Australia vs England ICC Women’s World T20: Mitchell Johnson to Shane Warne, How Twitter Praised Southern Stars After They Beat England to Clinch Record Fourth Title

Australia vs England ICC Women's World T20: Australia women emerged trumps against England as they lifted the fourth Women's World T20 title.

Published date india.com Published: November 25, 2018 10:22 AM IST
Australia vs England ICC Women's World T20: Mitchell Johnson to Shane Warne, How Twitter Praised Southern Stars After They Beat England to Clinch Record Fourth Title

Australia vs England ICC Women’s World T20: Australia women emerged trumps against England as they lifted the fourth Women’s World T20 title. Ashleigh Gardner’s splendid show with the bat and the ball starred as Australia gunned down England’s paltry 106 with 29 balls t spare. The convincing manner in which the Southern Stars outclassed England got the Twitter buzzing as cricketers from Australia loved the victory.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

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England Women won the toss and opted to bat first but did not get anywhere near to what they would have been hoping. Apart from Danielle Wyatt’s 43 and captain Heather Knights 15, no other batter got double digits as well and that is what hurt England as they set an easy 106 for Australia to win. Ashleigh Gardner with three wickets was the pick of the Australian bowlers.

In reply, Australia got home with 29 balls to spare and eight wickets in hand. Alyssa Healy who has had a good tournament scored 22 as Ashleigh it was again with the bat as she took Australia over the line and remained unbeaten on 33 and predictably she bagged the Player of the Match award as Alyssa Healy won the Player of the Series award for her consistent show throughout the campaign.

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