Australia crowned Women’s T20 World Cup champions for sixth time

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Australia are Women’s T20 World Cup champions once again after they denied South Africa in front of a packed crowd at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.

Beth Mooney top-scored with 74* as the world’s top-ranked team posted 156/6, and a brilliant bowling display saw South Africa stifled in their chase, with the Proteas falling 20 runs short of their target.

Their victory means Australia have now won six Women’s T20 World Cup titles, and they have completed a ‘three-peat’ under the captaincy of Meg Lanning, winning in 2018, 2020 and now 2023.

South Africa would have been confident of chasing down such a total prior to the game, but brilliant bowling and a sluggish start to the chase left them with far much to do, and the home crowd could only applaud as Australia celebrated yet another World title in their extraordinary era of dominance.