Mooney’s 74* leads medical Australia to sixth T20 World Cup title

Australia 156 for six (Mooney 74*, Ismail 2-26, Kapp 2-35) beat South Africa 137 for six (Wolvaardt 61, Tryon 25, Gardner 1-20) by 19 runs

Let nobody affect you into believing this was a choke.

Truth be informed, this was a recreation of high-intensity cricket, becoming of a grand finale. The stress was immense, and Australia, extra expert and adept at dealing with big-match temperament – this was their seventh straight closing – got here up triumphs to clinch their sixth T20 World Cup title and their third in a row.

South Africa wanted 59 off 30 balls, with Wolvaardt pumping a packed Newlands crowd with a number of the most aesthetically-pleasing photographs. Then, a lot to their agony, she swiped throughout the road to a full supply from Megan Schutt and was trapped lbw. South African hearts sank, a teary Wolvaardt trudged off slowly, and boisterous applause gave approach to surprised silence.

Australia believed and Australia delivered.

Dangerous Healy falls early

Ashleigh Gardner revs up

Mooney retains calm, bats by

Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris and Lanning fed off this confidence, understanding they’d insurance coverage within the type of Mooney, to play their photographs. While Ismail returned to choose up two wickets within the closing over and concede simply two off her final 4 deliveries, Australia had put up a formidable rating. Mooney completed with an unbeaten 53-ball 74, her second straight half-century in a world event closing.

South Africa’s sluggish powerplay

South Africa wanted an enormous powerplay to allay a few of their nerves that had been a relentless characteristic, and understandably so, proper by the sport. They limped to 22 for the lack of Tazmin Brits within the powerplay, and allowed stage fright to gnaw at them slowly. It was a weird passage too. South Africa had an lbw reprieve, and there have been mis-hits, tight bowling and uncharacteristic misfields. The asking price jumped previous 10 and the warmth was on.

The run-out that should not have been

Boundaries had been a rarity within the first six overs, however Wolvaardt’s first two have been pleasant. The hit down the bottom off Darcie Brown as she erred on the fuller facet was an on-drive out of the highest drawer, as was her skip down the pitch whereas transferring leg facet of the ball to wallop an inside-out six off Jess Jonassen. But simply when South Africa seemed to be wresting again some momentum, they misplaced Kapp to a slog and Luus to a run-out, with each her and Wolvaardt practically stranded on the bowler’s finish. At 54 for 3 within the eleventh over, their goal appeared many moons away.

South Africa imagine by Wolvaardt

Wolvaardt needed to now put behind her the run out gaffe, and she or he did so admirably. Without enjoying a shot in anger, she saved reeling off boundaries, introduced up her half-century off 43 balls with one of the crucial pleasing cowl drives, and introduced South Africa to inside 59 runs of victory with 30 balls left. In Tryon, she had a batter who might bash the ball. The pair put collectively 55 in 37 balls to maintain South Africa’s hopes alive, earlier than they each fell in successive overs to all however extinguish their hopes.