Mooney stars as Australia hammer England in women’s World Cup final
Australia thrashed England by seven wickets to win a record-extending seventh women’s T20 World Cup title in a sold-out final at Lord’s on Sunday. Beth Mooney (64) and Phoebe Litchfield (48) did the damage in a second-wicket partnership of exactly 100 runs as Australia reached a modest target of 151 with 17 balls to spare. […] The post Mooney stars as Australia hammer England in women’s World Cup final appeared first on The Namibian .
Australia thrashed England by seven wickets to win a record-extending seventh women’s T20 World Cup title in a sold-out final at Lord’s on Sunday.
Beth Mooney (64) and Phoebe Litchfield (48) did the damage in a second-wicket partnership of exactly 100 runs as Australia reached a modest target of 151 with 17 balls to spare.
Victory meant Australia had now won all seven of their world finals, across both one-day international and T20 cricket, against arch-rivals England.
“Mooney made it look easy out there, took the pressure off me, and we had an awesome partnership,” Litchfield told Sky Sports.
Tight Australia bowling backed up by typically impressive fielding restricted England to a below par 150-4.
England were indebted to captain Nat-Sciver Brunt (58 not out) and Freya Kemp (44 not out) for an unbroken stand of 80 that revived the innings from 70-4 on a sluggish pitch.
