The record-breaking Aussie skipper has often had the wood over her Indian counterpart Harmanpreet Kaur,but the tables turned in the inaugural final of the WPL T20 tournament.
In the World Cup final,Australia kept South Africa where they’ve kept the world for a decade:at arm’s length. All that remains for this extraordinary,pioneering team is to be beaten.
When Ellyse Perry returned to the Australian T20 side in 2021,more than a year after tearing her hamstring during the home T20 World Cup,it appeared the shortest form of the game had left her behind.
Australia’s march into another World Cup final coincides with unprecedented numbers of girls playing cricket.
The reigning champions are through to their seventh straight women’s T20 World Cup final after a five-run win over India in the semis.
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Despite an injury to Alyssa Healy and a fast start by South Africa,Australia won through to the final four.
Meg Lanning’s side joined Sri Lanka on two wins from two in Group 1 after comfortably chasing down 108 at the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.
The star all-rounder was among a host of Australians to secure big paydays at the Women’s Premier League auction in Mumbai.
Ash Gardner’s first five-wicket haul in international cricket helped Australia thump New Zealand in South Africa.
Cricketers from across the globe are hailing the introduction of the Women’s Premier League - the women’s answer to the IPL - with one even describing it as a “middle finger up to all those people who have devalued women’s sport”.