Agencies
Australia won the Women’s Cricket World Cup title for the seventh time after beating England by 71 runs at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand on Sunday.
According to the Guardina, Alyssa Healy struck a record-breaking 170 to set Australia up for victory as England fell short of defending their title despite Nat Sciver’s unbeaten 148.
Healy’s belligerent 138-ball innings, the highest total in a World Cup final, helped Australia set a mammoth victory target of 357.
Sciver’s unbeaten 148 entertained the crowd but she played a lone hand as England were bowled out for 285 with six overs to spare, Reuters reported.
Meg Lanning’s Australia finished unbeaten in nine matches, erasing their 2017 World Cup disappointment when they were stunned in the semi-finals by India in England.
The peerless Australians have now won three of the last five 50-over World Cups and own both the major global trophies, having claimed the T20 World Cup on home soil in 2020.
