Australia Crowned World Champions beating England by 71 Runs in women's World Cup 2022 Final.
Australia were crowned the champions of the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup after beating England by 71 runs in Christchurch on Sunday.
Australia were crowned the winners of the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, winning their seventh title. The bowlers did a splendid job to bowl England out for 285, despite an impressive century from Nat Sciver. Earlier, Alyssa Healy's sensational 170 had helped Australia to a score of 356/5.
Australia Women 356 for 5 (Healy 170, Haynes 68, Mooney 62, - Shrubsole 3-46)
England Women 285 (Sciver 148*, -- Jonassen 3-58, King 3-64)
Australia Wins by 71 runs.
Megan Schutt gave Australia the perfect start in their defence of 357 in the Final. Bowling an absolute peach of a delivery, the inswinger was too good for Danni Wyatt, as she was bowled for just 4.
- Healy posted the highest individual score of the 2022 tournament and the highest score by anyone in a World Cup final, passing Adam Gilchrist's 149 against Sri Lanka in 2007, Sciver ending up just one run behind him with 148 not out.
- England, who were huge underdogs to defend the title they won in 2017, will rue their decision to field first in perfect batting conditions. They also dropped Healy and Haynes in the same over.
Faced with such a mammoth chase, England lost wickets too regularly to ever be in contention, but Nat Sciver batted with authority for a century of her own.
Sciver was 148 not out when England were finally bowled out for 285, spinners Alana King and Jess Jonassen taking three wickets apiece in Australia's 71-run win.
- It was a disappointing end to an England turnaround that saw them reach the final despite losing their first three games of the tournament.
Meanwhile, awesome Australia were crowned world champions for the seventh time with a perfect record of nine wins from nine matches.
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