That brings us to the end of our coverage of the 2023 T20 World Cup final, with Australia ultimately emerging triumphant yet again to complete a second hat-trick of T20 World Cup titles and take their count to six, making winning appear a mundane, everyday task with their remarkable consistency and never-say-die attitude. The Sune Luus-led Proteas, too, deserve to hold their heads high for achieving what no South African team had ever done before and giving Meg Lanning’s side a spirited fight before eventually going down by 19 runs.
With that, this is Amit signing off, bidding you all a good night!
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Meg Lanning, Australia captain: It’s a pretty special effort from the group. Super proud. We felt like it was a good score. To put South Africa under pressure, I thought the powerplay went well. It’s about enjoying the opportunity. We knew it was going to be an amazing atmosphere, which it was. Thoroughly enjoyed it, to go out and see what this beautiful country has to offer. Nice to finish off with a win here. It’s a special group, not just the players but the support staff who also work so hard.
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Sune Luus, South Africa captain: It’s been absolutely amazing, to play at a home ground with so many watching. Thank you Newlands and every single supporter. It has been amazing. I think obviously at the halfway stage we were confident. They have a brilliant bowling attack as well. It’s very exciting for the coming months. I know there are so many girls who want to pick up a bat or a ball. Firstly, you are very annoying, but congratulations to you all! You showed your class again today. So well deserved! Just to keep on growing, we’ve set the platform today. We can’t go backwards.
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Beth Mooney is the Player of the Match for her unbeaten 74!
BM: Incredible being in South Africa and playing in front of a crowd like this one was special. I am glad I can fake it. I was not calm and the crowd was impressive and not many cheering for us. I walked off thinking we hadn’t gotten on the board. Never judge a wicket till both the teams had batted and we did well.
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Ashleigh Gardner is the Player of the Tournament!
AG: I guess we’ve been longing for this moment since the last World Cup. We weren’t in a winning position for a lot of time, but we scrapped and fought through. My role within the team is try and change the game with whatever I can do. What I’m most excited for is that we are World Cup champions.
How special have the Proteas been in this tournament!
This will hurt but it will also bring so much hope. This team have done something incredibly special. Not only are they first to reach a senior World Cup final but they’ve captured the hearts of a nation – and we saw almost 14,000 of those inspired here today. #T20WorldCup
Summing it up
Tremendous fight from SAfrica in this final but like most nations up against the Aust system in this era, it’s basically cavalry versus tanks #T20WorldCupFinal
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After 20 overs,South Africa Women 137/6 ( Nadine de Klerk 8 , Sinalo Jafta (W) 9)
AUSTRALIA WIN BY 19 RUNS TO COLLECT THEIR SIXTH T20 WORLD TITLE! And with this victory, they also complete a second hat-trick of T20 world titles!
The South Africans did put up an admirable fightback in the middle overs through the Wolvaardt-Tryon partnership, but ended up losing wickets in a heap in the business end to eventually fall short!
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OUT! Superb piece of fielding by Ellyse Perry in the deep and with that, Anneke Bosch is run out for 1! Australia inch closer to their sixth T20 world title! SA 122/6; need 35 off 12
Bosch run out (Perry/Healy) 1(2)
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OUT! And just like that, Australia get another wicket with Jonassen breaching Tryon’s defence and rattling her leg stump! And with that, South Africa’s hopes are now as good as over! SA 121/5; need 36 off 15
Tryon b Jonassen 25(23)