What we learned from the women’s Twenty20 World Cup vanguardnews
Australia’s captain Meg Lanning holds a trophy as she celebrates with the teammates after winning the Twenty20 women’s cricket World Cup final between Asutralia and India in Melbourne on March 8, 2020.
In their sixth final out of seven in the global showpiece, Australia won for a fifth time with a near flawless performance. The event also marked another move toward gender equality with prize money significantly boosted, although it still fell short of the amount the men receive.To counter this, Cricket Australia pledged a further US$600,000 to ensure parity if Australia were to win.
While she misfired in the final, her exploits propelled her to the top of the ICC T20 batting rankings, only the second Indian after Mithali Raj to achieve the feat. “You’d hope now there is going to be a rule change… and moving forward, no other team will have to experience going out of a World Cup purely because of rain,” said “gutted” England skipper Heather Knight.
After struggling in their opening three games, they put together an imposing 150 for 3 against Pakistan, their highest score in T20s, before rain ruined hopes of a maiden World Cup win.
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