Australia maintained their unbeaten streak to beat England in the final and lift their record seventh Women's World Cup in 2022.
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Australia maintained their unbeaten streak to beat England in the final at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch and lift their record seventh Women’s World Cup in 2022. Australia had previously won the World Cup in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013.
Asked to bat, Australia rode on a terrific century from their experienced opener Alyssa Healy (170) and brilliant half-centuries from top-order batters R Haynes (68) and Beth Mooney (62), to put up a challenging total of 356/6 on board.
Healy, the player of the series, hit 26 boundaries in 138-ball match-winning knock while Haynes seven four and Mooney had eight hits to the fence.
England medium-pacer Anya Shrubsole, meanwhile, was the pick of the bowlers for her side as she returned figures of 3/46.
In the chase, it was only Natalie Sciver (148 not out), who showed some fight to chase the mammoth total but she failed to find enough support from the other end. She hit 15 boundaries and one hit over the fence in her valiant effort off 121 deliveries.
Australia leg-spinner Alana King, meanwhile, picked up three wickets for her side.
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Australia veteran Healy highlighted that it’s in the team’s spirit to go out and give it their all in major events. She was also impressed with the effort put in by the batting unit throughout the World Cup.
“I’m 32 and I’ve seen it all. Our team sets out to win events like these and everyone is sort of keen to get out there and do just that, grateful for the opportunity. You probably couldn’t have asked for anything more. Proud of the batting unit. We have done some amazing things this whole tournament, so to be able to do it one more time on the biggest stage was impressive,” Healy said at the post-match interview.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I ever thought I’d do something like that so it is pretty cool. We knew the first 10 overs was going to be the most challenging part of the game and we got two world class bowlers swinging the ball. We just knew we had to hold our nerve. I enjoy batting with Rach and it’s what we set out to do and we ticked that box.”
