Australia wins ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022
Highlights:
- Australia beat England by 71 runs in the finals to claim their seventh Women’s World Cup on April 03, 2022, at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Australia posted a record of 356 on the board. In reply, Nat Sciver waged a lone battle and remained unbeaten on 148 but it was not enough as England was bowled out for 285 in 43.4 overs.
- Alyssa Healy of Australia scored 170 runs in the match, the highest individual score made by any cricketer, male or female, in the World Cup Final.
- She was also the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 509 runs.
- The Player of the Tournament went to Alyssa Healy.
- Sophie Ecclestone of England was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 21 dismissals.
- The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup was the 12th edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup.
- The tournament was held in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April 2022.
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