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Heartbreak at Lord’s for cricket fans in India after falling short by 9 runs in the ICC Women World Cup Final.
With the sixth wicket of Shrubsole of Rajeshwari Gayakwad the Indian women cricketers were all out at 2019 and allowing England to life their fourth World Cup title.
England Women:
228/7 | Overs – 50.0 | R/R – 4.56 | 4’s – 18 | 6’s – 0 | Xtra – 11
India Women:
2019/10 | Overs – 48.4 | R/R – 4.52 | 4’s – 16 | 6’s – 3 | Xtra – 11
What Men Cricketer Saying:
Irfan Pathan’s tweet – Hard luck team India @BCCIWomen that was an exciting game to watch.
Virender Sehwag’s tweet – Super proud of the girls. Tough luck today but womens cricket in India has truly arrived. Thank you girls. Salute your spirit.
Player of the Series – Tammy Beaumon
Player of the Match – Anya Shrubsole
India Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Smriti Mandhana, 1.4 ov), 2-43 (Mithali Raj, 12.1 ov), 3-138 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 33.3 ov), 4-191 (Poonam Raut, 42.5 ov), 5-196 (Sushma Verma, 43.3 ov), 6-200 (Veda Krishnamurthy, 44.4 ov), 7-201 (Jhulan Goswami, 45 ov), 8-218 (Shikha Pandey, 47.3 ov), 9-218 (Deepti Sharma, 48.1 ov), 10-219 (Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 48.4 ov),
England Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Lauren Winfield, 11.1 ov), 2-60 (Tammy Beaumont, 14.3 ov), 3-63 (Heather Knight, 16.1 ov), 4-146 (Sarah Taylor, 32.4 ov), 5-146 (Fran Wilson, 32.5 ov), 6-164 (Natalie Sciver, 37.1 ov), 7-196 (Katherine Brunt, 46 ov),
– India earlier in 2005 lost Women’s World Cup by 98 runs against Australia in Centurion, South Africa.
– India hosted Women’s Cricket World Cup three times – 1978, 1997 and 2013.
– The 2021 Women’s Cricket World Cup will be held in New Zealand.