26 February 2023 became a special day in the history of women’s cricket, when Australia women’s national cricket team performed brilliantly in the final of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and defeated South Africa women’s national cricket team by 19 runs. This match was played at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town and this victory proved to be very memorable for Australia.
Champion for the third consecutive time
With this victory, the Australian team won the Women’s T20 World Cup title for the third consecutive time. The team’s performance was excellent throughout the tournament and they maintained their dominance in the finals as well. This victory once again proved that the Australian team is one of the strongest teams in women’s cricket.
Beth Mooney’s brilliant inning of 74 runs
In the final match, Australia’s opening batsman Beth Mooney batted brilliantly and scored unbeaten 74 runs. This inning of his proved to be very important for the team and due to this Australia could reach a strong score. Earlier, he had also played an important role for his team in the 2020 final.
Australia scored 156 runs
Batting first, Australia scored 156 runs in 20 overs. This was a challenging target in a big match like the final. Other batsmen of the team also played small but useful innings, which made the score strong.
South Africa’s slow start
The South African team, which came to chase the target of 156 runs, did not get a good start. Australia’s bowlers maintained the pressure in the initial overs. In the first six overs of the powerplay, the team could score only 22 runs and also lost an important wicket.
Laura Wolvaardt’s innings of 61 runs
After the initial shock, South African batsman Laura Wolvaardt tried to control the team. He made the match exciting by playing a brilliant inning of 61 runs and kept his team’s hopes alive.
Important partnership with Chloe Tryon
Laura Wolvaardt got good support from Chloe Tryon. Together they made an important partnership and tried to get closer to the target. At that time it seemed that the match could go towards any team.
Match changed due to continuous fall of wickets
However, at the crucial juncture of the match, both Wolvaardt and Tryon were out in consecutive overs. Due to the fall of these two big wickets, South Africa’s run pace stopped and Australia took a strong hold on the match.
Australia won the final by 19 runs
In the end the South African team could not reach the target and Australia won the match by 19 runs. Australia won the sixth title of the Women’s T20 World Cup on the basis of Beth Mooney’s brilliant batting and the team’s excellent bowling.
This victory became another golden chapter in the history of Australian cricket, which is still remembered by cricket fans today.
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