{"id":362224,"date":"2026-07-07T04:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=362224"},"modified":"2026-07-07T04:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:58:16","slug":"england-come-up-short-as-australia-win-womens-t20-world-cup-at-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/england-come-up-short-as-australia-win-womens-t20-world-cup-at-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"England come up short as Australia win Women\u2019s T20 World Cup at Lord\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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England were dealt familiar heartache in a World Cup final as Australia claimed a record-extending seventh Women\u2019s T20 crown with a thumping seven-wicket win at Lord\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nat Sciver-Brunt, who carried son Theo out together with her for the national anthems, top-scored but used 53 deliveries in her unbeaten 58 and England\u2019s 150 for 4 proved meat and drink for his or her Ashes rivals.<\/p>\n

Australia made it 7-0 in World Cup finals over England as Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield broke the back of the chase with a 100-partnership in 67 balls to dampen the spirits of a 28,887-strong sellout crowd.<\/p>\n

England won all six games to achieve this showpiece and lend credence to the concept that they might buck the trend against their oldest foes but Australia, also unbeaten on this tournament, remain a cut above in the ladies\u2019s game, with Mooney\u2019s 64 and Litchfield\u2019s 48 backing up their earlier discipline with the ball.<\/p>\n

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Cavalier approach<\/h2>\n

Mooney and Litchfield showed a cavalier approach that eluded England, who were bidding to invoke the spirit of 2017 \u2013 the last time they won a World Cup, the 50-over edition, also on home soil.<\/p>\n

While Sciver-Brunt\u2019s side were unable to create their very own Lionesses or Red Roses moment, they’ve made large strides in recent weeks and can rue having to bat first on a sluggish Lord\u2019s pitch.<\/p>\n

Amy Jones registered her fifth single-figure rating in six innings when she drove loosely to gully and while Danni Wyatt-Hodge passed 300 tournament runs, she gloved Annabel Sutherland down the leg-side and Mooney, as much as the stumps, accomplished the catch on the second attempt.<\/p>\n

Sciver-Brunt authoritatively drove her first ball through the covers to the rope but England couldn’t cut loose, and while Alice Capsey temporarily broke the shackles with 16 off Ash Gardner, she was bowled for 23 after missing a reverse sweep off Sophie Molineux.<\/p>\n

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DEJECTED: England players after the ultimate at Lord\u2019s.
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Sent packing<\/h2>\n

Heather Knight was deceived by the metronomic Kim Garth\u2019s leg-cutter and plumb lbw, although Nicola Carey gave Kemp a let-off on eight after fumbling a pick-up that likely would have led to a run-out.<\/p>\n

While Sciver-Brunt held the innings together, she couldn’t get going, frequently finding the sweeper fielder and contributing just five fours in total.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Kemp, who must have been run-out on 27 just for Mooney to wildly throw over the stumps, showed more urgency and got England to 150 with an enormous hit for six in Molineux\u2019s final over as she and Sciver-Brunt placed on an unbroken 80.<\/p>\n

Charlie Dean thought she had made the breakthrough in the primary over of the reply after beating Georgia Voll on the surface edge, however the umpire\u2019s decision was overturned because the ball pitched outside leg-stump.<\/p>\n

Voll was sent packing when she dragged on to her stumps off Lauren Bell, who was otherwise wayward and expensive, and the choice to present her a second over within the powerplay backfired as Mooney rattled off three fours.<\/p>\n

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VICTORY: Australia\u2019s Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry rejoice after the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Seething<\/h2>\n

Australia\u2019s 50 was brought up in only the fifth over when Charlie Dean was dispatched over deep midwicket by Litchfield, who alongside Mooney were capable of find the boundary rope, piercing the gaps and manipulating the sphere in a way England couldn’t do earlier.<\/p>\n

Sophie Ecclestone, rated as England\u2019s best bowler, was not introduced until the eighth over and by then Australia\u2019s top-order duo were set.<\/p>\n

While Litchfield fell wanting a fifty as Dean rearranged her stumps, any hint of an England comeback narrowed with Mooney pumping one other three fours in an over off Kemp.<\/p>\n

Mooney\u2019s 49-ball knock ended with Australia still needing 11 for victory when she was trapped in front by Ecclestone, who claimed a low catch at mid-on to seemingly see off Ellyse Perry just for the third umpire to rule the ball brushed the turf first.<\/p>\n

England especially were left seething by the controversial decision before Australia got over the road with 17 balls to spare when Ecclestone\u2019s wide delivery flew to the boundary.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/em><\/strong> Nat Sciver-Brunt stars as England reach T20 World Cup final with South Africa win<\/p>\n

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England were dealt familiar heartache in a World Cup final as Australia claimed a record-extending seventh Women\u2019s T20 crown with a thumping seven-wicket win at Lord\u2019s. Nat Sciver-Brunt, who carried son Theo out together with her for the national anthems, top-scored but used 53 deliveries in her unbeaten 58 and England\u2019s 150 for 4 proved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[511,1060,5386,2557,5243,5543,658,3370,813],"class_list":["post-362224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-australia","tag-cup","tag-england","tag-lords","tag-short","tag-t20","tag-win","tag-womens","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t