Healy, Mooney side Australia fifth T20 World Cup title
A rampant Australia emphatically swept with their fifth women's 2020 World Cup subject Sunday, crushing India by 85 runs before a lot more than 86,000 admirers at the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
Alyssa Healy smashed a quick-fire 75 and Beth Mooney an unbeaten 78 as the defending champions plundered an ominous 184 for four -- the highest score ever found in a women's T20 final.
India could only manage 99 all out found in answer end a 17-working day tournament that reinforced Australia's dominance, having now won five of the seven Universe Cups held.
"I'm just really proud of this group of players," said Australian skipper Meg Lanning.
"There was a whole lot of expectation on us, inside and out. Definitely some a down economy in there, but we stuck with each other, acquired each other's backs.
"It has been massive, 86,000 persons at the MCG, I've under no circumstances experienced it before and didn't think I'd participate it in the centre," she added.
The blockbuster showdown between your world's top-ranked team and fast-improving India was billed as the largest in women's cricket history.
A #FilltheMCG campaign premiered to help take the sport to a new generation and followers responded with 86,174 attending, despite fears about the deadly coronavirus that has seen other global sports cancelled or played nowadays.
They were targeting the official community record for a women's sporting fixture -- place at the 1999 soccer World Cup last when 90,185 watched america defeat China in California -- but fell just short.
It was nevertheless a record crowd for a good women's cricket video game helped by the lure of pop superstar Katy Perry, who performed before and following the game.
Australia arrived to their sixth successive last as heavy favourites, as opposed to India who were using their first decider.
India had upset Lanning's team found in the opening game of the tournament, nevertheless they never got a look in on Sunday.
"I still have a whole lot of faith in my team," said disappointed Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
"We have to focus, specifically in fielding. But I trust this team. It's area of the game, in some cases you win and occasionally you lose. You must keep learning."
After Australia gained the toss, Healy showed her intent with a boundary off Deepti Sharma's first ball.
She smacked two more within an eventful beginning over which as well saw her dropped by Shafali Verma.
Opening partner Mooney also possessed an early on let-off, with Rajeshwari Gayakwad adding down a captured and bowled prospect when she was about eight.
India was jittery and an aggressive Healy smashed two big sixes in succession off Gayakwad before bringing up her 12th T20 half-century.
They reached 91 without loss at the halfway mark, with Healy then hitting three consecutive sixes off Shikha Pandey.
Her luck finally ran out choosing another big one, caught for 75 from simply 39 balls.
At the other end, player-of-the-tournament Mooney quietly went about her business to talk about her ninth T20 half-century before three past due wickets fell.
Horror start for India
India got off to a horror focus on explosive 16-year-good old opener Verma, who has used the tournament to announce herself, out for two.
Taniya Bhatia retired harm after being hit on the helmet before Jemimah Rodrigues fell without scoring. India had been in big trouble at 32 for four after Smriti Mandhana and Kaur both gone cheaply.
Sharma hit a good battling 33 but it was never going to be enough seeing that Megan Schutt took 4-18.
It capped an engrossing final that Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts said reflected the sport's growing level of popularity, while a boost in prize money strengthened a force for gender equality.
The International Cricket Council bumped up the tournament prize pool by 320 percent from the 2018 event, nonetheless it nonetheless fell short of what the men receive.
To counter that, CA pledged an additional $US600,000 to make sure parity if Australia gained.
