Women’s ICC World T20: England beat New Zealand by 8 wickets
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)
Tags: England Vs New Zealand, ICC T20 World Cup, Women's ICC World T20, women's world cup