Meg Lanning’s champion Australian side has won another global crown, defending the women’s T20 World Cup title with an emphatic 19-run victory over hosts South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday.
An unbeaten 53-ball 74 from Beth Mooney piled the pressure on the South Africans in their first-ever World Cup final appearance as the Australians, opting to bat, amassed 6-156 at Newlands.Lanning’s team then bowled and fielded with clinical efficiency to stay in control as it restricted the Proteas to 6-137 to lift the T20 global title for the third consecutive time – the sixth time in the last seven editions.
It was just enough, with South Africa falling short in their chase after three early wickets slowed their run accumulation. Earlier, Gardner, promoted to captain Meg Lanning’s usual No.3 slot, marshalled Australia from 1-36 in the powerplay to double that run tally by the halfway mark. The all-rounder then took a superb catch at deep midwicket off a Lanning pull to reduce the opposition to 4-122 with 17 balls left in the innings.Australia amassed 34 off those 17, with Mooney, who brought up her second successive 50 of the World Cup, off 44 balls, alone fetching 25 in that tally. Her unbeaten 74 came off 53 balls.
After the game, Megan Schutt admitted her relief that Australia overcame a “scary” spell when it felt their victory might just be slipping away, as South Africa’s attacking 55-run fourth-wicket stand put Australia “under the pump”.
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