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Anya Shrubsole has been adjudged Player of the Match of in the final for her remarkable spell late in the innings. She claimed six wickets to win the match at the home of cricket Lord’s. Her late charges fired England to historic victory against India. Now, her name will be written on Lord’s famous board for taking a fifer.
A late collapse from India, sparked by five wickets haul in 19 balls from Shrubsole, saw England snatch an unlikely victory by nine runs
Giving India an early shock in the form of Mandhana, Shrubsole was trying to give England another breakthrough. But she has to wait for a long. With Punam Raut (86) and Harmanpreet Kaur, who played the final with right shoulder niggle, built a 95-run crucial partnership for the third wicket. Raut-Kaur stand was shouldering India close to the victory but Kaur, who was looking for big shots, was removed by Alex Hartley for 51 and that dented India.
In the 43rd over, Shrubsole trapped Raut lbw for 86. The wicket proved costly for India. It was also a big wicket for England. This has changed the course of the match as well. Following Raut’s dismissal, India suffered a big collapse as they lost six wickets for 28 runs.
Not a single batswomen other than Veda Krishnamurthy managed to defy England bowlers. From 44.4 overs to 48.4 she has taken four wickets- Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad -and run out one. Her bowling late in the innings snatched the match from India.
Player of the Match
Meanwhile, England opener Tamsin Beaumont has been adjudged Player of the Tournament of the ICC Women’s World Cup after England registered a historic victory against India on Sunday. She finished the tournament with 410 runs in nine matches at an average of 45.55.
This was the maiden World Cup for her and she scored 23 in the final as England scored 228 batting first. India, in reply, was restricted for 219.
Beaumont got off to a slow start in the tournament when she managed 40 in the opening match against India, but third turned in her favour against South Africa in Bristol when she scored mind-blowing 148 off 145 balls with 22 fours and a six.
Her next innings included 49 against Australia in Bristol, 93 against New Zealand in Derby, 42 against the West Indies in Bristol and 15 in the semi-final against South Africa in Bristol.
ICC’s five-member panel selected Beaumont as Player of the Tournament. The committee was comprised of Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager – Cricket, and Chairman Event Technical Committee), former England captain Charlotte Edwards, former Australia all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar, former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop and former India player turned journalist Snehal Pradhan.
This award and the World Cup will surely inspire her to play better cricket and offer good cricket to the fans.
She was chased by Indian skipper Mithali Raj who scored 409 runs at an average of 45.44.
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