Australia 184-4;
India 99 | Australia win by 85 runsAlyssa Healy hits ‘outrageous shot’ during her 75 Before the Women’s Twenty20
World Cup final on Sunday, various participants had called it the “biggest game” ever in women’s cricket. In literal terms that turned out to be true, with a crowd of 86,174 at the Melbourne
Cricket Ground coming close to the all-time record for women’s sport of 90,185. The size of the occasion also decided the result: Australia rose to it, India were overwhelmed by it.
After Australia won the toss, openers Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney lit up the MCG to score at 10 runs per over through a partnership of 115. Australia ended up with 184 at four wickets down, before India lost big-hitting opener Shafali Verma in the first over of their innings before subsiding to 99 all out.