On April 3, 2022, Meg Lanning and company won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup after beating England. As a result, the unbeatable Australian squad achieved a record-breaking seventh victory. Heather Knight, the captain of England, decided to field first after winning the toss.
England’s strategy backfired as Australia’s ruthless top-order pounded England bowlers into the ground. Alyssa Healy and Rachael Haynes, Australia’s first pair, effectively eliminated England from the match.
When she put up a 160-run opening combination with Haynes, Healy in particular seemed to be in the best shape of her life.
In order to deflate England’s sails after Haynes was dismissed in the 30th over, Healy teamed up with Beth Mooney. When Healy was ultimately out, she had already reached a spectacular century and had all but batted England out of the match. Healy scored 170 in only 138 balls, hitting 26 fours in the process.
Every England bowler, save Anya Shrubsole, received enough of runs. At 356/5, Australia’s last score seemed to be the end for England.
England got off to the worst start imaginable while pursuing the intimidating objective.
With an absolutely flawless delivery in the third over, Megan Schutt eliminated Danni Wyatt. Tammy Beaumont attacked the Australians after Wyatt was sent out and seemed to be in excellent form. Schutt, though, struck once more by catching Beaumont in front of the stumps.
Nat Sciver didn’t waste her wicket despite wickets tumbling at the other end. Sciver initially built a 48-run partnership with captain Heather Knight. Australia continued to put pressure on England despite the fact that this combination helped to guide them out of danger.
The likes of Amy Jones and Sophia Dunkley were unable to turn their strong beginnings into significant scores when the needed rate increased. Sciver was the one who persevered and scored a magnificent century.
In a World Cup final, it might be challenging to pursue a large objective. Sciver’s tough knock is thus genuinely unique and a credit to her quality. But, Sciver was unable to stop the great Australians from triumphing in the crucial match. Australia ultimately prevailed by 71 runs to end their five-year search for a seventh ODI championship.
