Australia re-establishes dominance at T20 World Cups

Australia Women, who have just been crowned the Women’s T20 World Cup champions, wound back the hands of time with an emphatic seven-wicket win over England Women at Lord’s on Sunday.

The tournament was set up to be a thriller. England came into the tournament with a record of having won all four of the Women’s World Cups that they have hosted in both 50 overs and T20Is. Australia, on the other hand, came with a 6-0 record over England in all the finals they had contested in across both formats. It ended up as a one-sided affair.

Australia, who left the last two T20 World Cups empty-handed re-established their dominance with a show-stopping performance. Their bowling attack made the surface look like it had more in it than it did by bowling disciplined lines and lengths, while their batters made the surface look like a batting paradise.

“Today has been truly special. The atmosphere, the occasion has been phenomenal. To have it fallen our way is great… There have been challenges but the way people have got through and this has been a privilege of a lifetime,” Ellyse Perry shared after the final.

Beth Mooney, who collected the Player of the Tournament award along with her winners’ medal, was the personification of Australia’s abilities with the bat. The 32-year-old looked unbothered as she compiled her match-winning 64 from 49 balls. The milestone also means that she has now etched her name into the record books.

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The experienced campaigner, who scored 64 of Australia’s 153 runs, now has the joint-most half-centuries in the history of the tournament. Mooney took a little time to get her campaign underway. The experienced campaigner contributed a total of 17 runs in Australia’s first two games.

Fortunately, Australia had enough batting reserves to carry them to comfortable victories over South Africa and Bangladesh. The 32-year-old found her groove with an unbeaten 74* against Netherlands. Mooney had another dip against Pakistan and India, before emerging to blast an unbeaten 36-ball 61 against the West Indies in the semifinals.

Australia’s approach in the tournament has been to throw the first punch and that is what they did against England in the final. Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield put so much pressure on the hosts that they forced errors from England’s best pacer, Lauren Bell, who conceded 27 runs in her first two overs.

“It was important to settle the dugout in the powerplay. Phoebe came out and announced herself from ball one and I carried on, Mooney revealed.

Mooney and Litchfield bossed the final and vacated the crease when England had all but capitulated. With this victory, Australia now has seven Women’s T20 World Cup titles, a record that probably only them can break in the foreseeable future.