Dominant Australia Crush India to Win Fifth T20 World Cup ‘It’S Been Massive, 86,000 People at the MCG’
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26 Established 1961 Sports Monday, March 9, 2020 Dominant Australia crush India to win fifth T20 World Cup ‘It’s been massive, 86,000 people at the MCG’ MELBOURNE: A rampant Australia emphatically swept SCOREBOARD to their fifth women’s Twenty20 World Cup title yester- day, crushing India by 85 runs in front of more than Scoreboard from the women’s Twenty20 World Cup final 86,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Alyssa Healy smashed a quick-fire 75 and Beth yesterday: Mooney an unbeaten 78 as the defending champions plundered an ominous 184 for four — the highest score Australia ever in a women’s T20 final. B. Mooney not out 78 India could only manage 99 all out in reply to end a A. Healy c Krishnamurthy b R. Yafav 75 17-day tournament that reinforced Australia’s dominance, M. Lanning c Pandey b Sharma 16 having now won five of the seven World Cups held. A. Gardner st Bhatia b Sharma 2 “I’m just really proud of this group of players,” said R. Haynes b P. Radav 4 N. Carey not out 5 Australian skipper Meg Lanning. “There was a lot of Extras (b1, nb1, w2) 4 expectation on us, inside and out. Definitely some tough Total (four wickets, 20 overs) 184 times in there, but we stuck with each other, had each Did not bat: Jess Jonassen, Sophie Molineux, Delissa Kimmince, other’s backs. Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt “It’s been massive, 86,000 people at the MCG, I’ve Fall of wickets: 1-115 (Healy), 2-154 (Lanning), 3-156 (Gardner), never seen it before and didn’t think I’d be part of it in the 4-176 (Haynes) middle,” she added. Bowling: Sharma 4-0-38-2, Pandey 4-0-52-0, Gayakwad 4-0- The blockbuster showdown between the world’s top- 29-9, P. Yadav 4-0-30-1, R. Yadav 4-0-34-1 ranked team and fast-improving India was billed as the biggest in women’s cricket history. India A #FilltheMCG campaign was launched to help bring the sport to a new generation and fans responded with MELBOURNE: Australia’s captain Meg Lanning (C) with teammates celebrate with the winning trophy of S. Verma c Healy b Schutt 2 Twenty20 women’s cricket World Cup after beating India in the final in Melbourne yesterday. —AFP S. Mandhana c Carey b Molineux 11 86,174 attending, despite fears about the deadly coron- T. Bhatiya retired hurt 2 avirus that has seen other global sporting events can- J. Rodrigues c Carey b Jonassen 0 celled or played behind closed doors. After Australia won the toss, Healy showed her intent HORROR START FOR INDIA H. Kaur c Gardner b Jonassen 4 They were targeting the official world record for a with a boundary off Deepti Sharma’s first ball. She India got off to a horror start with explosive 16-year- D. Sharma c Mooney b Carey 33 women’s sporting fixture — set at the 1999 football smacked two more in an eventful opening over which also old opener Verma, who has used the tournament to V. Krishnamurthy c Jonassen b Kimmince 19 World Cup final when 90,185 watched the United States saw her dropped by Shafali Verma. announce herself, out for two. *R. Ghosh c Carey b Schutt 18 beat China in California — but fell just short. Opening partner Mooney also had an early let-off, Taniya Bhatia retired hurt after being hit on the helmet S. Pandey c Mooney b Schutt 2 It was nevertheless a record crowd for a women’s with Rajeshwari Gayakwad putting down a caught and before Jemimah Rodrigues fell without scoring. India were R. Yadav c Mooney b Jonassen 1 cricket game helped by the lure of pop superstar Katy bowled chance when she was on eight. in big trouble at 32 for four after Smriti Mandhana and P. Yadav c Gardner b Schutt 1 Perry, who performed before and after the game. India was jittery and an aggressive Healy smashed two Kaur both went cheaply. Sharma hit a battling 33 but it R. Gayakwad not out 1 Australia came into their sixth successive final as big sixes in succession off Gayakwad before bringing up was never going to be enough as Megan Schutt took 4-18. *concussion substitute heavy favourites, in contrast to India who were playing her 12th T20 half-century. It capped an engrossing final that Cricket Australia Extras (w5) 5 their first decider. They reached 91 without loss at the halfway mark, chief Kevin Roberts said reflected the sport’s growing Total (all out, 19.1 overs) 99 India had upset Lanning’s team in the opening game of with Healy then hitting three consecutive sixes off Shikha popularity, while a boost in prize money strengthened a Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Verma), 2-8 (Rodrigues), 3-18 (Mandhana), the tournament, but they never got a look in yesterday. Pandey. push for gender equality. 4-30 (Kaur), 5-58 (Krishnamurthy), 6-88 (Sharma), 7-92 “I still have a lot of faith in my team,” said disappoint- Her luck finally ran out going for another big one, The International Cricket Council bumped up the (Pandey), 8-96 (Ghosh), 9-97 (R. Yadav), 10-99 (P. Yadav) ed Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Bowling: Schutt 3.1-0-18-4, Jonassen 4-0-20-3, Molineux 4-0- caught for 75 from just 39 balls. tournament prize pool by 320 percent from the 2018 “We need to focus, especially in fielding. But I trust At the other end, player-of-the-tournament Mooney event, but it still fell short of what the men receive. 21-1, Kimmince 4-0-17-1, Carey 4-0-23-1 this team. It’s part of the game, sometimes you win and Result: Australia won by 85 runs. quietly went about her business to bring up her ninth T20 To counter that, CA pledged a further $US600,000 to sometimes you lose. You have to keep learning.” half-century before three late wickets fell. ensure parity if Australia won. —AFP straight for the first time since 2016. Dominik Lightning top Kahun scored the lone goal for the skidding Sabres, who dropped their sixth in a row. Healy claims family Bruins in penalty Goaltender Carter Hutton stopped 21 shots. HURRICANES 3, ISLANDERS 2 (OT) filled game Vincent Trocheck scored a power-play bragging rights after goal 96 seconds into overtime, and Carolina BOSTON: Andrei Vasilevskiy held on with 35 picked up a crucial victory over New York at stunning knock saves throughout a tumultuous night as the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the host Boston Hurricanes snapped a four-game losing MELBOURNE: Australia’s pugnacious wicketkeep- Bruins, 5-3, on Saturday. Anthony Cirelli and streak with the win. The first 55 seconds of er-batswoman Alyssa Healy has another claim for Mikhail Sergachev scored short-handed, and overtime were played 3-on-3 due to penal- bragging rights in her famous cricketing family after Cedric Paquette and Alex Killorn also tallied ties on Carolina’s Brady Skjei and New York’s starring in her team’s fifth Women’s Twenty20 as the Lightning won for just the third time in Mathew Barzal in the final minute of regula- World Cup triumph yesterday. their last eight games. Nikita Kucherov added tion. Barzal’s penalty was a four-minute high Opener Healy led from the front with a brilliant an empty-netter. Charlie McAvoy, Sean sticking for drawing blood on Jordan Staal, 39-ball 75 as Meg Lanning’s Australia roared to an Kuraly and David Pastrnak scored for the and the Hurricanes had 2:27 of power-play 85-run win in front of a crowd of 86,000 at the Bruins, who had a four-game winning streak time in overtime. snapped. Tuukka Rask made 20 saves. The Melbourne Cricket Ground on International teams combined for 94 penalty minutes after CAPITALS 5, PENGUINS 2 Women’s Day. playing four days earlier in a 2-1 Bruins win at Nic Dowd produced his first career multi- Her husband Mitchell Starc, fast bowler for the Tampa Bay. Barclay Goodrow got it started ple-goal game with two goals and an assist SUNRISE: Xavier Ouellet #61 of the Montreal Canadiens defends against Australian men’s team, was among the thrilled fans, on an elbow to the head of Ondrej Kase at as Washington won a Metropolitan Division Dominic Toninato #14 of the Florida Panthers in front of Goaltender Charlie having come home early from the tour of South 5:01 of the first period, and the Bruins went showdown against host Pittsburgh. Nicklas Lindgren #39 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Panthers defeated the Africa to watch his wife hammer the Indian on the power play. But it was the Lightning Backstrom, T.J. Oshie and Richard Panik each Canadiens 4-1. —AFP bowlers. who scored, not once but twice during the had a goal and an assist for the Capitals (41- Five years before at the same venue, Starc same penalty kill, 62 seconds apart. Tampa 20-7), who built a 4-0 lead en route to end- bowled New Zealand’s hard-hitting captain Bay eventually led 3-0, a lead it would not ing a two-game losing streak and maintain- allowed only a single goal as host Edmonton overtime as visiting Ottawa skated to a victo- Brendon McCullum for a duck in the final of the relinquish.