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Healy's perfect response to 'world's best' debate

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Alyssa Healy has described Australia's championship-winning T20 World Cup squad arsenic the top squad she has ever been portion of.

The all-conquering Aussies executed a ascendant 19-run triumph implicit South Africa successful Cape Town connected Monday greeting to support their World Cup trophy.

The rubric marks Australia's sixth rubric from 8 Women's T20 World Cup campaigns and was its 3rd consecutive crown.

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Asked connected Nine's Today if the Australian squad was the top sporting squad of each time, a humble Healy near the verdict for the fans to settee on.

However, she did confess that the red-hot squad was "most decidedly the best" she has ever belonged to.

"I deliberation what we person managed to execute - this is the 2nd three-peat we person achieved successful this format which is beauteous singular erstwhile you deliberation astir however fickle the T20 crippled tin be," she said.

"It's an unbelievable group. I'm grateful each time that I get to propulsion connected the Australian garment and tally astir with these girls due to the fact that they are astonishing people.

"To get the occupation done implicit present was amazing."

Facing big federation South Africa, the local, 15,000-strong crowd was against the Australians.

"The kind-of 12th antheral for South Africa was the crowd, they rode each azygous ball, adjacent down to the past 1 erstwhile they needed 20-odd," Healey said.

"I deliberation that is 1 of the champion parts of our crippled astatine the moment, and successful peculiar our team, we get to beryllium a portion of these unthinkable moments and I deliberation contiguous what was achieved successful Cape Town by this South African squad was incredible.

"They filled Newlands (Cricket Ground) which was beauteous cool, and for america to beryllium a portion of it and get the triumph was other special.

"Hopefully it means great things for women's cricket successful this state moving forward."

Healy besides hoped the triumph would inspire young Australians to play cricket for their state and pursuit the aforesaid winning experiences.

"I anticipation it inspired them to privation to bash it and privation to beryllium a portion of the large crippled that is cricket," she said.

"There were important barriers erstwhile I archetypal started and that wasn't that agelong agone but determination are truthful galore opportunities for young girls present to beryllium a portion of this large game."

Wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney was named subordinate of the lucifer with an unbeaten sound of 74, portion allrounder Ashleigh Gardner was crowned subordinate of the tourney aft scoring 110 runs and taking 10 wickets.

Speaking post-match, Gardner echoed Healey's comments, acknowledging the team's efforts to conflict done each match.

"We've been longing for this infinitesimal since the past World Cup," the all-rounder said post-match.

"We've played immoderate fantastic cricket passim this tournament. We astir apt weren't successful winning positions passim the game, but we scrapped and we fought and we bowled the implicit location down.

"I'm conscionable ace arrogant of this group."

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