛄tplayed Indns frm the moment they won the toss..& then they went about their job most confide♔ntly & serenely-Indns struggled 2 stay n game!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi)
