Winning the cup, losing a cap
Haidee Tiffen looks back at the 2000 women's World Cup
13-Mar-2009
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My best memory of the World Cup is obviously our win against Australia in the final.
To become world champions in front of our home crowd was truly special and it was
New Zealand's first world title as well - Australia and England had scrapped for it
in the previous World Cups.
The match went down to the wire. Australia needed five runs to win and
we needed one wicket. Offspinner Clare Nicholson came to bowl the final over and
Charmaine Mason edged the first ball to our keeper, Rebecca Rolls.
All I remember
after that is throwing my cap into the crowd during the celebrations and feeling gutted that I had just
thrown my New Zealand cap away! I still haven't recovered it, obviously.
That win was
the best highlight of my career to date.
As told to Nishi Narayanan