Australia wins Women's T20 World Cup against South Africa

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Australia has won the Women's T20 World Cup, beating big South Africa by a comfy 19 runs to underline its presumption arsenic the champion squad successful the satellite with a 3rd consecutive title.

Australia has present won six of the 8 T20 World Cups played.

The latest triumph astatine Newlands came done a disciplined bowling and fielding effort from the Australians, who batted archetypal and scored 156-6, past unopen down South Africa's batters, who ne'er came close.

South Africa finished good abbreviated connected 137-6.

Megan Schutt, Ashleigh Gardner, Darcie Brown and Jess Jonassen each took a wicket each for Australia, but it was a squad effort successful the tract arsenic the Aussies' big-match temperament shone through.

Australia was playing successful its seventh consecutive final.

Australia's full was built connected opener Beth Mooney's 74 from 53 balls and 29 disconnected 21 from Gardner, who was promoted to No. 3.

No 1 other got past 20 but it was enough.

Mooney was named subordinate of the last for her performance.

Aussie Ash Gardner was named the subordinate of the tournament.

Opener Laura Wolvaardt top-scored for South Africa with 61 from 48 and the big had a glimpse of a accidental erstwhile it needed 59 disconnected the past 5 overs with Wolvaardt inactive there.

But Schutt trapped Wolvaardt lbw successful the 17th implicit and South Africa's hopes of a maiden rubric successful its archetypal quality successful a last went with her.

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