ICC World Twenty20 Women’s final came to a conclusion at Lord’s when England beat New Zealand by six wickets.

A devastating spell of high-class swing bowling from Katherine Brunt helped England beat New Zealand comfortably to win the Women’s ICC World Twenty20.

Player of the tournament Claire Taylor hit an unbeaten 39 as England won by six wickets with 18 balls to go.

England now hold the Ashes, the 50-over World Cup and the Twenty20 trophies.

In contrast to their nervous performance in the field in the semi-final at The Oval, when Australia hit 163-5, this was a highly-polished display by all the bowlers and the fielders, not least wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor who took a stumping and two fine catches.

Scoreboard:

New Zealand Women innings (20 overs maximum)

SW Bates st SJ Taylor b Marsh 1

LR Doolan c SJ Taylor b Brunt 14

AL Watkins b Brunt 2

AE Satterthwaite   c SC Taylor b Shaw 19

RH Priest c & b Brunt 0

NJ Browne b Shaw 1

SJ McGlashan c Greenway b Gunn 9

SJ Tsukigawa c SJ Taylor b Gunn 5

SFM Devine run out (Greenway/SJ Taylor) 10

KL Pulford c SC Taylor b Edwards 14

SEA Ruck not out 0

Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 1) 10

Total (all out; 20 overs) 85

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-10, 3-23, 4-23, 5-31, 6-48, 7-58, 8-62, 9-84, 10-85

Bowling:LA Marsh:4-0-16-1-4.00,KH Brunt:4-2-6-3-1.50,NJ Shaw:4-0-17-2-4.25,HL Colvin:4-0-16-0-4.00,JL Gunn:3-0-19-2-6.33,CM Edwards:1-0-6-1-6.00

England Women innings (target: 86 runs from 20 overs)

SJ Taylor c Priest b Pulford 23

CM Edwards b Ruck 9

SC Taylor not out 39

BL Morgan c McGlashan b Browne 6

LS Greenway b Devine 3

JL Gunn not out 2

Extras (lb 1, w 3) 4

Total (4 wickets; 17 overs) 86

Fall of wickets:1-19, 2-39, 3-70, 4-74

Bowling:SFM Devine:3-0-12-1-4.00,SEA Ruck:4-0-17-1-4.25,KL Pulford:4-0-20-1-5.00,SW Bates:2-0-8-0-4.00,NJ Browne:3-0-18-1-6.00,LR Doolan:1-0-10-0-10.00

England Women won the 2009 ICC Women’s World Twenty20

Player of the match: KH Brunt (England Women)

Player of the series: SC Taylor (England Women)

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England beat New Zealand in the final of the 2009 Women’s World Cup tournament at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney in Australia to win the title for the third time. The other two matches for the 3rd place play-off between Australia and India ended with India beating Australia by 3 wickets and the West Indies beating Pakistan by 3 wickets as well.

In the final New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first, but were bowled out for 166 in 47.2 overs. Lucy Doolan was the top scorer for New Zealand with 48 and Nicky Shaw finished with the best bowling figures for England taking 4/34. Chasing the target of 167 England was comfortable in their chase until they lost some quick wickets towards the end. Ultimately Nicky Shaw came to the rescue again to guide England to the title after some anxious moments. Lucy Doolan was the star bowler for New Zealand taking 3/23.

Nicky Shaw of England was declared the player of the match and Sarah Taylor was declared the player of the series. This is England’s first World Cup win after their triumph in the 1993 World Cup final.

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