An 18-year-old world champion

Multiple-stopover flights could not faze Leigh Kasperek as she downed Australia yet again

The West Indies captain grew up playing with men who never gave her an inch. That initiation helped make her one of the best players on the women's circuit

Their World T20 title was thanks largely to their players gaining experience playing around the world, following the WICB's takeover of the women's game

The WBBL helped West Indies but maybe not Australia. And double-headers may be redundant now

Consistency across the tournament and performances at key moments were given equal weightage while picking ESPNcricinfo's 2016 Women's World T20 XI, which includes four frontline batsmen, two allrounders, a wicketkeeper and four bowlers

West Indies Women converted their maiden appearance in a World Twenty20 final into a historic victory at Eden Gardens, beating three-time defending champions Australia Women for the first time in a T20 international

For the first time ever, a team other than Australia, England or New Zealand had won a world event. West Indies broke up the cartel by chasing an improbable target against one of women's cricket's greatest ever teams

West Indies Women captain Stafanie Taylor has said her team cannot quite believe it that they are the new World T20 winners, after they beat three-time champions Australia by eight wickets in the final in Kolkata