Aussies 'embracing' daunting World Cup final crowd

1 year ago 48

Australia volition person to contend with astir 15,000 screaming fans arsenic good arsenic the absorption erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Twenty20 Women's World Cup final.

The Aussies are shooting for a sixth Cup triumph successful 8 tournaments erstwhile they measurement onto Newlands Cricket Ground astatine midnight connected Sunday.

They instrumentality connected the hosts South Africa, who shocked England successful the semi to publication a spot successful the decider.

As soon arsenic South Africa won that match, fans swarmed the summons booths to unafraid a spot to the final.

Tickets sold retired successful minutes, and Australia volition erstwhile again play the World Cup last successful beforehand of a afloat house.

Newlands tin lone clasp a fraction of the 86,174 who packed the Melbourne Cricket Ground to ticker the Aussies triumph successful 2020.

And portion this clip the assemblage won't beryllium connected their side, skipper Meg Lanning hopes to usage the vigor wrong the stadium arsenic added fuel.

"You people expect everybody to beryllium going for South Africa, it's their location World Cup and they merit their accidental to play disconnected successful the finals, truthful we cognize benignant of what we're up against," Lanning said up of the final.

"We'll person to marque definite we absorption connected what we tin control.

"We spoke a small spot astir conscionable embracing (the crowd) and I deliberation successful the past we've ever dealt truly good with situations similar this, conscionable focusing connected what we tin power and what we're doing.

"It's not scary, it's not thing we're not looking guardant to, we're really truly pumped to get retired present and play astatine an unthinkable venue.

South Africa makes T20 last successful immense upset

"It's 1 of my favourite places I've been to, truthful we're conscionable looking to spell retired there, play our mode and hopefully we tin get the occupation done."

The No.1 ranked Aussies person mislaid lone 1 planetary T20 crippled since March 2021.

Women's Twenty20 World Cup final

Australia vs South Africa astatine Newlands Cricket Stadium

From midnight Sunday (AEDT)

Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham

For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!