AUS Women vs WI Women, Final at Mumbai, , Feb 17 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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Final (D/N), Brabourne, February 17, 2013, ICC Women's World Cup
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(43.1/50 ov, T:260) 145

AUS Women won by 114 runs

Player Of The Match
75 (76)
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Player Of The Series
407 runs • 4 wkts
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WI-W
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9.40 pm I'll have the presentation for you in a bit ...

The Player of the Final is Jess Cameron, for scoring 75 and setting up a match-winning total. "It was good we had a good team performance," she says. "The pitch played really well today, it was tough on the bowlers. We have plenty of batters and I knew if I went out at any time someone else would take over. Ellyse Perry and Shooter also bowled very well today ..."

The Player of the Tournament is New Zealand's Suzie Bates. "Yeak look it's a bit disappointing to finish fourth, but on a personal level it's a bit pleasing. I would have liked to have timed some of my runs against West Indies ..." She says her century against Australia was her highlight of the tournament.

The West Indian players are going up to receive medals for making the final.

Merissa Aguilleira: "We really have to give it to Australia, they played good cricket throughout the tournament. We played good cricket to reach here ... We had some mishaps in the field and we went offtrack, it was all about executing but we did not do that. We really didn't come up to the plate today. It's hard luck for us but we did well ..."

The Australians are coming up to receive their winners' medals. Jodie Fields is the last one ... "We spoke a lot about coming into this match and dominating and I think we did that ... what more can you ask for. It was smart batting by Meg, Jess Cameron and Rachael Haynes ... to come back and score 260 was good for us. I did have a nervous moment at the top of her mark [Ellyse Perry] but she came good for us today ..."

The Australians have their World Cup trophy and the celebrations are continuing. They are singing their celebratory song ... I caught a line that said "We are the Southern Stars." They'll be singing that late into the night ...

We'll have a lot more news and analysis up on the site soon. Abhishek Purohit will be working late into the night writing stories. But that's all I have for you right now. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of the tournament. Cheers.

9.25pm Australia have won their sixth World Cup. Ellyse Perry has a stump as a souvenir and she deserves one. She's had a stunning game, Australia have had a stunning game. Outclassed West Indies in every discipline. There are a lot of hugs and smiles, nothing too exuberant because this result was a forgone conclusion very early in the chase.

Australia's vice-captain, Alex Blackwell: "This is a great job, we didn't have it easy, we were challenged through the tournament, it's very special feeling, we're going to celebrate this one. We were hoping more like 280, but with runs on the board we backed our bowlers ... lot's of support from back home too."

Schutt: "It's a privilege to be here, best feeling in the world ... such a trooper [Ellyse Perry] coming in with an injury and taking those wickets ..."

Sarah Coyte: "Amazing, this is what we train for ... very glad to be part of it tonight."

Ellyse Perry: "It;s a lovely feeling to achieve what we have over the last few months ... it's a bit sore [ankle] but it's alright ... holly's been a star for us, I probably felt a bit of pressure as I replaced her tonight." Perry says she's looking forward to bowling with Holly Ferling in the future.

Julie Hunter says she's thrilled to have been part of the double - the World T20 and the World Cup. "A lot can happen in four years and we worked hard to make sure we change that result [of the previous world cup]."

43.1
W
Hunter to Smartt, OUT

and it's an epic catch to end the World Cup! Lisa Sthalekar moves nimbly to her right at short midwicket and dives full length to take the catch inches from the ground. Smartt had chipped it tamely in the air.

Tremayne Smartt c Sthalekar b Hunter 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0

Julie Hunter's back for her second spell...

end of over 434 runs • 1 wicket
WI-W: 145/9CRR: 3.37 RRR: 16.42
Kyshona Knight21 (57b 3x4)
Tremayne Smartt0 (0b)
Erin Osborne 7-2-26-2
Ellyse Perry 10-3-19-3
42.6
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, no run

left alone outside off stump

42.5
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, no run

she loses balance as she slogs across the line and is beaten by a slow off break

42.4
4
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, FOUR runs

Knight hits the ball over mid-on and collects another boundary

42.3
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, no run

defended off the back foot on the off side

The injured Smartt is the last batsman for West Indies

42.2
W
Osborne to Anisa Mohammed, OUT

caught at deep midwicket! Schutt runs in to catch the ball on the move after Mohammed advanced and slogged across the line. Only one more to take now.

Anisa Mohammed c Schutt b Osborne 14 (26b 2x4 0x6 28m) SR: 53.84
42.1
Osborne to Anisa Mohammed, no run

defended from the crease

end of over 425 runs
WI-W: 141/8CRR: 3.35 RRR: 14.87
Kyshona Knight17 (53b 2x4)
Anisa Mohammed14 (24b 2x4)
Ellyse Perry 10-3-19-3
Erin Osborne 6-2-22-1
41.6
4
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, FOUR runs

a full toss outside off stump, Knight swings hard and gets a top edge that flies to the third man boundary. Perry finishes a spell that broke the back of the West Indian chase - 10-3-19-3. Terrific figures.

41.6
1w
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, 1 wide

that's a wide down leg side

41.5
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, no run

Knight tries to hit down the ground and only manages a bottom edge into the ground, this is meandering towards an inevitable Australian win

41.4
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, no run

a bouncer! We haven't seen that at all today, Knight tries to pull but is beaten

41.3
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, no run

a full toss outside off stump, driven to cover once again

41.2
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, no run

in the blockhole outside off stump, driven towards cover

41.1
Perry to Kyshona A Knight, no run

good length outside off, hit hard from the crease towards point

end of over 415 runs
WI-W: 136/8CRR: 3.31 RRR: 13.77
Anisa Mohammed14 (24b 2x4)
Kyshona Knight13 (47b 1x4)
Erin Osborne 6-2-22-1
Ellyse Perry 9-3-14-3
40.6
Osborne to Anisa Mohammed, no run

defended on the back foot on the off side

40.5
4
Osborne to Anisa Mohammed, FOUR runs

Mohammed pulls out the slog sweep and it beats Schutt's dive on the backward square leg boundary

40.4
Osborne to Anisa Mohammed, no run

Mohammed pushes forward to defend but gets beaten outside off

40.3
1
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, 1 run

dabbed off the back foot towards point

40.2
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, no run

pushed off the front foot on the off side, they aren't trying anymore, the focus is on survival

40.1
Osborne to Kyshona A Knight, no run

blocked off the front foot

It's academic, but West Indies need 129 runs in the final ten overs.

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