Australia are seventh-time champions of the Women's Cricket World Cup
Australia are seventh-time champions of the Women's Cricket World Cup
If you want to lift the World Cup title, you have to score a huge score of 356 runs. Looking at the scoreboard, the English may have lost. All that was left was formality.
Still, the English batsmen did not go low. They scored 265 runs. However, the Heather Knights were all out in 43.4 overs. That is why we had to lose by 61 runs. Alyssa Perry's Australia won the Women's World Cup for the seventh time.
Australia and England - Hagley Oval in Christchurch today saw a great fight between the two batsmen of the two teams. England's middle order Nat Skiver scored an unbeaten 146 in reply to Australian batsman Alyssa Healy's 160. But the victory went to Alyssa Healy.
This was the 12th edition of the Women's World Cup. Australia has won the World Cup seven times. England has won four times and New Zealand has won the World Cup once. This is the first time Bangladesh has played in the Women's World Cup.
English batsman Nat Skiver scored a great century after batting for 358 runs to win. He was unbeaten on 146 off 121 balls. However, his innings did not bring victory to England. The rest of the batters that no one else could stand!
Opener Tammy Beaumont scored 28 runs. Danny Waite made only 4 runs. Heather Knight, the team's best batsman and captain, was dismissed for just 26 runs. Amy Jones made 20 runs. Sophie Dunkley scored 22 runs. Charlie Dean scored 21 runs. Nat Skiver was the only one standing. He hit 15 boundaries and 1 six off 121 balls.
Among the Australian bowlers, Alana King and Jess Jonasen took 3 wickets each. Megan Scott took 2 wickets. Tahlia McGrath and Ashley Gardner took 1 wicket each.
Heather Knight, captain of the English women's cricket team, may now be trying to tear her hair out, perhaps because of her own mistakes. His decision to field after winning the toss at Hagley Oval in Christchurch and his desire to quickly tie Australia to a low score - nothing worked.
After losing the toss and opting to bat, the Aussie women cricketers were shocked by the flood of runs. Australia scored 357 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at the end of 50 overs.
Opener Alyssa Healy's bat has caused more storms. Healy was dismissed for a huge innings of 160 off 137 balls. The pair's half-centuries came from another opener, Rachel Highness, and at number three, Beth Mooney's bat.
Among the English women bowlers, Aniya Srabsol took maximum 3 wickets. Sophie Ecclestone took 1 wicket. One is runout.
After losing the toss, two openers Alyssa Healy and Hynes put on a huge 180-run stand. Then Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy put together a huge pair of 156 runs. Richail Haynes was dismissed for 8 off 93 balls. Beth Mooney made 62 off 46 balls.
Elise Perry was unbeaten on 17, Leg Manning was dismissed for 10 and Talia McGrath was unbeaten on 7.

