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Shrubsole who scored 3/46 runs in 10 overs.
Earlier, England-W captain Heather Knight won the toss and opted to bowl first against Australia-W in the final. While England went with an unchanged eleven, Australia have welcomed a fit all-rounder Ellyse Perry. Knight said he expects Dew to play some role in the latter half of the competition and hopes his team will continue their good run at the venue. Australia captain Meg Lanning was not worried about batting first and feels it is a new competition and is confident that her ‘world class’ players will step into the ‘big match’.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the AUSW vs ENGW, ICC Women’s World Cup Final from Hagley Oval, Christchurch. The two cricket powerhouses will lock horns against each other to re-ignite the rivalry at the biggest level.
As Australia and England prepare to clash in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final at Hagley Oval on Sunday, it is indeed an irony that despite them winning 10 of the last 11 World Cups, the two sides face each other in the title round. – Will be in front. For the first time in 34 years.
Australia have won six World Cups, while England have won four, and both teams have a lot at stake, given that the Meg Lanning-led side will be looking for a record seventh title while England try to defend themselves. He won the crown in 2017 by defeating India at Lord’s.
Australia has lost only one World Cup final. Back in 2000, at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, hosts New Zealand beat Australia by just four runs, one of the closest finals of the tournament so far.
That year, England recorded their worst performance in the fifth World Cup before fighting back to take the trophy from Australia in 2009. In the same year, England also claimed their first, and only, T20 World Cup as well as Ashes victory.
This is something Australia are looking forward to match after 13 years, as they already have the T20 trophy, which was secured on home soil in 2020 before sealing the Ashes with two matches in February , but the one-day World Cup defers them. ,
Australian vice-captain Rachel Haynes already has a winner’s medal from 2013, and is on her way to a competition record – the opening batsman sits on 429 for the tournament, set 27 from New Zealand’s Debbie Hockley’s all-time best. is behind. 1997.
This is not the only record that can be broken in the final. England cricketer Sophie Ecclestone has a chance to surpass Australian Lynn Fulston, who took 23 wickets in 1982.
Ecclestone sits on 20 for his first international five-wicket haul in the semi-final against South Africa, which ends at s6/36, the best figures by an England bowler in a World Cup.
The left-arm spinner epitomizes England’s journey in the World Cup, where he and his team didn’t make much of an impact at the start but reached the pinnacle at just the right moment. The 22-year-old started with his worst figures in ODIs for 77 against Australia in the group stage, while England were on the verge of being knocked out after losing three games.
Squad:
Australia women’s squad: Rachel Haynes, Alyssa Healy (wk), Meg Lanning (c), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashley Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcy Brown, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Nicola Carey, Amanda Wellington
England women’s team: Tammy Beaumont, Danielle Wyatt, Heather Knight (c), Natalie Sciver, Amy Jones (wk), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Charlotte Dean, Anya Shrubsole, Natasha Farrant, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Emma Lamb, Freya Davis
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