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That brings us to the end of our coverage of the 2023 T20 World Cup final, with Australia ultimately emerging triumphant yet again to complete a second hat-trick of T20 World Cup titles and take their count to six, making winning appear a mundane, everyday task with their remarkable consistency and never-say-die attitude. The Sune Luus-led Proteas, too, deserve to hold their heads high for achieving what no South African team had ever done before and giving Meg Lanning's side a spirited fight before eventually going down by 19 runs.
With that, this is Amit signing off, bidding you all a good night!
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Meg Lanning, Australia captain: It's a pretty special effort from the group. Super proud. We felt like it was a good score. To put South Africa under pressure, I thought the powerplay went well. It's about enjoying the opportunity. We knew it was going to be an amazing atmosphere, which it was. Thoroughly enjoyed it, to go out and see what this beautiful country has to offer. Nice to finish off with a win here. It's a special group, not just the players but the support staff who also work so hard.
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Sune Luus, South Africa captain: It’s been absolutely amazing, to play at a home ground with so many watching. Thank you Newlands and every single supporter. It has been amazing. I think obviously at the halfway stage we were confident. They have a brilliant bowling attack as well. It’s very exciting for the coming months. I know there are so many girls who want to pick up a bat or a ball. Firstly, you are very annoying, but congratulations to you all! You showed your class again today. So well deserved! Just to keep on growing, we’ve set the platform today. We can’t go backwards.
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Beth Mooney is the Player of the Match for her unbeaten 74!
BM: Incredible being in South Africa and playing in front of a crowd like this one was special. I am glad I can fake it. I was not calm and the crowd was impressive and not many cheering for us. I walked off thinking we hadn't gotten on the board. Never judge a wicket till both the teams had batted and we did well.
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Ashleigh Gardner is the Player of the Tournament!
AG: I guess we've been longing for this moment since the last World Cup. We weren't in a winning position for a lot of time, but we scrapped and fought through. My role within the team is try and change the game with whatever I can do. What I'm most excited for is that we are World Cup champions.
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How special have the Proteas been in this tournament!
This will hurt but it will also bring so much hope. This team have done something incredibly special. Not only are they first to reach a senior World Cup final but they've captured the hearts of a nation - and we saw almost 14,000 of those inspired here today. #T20WorldCup
— Firdose Moonda (@FirdoseM) February 26, 2023
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Summing it up
Tremendous fight from SAfrica in this final but like most nations up against the Aust system in this era, it's basically cavalry versus tanks #T20WorldCupFinal
— Daniel Brettig 🏏 (@danbrettig) February 26, 2023
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After 20 overs,South Africa Women 137/6 ( Nadine de Klerk 8 , Sinalo Jafta (W) 9)
AUSTRALIA WIN BY 19 RUNS TO COLLECT THEIR SIXTH T20 WORLD TITLE! And with this victory, they also complete a second hat-trick of T20 world titles!
The South Africans did put up an admirable fightback in the middle overs through the Wolvaardt-Tryon partnership, but ended up losing wickets in a heap in the business end to eventually fall short!
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OUT! Superb piece of fielding by Ellyse Perry in the deep and with that, Corbin Bosch is run out for 1! Australia inch closer to their sixth T20 world title! SA 122/6; need 35 off 12
Bosch run out (Perry/Healy) 1(2)
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OUT! And just like that, Australia get another wicket with Jonassen breaching Tryon's defence and rattling her leg stump! And with that, South Africa's hopes are now as good as over! SA 121/5; need 36 off 15
Tryon b Jonassen 25(23)
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SIX! Smashed down the ground by Tryon off Jonassen, a much-needed strike for the Proteas that keeps their hopes hanging by a thread! SA 121/4; need 36 off 16
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OUT! Body blow to South Africa's hopes as Megan Schutt traps Laura Wolvaardt LBW, resulting in the opener having to march back to the pavilion after an excellent 48-ball 61! Wolvaardt trires tries reviewing, but gets three reds on HawkEye. SA 109/4
Wolvaardt LBW Schutt 68(41)
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After 16 overs,South Africa Women 104/3 ( Laura Wolvaardt 61 , Chloe Tryon 14)
We're into the final four overs of the T20 World Cup! Darcie Brown bowls out a slightly expensive final over, conceding 10 runs, to finish with 1/25 while Ash Gardner concedes just six in her third over, leaving the Proteas needing 53 off 24
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FOUR! What a way for Laura Wolvaardt to bring up her half-century, getting down on one knee and absolutely smoking the ball through the covers off Brown! Brings up her seventh T20I fifty, and her first against the Aussies, taking 43 balls to bring up the milestone. SA 92/3
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After 13 overs,South Africa Women 73/3 ( Laura Wolvaardt 41 , Chloe Tryon 5)
SIX! Muscled into the grass bank beyond deep midwicket in the free hit after Tahlia McGrath oversteps for a second time in her second over. While Perry managed to prevent the boundary in the previous free hit, there was little stopping this from going over the rope.
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OUT! Huge mix-up between Wolvaard and Luus, and the latter has to walk back to the dressing room for just two as the Proteas lose their third wicket! Wolvaardt had taken a couple of steps from the non-striker's end after responding to Luus' call, only to change her mind in the last second. Unless Wolvaardt is able to conjure up a miracle from here, there should be little stopping Australia from a sixth T20 world title! SA 54/3
Luus run out (Mooney/Healy) 2(5)
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Sweet revenge
When Kapp When you
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 26, 2023
gets you get Kapp pic.twitter.com/bTTN3AEoav
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After 10 overs,South Africa Women 52/2 ( Laura Wolvaardt 28 , Sune Luus (C) 1)
FOUR! Muscled away towards the midwicket fence by Wolvaardt off Wareham, bringing up the fifty for the Proteas in the process! South Africa, meanwhile, are way behind Australia at the halfway mark of the chase and will need something special from Wolvaardt and Luus if they are to emerge winners tonight.
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OUT! Another big wicket for the Aussies, with Marizanne Kapp getting a thick leading edge while attempting a slog-sweep off Ash Gardner, resulting in a simple catch for Darcie Brown at short third man. SA 46/2
Kapp c Brown b Gardner 11(11)
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After 8 overs,South Africa Women 41/1 ( Laura Wolvaardt 20 , Marizanne Kapp 9)
The Proteas certainly are mounting a fightback at the moment! Wolvaardt and Kapp collect a boundary each off Brown right after the powerplay, with the former charging down the track and smashing Jess Jonassen for a maximum in the following over.
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Another reason why this game is unique
South Africa never defeated Australia in women's international cricket.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) February 26, 2023
An ICC event finalist never winning against the other finalist earlier - its happening for the first time.#AUSvSA
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After 6 overs,South Africa Women 22/1 ( Laura Wolvaardt 7 , Marizanne Kapp 4)
Marizanne Kapp manages to collect a boundary after walking out to bat in place of Tazmin Brits, muscling the ball through the covers off Schutt. The Proteas, however, will need a lot more of that if they are to chase 157 down as they are 14 short of what the Aussies managed at the end of the powerplay.
South Africa need 135 off 84 with nine wickets in hand
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OUT! Tazmin Brits, hero of the semi-final win over England, is the first to depart as she barely clears the circle while looking to go downtown. McGrath pedals back and ends up safely pouching the ball. SA 17/1
Brits c McGrath b Brown 10(17)
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FOUR! Another misfield by the Aussies, this time at short fine and Ellyse Perry will not be one bit amused by the sloppiness. A much-needed bit of luck for the Proteas after the barrage of dots. SA 12/0
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After 2 overs,South Africa Women 6/0 ( Laura Wolvaardt 4 , Tazmin Brits 1)
Both Wolvaard and Brits are off the mark in the first two overs, the former opening her and the team's account with a boundary. Australia, meanwhile, have opted for seam and spin in tandem, starting with Schutt and Gardner.
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FOUR! Wolvaardt opens the Proteas' account with a boundary, courtesy a misfield at mid on, after four dot deliveries by Schutt in the first over! SA 4/0
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Right then, Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits walk out to begin South Africa's chase. The pair have been outstanding in their last two outings and will hope to get off to another strong start today. Megan Schutt will open the bowling for the Aussies.
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What a beast of a player
Beth Mooney in finals:
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 26, 2023
74*(53) in 2023 T20 WC final.
61(41) in 2022 CWG final.
62(47) in 2022 ODI WC final.
78*(54) in 2020 T20 WC final.
A Player born to perform in finals for Australia. pic.twitter.com/8PTC9gXkGp
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Can the Proteas end a long wait today?
South Africa have never won against Australia, or scored more than 141 against Australia, nor have they been quicker than 7.1 runs per over.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) February 26, 2023
If you're going to choose a time to do it, this is probably it.
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After 20 overs,Australia Women 156/6 ( Beth Mooney 74 , Tahlia McGrath 1)
Superb comeback by Ismail after getting hit for a six and a four in the first two balls by Mooney, dismissing Perry and Wareham off successive deliveries to ensure the defending champions are restricted below the 160-mark.
Can the hosts chase down 157 and end Australia's dominance? Or will Lanning and Co win a sixth world title? Stay tuned for the chase...
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BOWLED! Shabnim Ismail is on a hat-trick! Castles George Wareham, who is sent ahead of Tahlia McGrath due to her clean-hitting abilities, first ball! Ismail now has 43 T20 World Cup wickets to her name to become the most successful bowler ever in the tournament's history. AUS 155/6
Wareham b Ismail 0(1)
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OUT! Ellyse Perry perishes in the final over, getting a thick top edge that results in a simple catch for Brits at mid on as Ismail finally has a wicket to her name in the final. AUS 155/5
Perry c Brits b Ismail 7(5)
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After 18 overs,Australia Women 134/4 ( Beth Mooney 56 , Ellyse Perry 5)
FOUR! Beth Mooney brings up her 18th T20I half-century in style, smacking the ball over extra cover off Marizanne Kapp, taking 44 deliveries to bring up the milestone today. She also becomes the first batter to score a half-century in two T20 World Cup finals!
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OUT! The Proteas certainly have had their moments on the field today! Tryon pulls off a superb catch this time to dismiss Aussie captain Lanning, who decides to pull Kapp towards the square leg fence looking for a maximum. AUS 122/4
Lanning c Tryon b Kapp 10(11)
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After 16 overs,Australia Women 118/3 ( Beth Mooney 47 , Meg Lanning (C) 9)
Four more overs to go, and the Aussies appear well set to post a total in excess of 160 with a fairly well set Mooney at the centre. The left-handed opener, who is three short of her half-century at the moment, collects a boundary off the third delivery of the 16th, taking the aerial route over point off Ismail.
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BOWLED! Mlaba breaches Harris' defence with one that stays a tad low, hitting the leg stump in the process, as Australia lose two wickets in quick succession! AUS 103/3
Harris b Mlaba 10(9)
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After 14 overs,Australia Women 103/2 ( Beth Mooney 41 , Grace Harris 10)
FOUR! Grace Harris brings up the 100 for the Southern Stars with a boundary, advancing and muscling the ball towards long on off Tryon! Big over for the Aussies, with 11 coming off Tryon's second.
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OUT! Superb catch by Sune Luus at long off as Chloe Tryon gets the prized wicket of Ashleigh Gardner, who departs after an attacking 29! The ball nearly disappeared in the blue sky, and it took real focus for the Proteas skipper to pull this off. AUS 83/2
Gardner c Luus b Tryon 29(21)
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After 10 overs,Australia Women 73/1 ( Beth Mooney 25 , Ashleigh Gardner 27)
Australia suddenly are looking a lot more settled at the halfway mark than they did at the end of the powerplay, going at over seven-an-over with nine wickets in hand and Gardner taking the attack to the Proteas. As long as she's around, Australia have a genuine shot at crossing 160 today.
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After 9 overs,Australia Women 66/1 ( Beth Mooney 19 , Ashleigh Gardner 26)
SIX! SIX! And now back-to-back maximums — the first of the final — for Ashleigh Gardner, who steps up for the Southern Stars in yet another crunch game! Smashes the first one straight over de Klerk's head before going inside out over wide long off!
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After 8 overs,Australia Women 53/1 ( Beth Mooney 18 , Ashleigh Gardner 14)
FOUR! FOUR! A boundary after a space of 21 balls for Australia, and a welcome one at that, as Ash Gardner rocks back and muscles a half-tracker from Mlaba towards the midwicket fence. She makes it back-to-back boundaries with an inside out lofted drive towards the wide long off fence.
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After 6 overs,Australia Women 36/1 ( Beth Mooney 15 , Ashleigh Gardner 0)
Maiden over for Shabnim Ismail, with in-form opener Beth Mooney unable to pierce the off-side cordon. The seamer ends the over with a steep bouncer to the southpaw to collect a maiden inside the powerplay!
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OUT! Kapp draws first blood for the Proteas, bouncing Healy out as the Aussie wicketkeeper-batter tamely chips the short delivery towards cover to depart for 18! AUS 36/1
Healy c de Klerk b Kapp 18(20)
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After 4 overs,Australia Women 25/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 13 , Beth Mooney 10)
FOUR! Tickled away through the gap between backward point and third man by Mooney, who moves to double figures in the process, off Khaka at the end of the fourth over. The Aussie opening stand is starting to look ominous now for the Proteas.
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After 2 overs,Australia Women 13/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 10 , Beth Mooney 1)
FOUR! Shabnim Ismail, bowling the second over, bowls one short and wide to Healy, who promptly slaps it over cover to collect her second boundary. Later in the over, the Proteas burn a review after an unsuccessful LBW appeal against Healy, with the ball easily missing leg.
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After 1 over,Australia Women 5/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 5 , Beth Mooney 0)
Tidy first over from Nonkululeko Mlaba barring the boundary in the second ball, with the left-arm spinner bowling four dots that elicit a few cheers from the Newlands crowd. Healy collects a single off the last ball to keep the strike.
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FOUR! Healy gets down on one knee and sweeps Mlaba towards deep square leg to open Australia's account with a boundary! AUS 4/0
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The national anthems have been sung (with South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp overcome with emotion, barely able to sing Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika), and it's time for one final round of action in what has been a remarkable tournament so far.
Healy and Mooney walk out to open the Aussie innings, with left-arm spinner Mlaba opening the bowling for the Proteas.
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Pommie Mbangwa and Lisa Sthalekar analyse the Newlands pitch ahead of the final:
PM: What a beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky. This is the exact conditions you want in a final. This tournament has been the highest scoring of all Women’s T20 World Cups, and that’s something. Chasing will be a bit more difficult.
LS: I see a used pitch from the two semi-finals, and that will help the spinners. The fast bowlers have been exceptional. Shabnim Ismail and Darcie Brown are the two to watch out. Whoever can cope with short-pitched deliveries will come out better.
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Teams:
Australia: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus (c), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Australia vs South Africa preview: South Africa’s women cricketers will go where none of their male counterparts have gone when they contest their very first World Cup final at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.
The hosts reached the final of the women’s T20 World Cup with a thrilling six-run win over England but now they will be up against Australia, a team of proven World Cup winners, who have won five of the previous six T20 finals.
The Aussies also had a tight semi-final when they edged past India by just five runs but they are loaded with experience which their captain Meg Lanning believes will help them in the pressure moments.
“Having been in pressure situations before helps a lot,” said Lanning on Saturday.
“We’re not going to be the team that everyone’s cheering for.
“We’re expecting South Africa to come out to play to their full strength and they’re riding a wave of emotion as well.
“I expect an incredible atmosphere and an incredible game at an amazing venue. It’s a World Cup final and there’s nowhere to hide.”
Lanning said there would be pressure on both teams.
“It comes down to holding your nerve under pressure,” she said.
Following South Africa’s dramatic upset of England in Friday’s semi-final, there were queues outside the ground on Saturday as new-found followers of the women’s game sought to buy tickets.
That win was accompanied by scenes of unbridled joy as 7500 spectators inside the ground cheered them on.
Sunday’s crowd is expected to be considerably bigger with the game marking a watershed moment at an iconic venue that hosted its first men’s Test match in 1889.
No South African team, men or women, had previously gone beyond the semi-finals of either a 50-overs or T20 World Cup.
“We’ve always known we had the ability to get to a final, I think it was just to get through that semi-final,” said South African captain Sune Luus.
‘The Best v The Best’
While Australia stormed through the group stages before being pushed all the way by India in the semi-finals, South Africa lost two of their first three games.
They looked anything but championship contenders when they lost the tournament opening match against Sri Lanka and they went down by six wickets in a group match against Australia in Gqeberha.
“We were 20, 30, 40 runs short in that game,” said Luus.
“We know they (Australia) have a very strong batting line-up and they bat extremely deep.
“Whether we bat first or second we know we have to put up a good fight. We know they’re going to keep fighting. We saw that in their semi-final against India.”
Luus said South Africa had a strong pace bowling attack and she expected an “even contest” between her bowlers and the Australia batters.
“It’s going to be the best in the world against the best in the world.”
Luus, 27, said the discussion before the semi-final had been on how to handle the big occasion.
“Everybody was hyped up and excited but we said before the game that the team that is the calmest is going to get over the finish line. I think tomorrow is going to be no different.”
Tazmin Brits, 32, who until the retirement of big-hitting Lizelle Lee last year was not an automatic choice for the team, made herself a national heroine by hitting top score of 68 and holding four catches in a remarkable display of big-match temperament.
She found herself on the front and back pages of Saturday’s newspapers.
“She’s got a lot of self-belief. It’s been years of hard work that finally came together,” said coach Hilton Moreeng.
Probable teams:
South Africa: Sune Luus (captain), Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Anneke Bosch, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wkt), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Australia: Meg Lanning (captain), Alyssa Healy (wkt), Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
With inputs from AFP
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