Twitter Reactions: Beth Mooney, bowlers shine as Australia bag sixth T20 world title

Beth Mooney's 74* off 53 triumphed over Laura Wolvaardt's 61 off 48 in the final at Cape Town.

By Sumeet Kavthale

Updated - 26 Feb 2023, 21:12 IST

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The Australian team won their sixth Women's T20 World Cup title with a deserving win in the final against South Africa on Sunday (February 26). Beth Mooney's unbeaten 74 off 53 guided them to a challenging total of 156/6 but the hosts put in an admirable fight in their chase.

Laura Wolvaardt smashed her third consecutive fifty in the tournament but the Proteas fell 19 runs short in a heart-breaking loss. Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat first at Cape Town's Newlands. Both teams remained unchanged from their respective thrilling wins in the semi-final fixtures.

Alyssa Healy gave Australia a good start but couldn't convert it into a big knock as Marizanne Kapp gave the hosts an opening with her wicket in the fifth over. However, Mooney and the world no.1 all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner dominated the first 10 overs as the pair pulled off a quick 46-run partnership for the second wicket, with Gardner smashing 29 off 21.

However, South African bowlers made a good comeback in the middle overs to contain Australia from putting in mammoth total. Shabnim Ismail and Kapp took two wickets each while Nonkululeko Mlaba and Chloe Tryon bagged one each.

In-form duo of Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits struggled at the start with the latter scoring just 10 off 17. However, Wolvaardt kept the scorecard moving from another end even though South Africa kept losing wickets regularly at the other end. Mooney ran out captain Sune Luus on just two runs as South Africa were left 54/3 in 10.4 overs.

But Wolvaardt and Tryon formed a crucial 55-run partnership for the fourth wicket to balance the game. Wolvaardt smashed 61 off 48 and looked confident, however, Megan Schutt dismissed her in the 17th over to end South Africa's hopes.

Jess Jonassen further killed the game with Tryon's wicket in the next over as the Proteas managed to score just 137/6 in 20 overs. Wolvaardt's fifty helped her top the scoring chart in the tournament with 230 runs in six innings while England's Sophie Ecclestone topped the bowling chart with 11 wickets in five innings.

Here is how Twitter is reacting to Australia's win in the World Cup final:

Johns.verified@CricCrazyJohns
Most ICC Trophies as a captain: Meg Lanning - 5 Ricky Ponting - 4 MS Dhoni - 3
09:37 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Australian Women's Cricket Team 🏏verified@AusWomenCricket
🔹 2020 T20 World Cup final: 78* 🔹 2022 ODI World Cup final: 62 🔹 2023 T20 World Cup final: 53*...and not done yet! That's why we call Beth Mooney Mrs Consistent! #T20WorldCup
07:48 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Arnav Singh@Arnavv43
Cricketers to score 50+ in finals of both Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cups Kumar Sangakkara Gautam Gambhir Ben Stokes Alyssa Healy Beth Mooney Sangakkara and Mooney have scored in multiple T20 World Cup finals as well as Cricket World Cup final
08:36 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Mohit Shahverified@mohit_shah17
Laura Wolvaardt doesn't have a #WPL contract That is the franchise's loss #T20WorldCup
09:06 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Arnav Singh@Arnavv43
Most World Cup titles in women 's cricket Australia - 13 England - 5 New Zealand - 1 West Indies - 1 #t20worldcupfinal #AUSvsSA #Cricket #SAvAUS #T20WorldCup
09:42 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳@sri_ashutosh08
Congratulations to Australia for winning Women's T20 World Cup Final🏆 #SAWvsAUSW #AUSvsSA #t20worldcupfinal #AUSWvsSAW
09:41 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Royal Challengers Bangaloreverified@RCBTweets
Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt are World Champions again! 🔥 #PlayBold #AUSvSA #T20WorldCup
09:32 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Jatin Sapruverified@jatinsapru
Pretty hard to believe Laura Wolvaardt went unsold at the WPL auction. I mean.. seriously? #T20Worldcupfinal
09:12 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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Proteas Womenverified@ProteasWomenCSA
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK Laura Wolvaardt does the 3-peat as her seventh T20I half-century is also her third in a row #T20WorldCup #AUSvSA #MyHero #AlwaysRising
09:09 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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ICCverified@ICC
Australia complete the second hat-trick of ICC Women's #T20WorldCup titles 🔥 WHAT A TEAM! #AUSvSA | #TurnItUp
09:37 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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ICCverified@ICC
Australia complete the second hat-trick of ICC Women's #T20WorldCup titles 🔥 WHAT A TEAM! #AUSvSA | #TurnItUp
09:37 PM · Feb 26, 2023
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