A half-century by batter Beth Mooney and brilliant death bowling helped Australia clinch their sixth ICC Women's T20 World Cup title, as they defeated South Africa by 19 runs despite a valiant knock from opener Laura Wolvaardt in the final at Cape Town on Sunday
A half-century by batter Beth Mooney and brilliant death bowling helped Australia clinch their sixth ICC Women's T20 World Cup title, as they defeated South Africa by 19 runs despite a valiant knock from opener Laura Wolvaardt in the final at Cape Town on Sunday.
A half-century by batter Beth Mooney and brilliant death bowling helped Australia clinch their sixth ICC Women's T20 World Cup title, as they defeated South Africa by 19 runs despite a valiant knock from opener Laura Wolvaardt in the final at Cape Town on Sunday
Harmanpreet Kaur suffered a freak dismissal during the semi-final against Australia at a crucial juncture in the game. The India captain, who made it out into the middle despite suffering from illness, was playing beautifully to reach her half-century and put her side in contention to chase
Kaur had just reached a brilliant half-century to put her team in with a great chance of chasing down their 173-run target to beat defending champions Australia and reach the final.
Coming to the crease with the defending champions in a spot of bother chasing South Africa's 124 for six, McGrath showed no nerves as she and Ashleigh Gardner added 81 runs for the fourth wicket to take them to the brink of victory.
With this victory, Windies has finally opened its account and is in fourth place in Group 2 points table with one win in three matches and two points. Ireland is at the bottom of the table, having lost all its three matches. The side is yet to earn a point.
Arpit Vasavada (81*) and Sheldon Jackson (59) ensured that Saurashtra grasped a firm grip over Bengal ending the day at 317/5, dampening their chances to stage a comeback in the Ranji finals. Opener Harvik Desai played a half-century knock while Chirag Jani remained unbeaten on 57 at the stu
With this win, Australia has topped Group 1 with three wins in three games and six points. SL is at second with two wins in three matches and four points
Shimron Hetmyer, who was Gulf Giants' hero in their previous match against MI Emirates through his last ball six, scored a stroke-filled 54 off 35 balls with four sixes and two boundaries. He was backed by skipper James Vince's 39 runs to help Gulf Giants post 180 for 6 in 20 overs.