Australia received the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup for the sixth time on Sunday as they defeated their South African counterparts by 19 runs within the closing on the Newlands Cricket Floor. Opener Beth Mooney high scored with an unbeaten 74 to take the Meg Lanning-led aspect to 156 on the finish of 20 overs.
She discovered little assist from the remainder of the batters barring Ashleigh Gardner, who notched 29 off 21 deliveries batting at quantity three. Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp scalped a few wickets every for the Proteas as they rounded off a passable first innings.
Nonetheless, the strain of the chase received to them within the second innings as they actually struggled to get going and have been left with over 100 to chase within the final 10 overs. Opener Laura Wolvaardt performed a high-quality knock of 61 however she took 48 deliveries for a similar because the South Africans lacked a particular aggressor who might assist fetch them fast runs within the middle-overs.
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The likes of Kapp and skipper Sune Luus flattered to deceive and there was little assist for Wolvaardt from the lower-middle order comprising the likes of Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch and Sinalo Jafta. Chloe Tryon scored 25 however took 23 deliveries for a similar and that basically didn’t do South Africa a lot of a favour particularly when the required run fee was skyrocketing as the sport progressed.
The frontline Australian bowlers actually made the job tough for the chasing staff – with the trio of Meghan Schutt, Gardner and Darcie Brown sustaining an economic system fee of 5.75, 5 and 6.25 of their respective four-over spells. Additionally they notched a wicket every and have been well-supported by Jess Jonassen who dismissed Tryon and conceded 21 in her three overs.
Mooney and Gardner have been named because the Participant of the Match and because the Participant of the Match respectively.
