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• Women's T20 World Cup final: 'Ruthless Australia show anything and everything is possible for women's cricket'

  08-03-2020 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia are taking women's cricket to new heights with their achievements, writes BBC Sport's Amy Lofthouse.
  
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• The Hundred: Scotland's Kathryn Bryce aims to learn from team-mates

  08-03-2020 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland captain Kathryn Bryce hopes the experience gained playing in The Hundred can help fulfil her dreams of a professional career.
  
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• Afghanistan beat Ireland to win Twenty20 series in India

  08-03-2020 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Afghanistan win the Twenty20 series against Ireland with a game to spare thanks to a 21-run victory in India.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup final highlights: Alyssa Healy & Beth Mooney star as Australia thrash India

  08-03-2020 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as a superb display by openers Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney set Australia on their way to their fifth Women's T20 World Cup win at the MCG.
  
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• Australia beat India by 85 runs to win Women's T20 World Cup final – as it happened

  08-03-2020 11:43
  
  Australia 184-4 (Mooney 78*, Healy 75): India 99Report: Australia cruise to fifth World T20 titleHuge MCG crowd turns up but anger at ‘disgusting’ TV decision 10.43am GMT And that is that. Thanks so much for your company over the last couple of weeks. What a brilliant tournament! We’ll be back with the OBO in no time at all. Bye! 10.41am GMT For the fifth time, Australia are T20 world champions. The Australian skipper takes the trophy from Belinda Clark - another lovely moment.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup final: Australia beat India at MCG

  08-03-2020 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia demolish India by 85 runs to win their fifth Women's T20 World Cup in front of a 86,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  
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• Australia beat India by 85 runs to win Women's T20 World Cup final – live!

  08-03-2020 11:20
  
  Australia 184-4 (Mooney 78*, Healy 75)Updates from the title decider in front of a big MCG crowdAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam10.20am GMT Stick with the OBO through the presentation. We can’t be far away from hearing from the captains the players of the match and tournament.“Hi Adam.” Hello Tanya Wintringham. “Congratulations to you and your partner on the birth of your gorgeous Winnie - she’s beautiful! Watching the girls and young women in the crowd at
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: Poonam Yadav the last to fall as Australia seal a stunning win

  08-03-2020 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Megan Schutt takes the final wicket to spark the celebrations as Australia beat India to win the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup.
  
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• Australia claim fifth Women's World T20 title with crushing win over India

  08-03-2020 11:08
  
  Australia 184-4; India 99 | Australia win by 85 runsAlyssa Healy (75) and Beth Mooney (78 no) star for hostsAustralia’s grip on their Women’s Twenty20 World Cup crown remains tight after the host nation beat India by 85 runs and records tumbled in the final at a packed MCG.Alyssa Healy (75 off 39 balls) and Beth Mooney (78 not out) led from the front to power Australia to a best-ever total in a World T20 final of 184-4 in front of a celebratory crowd in Melbourne. Related: India v Au
  
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• Huge MCG crowd turns up for World T20 final but anger at 'disgusting' TV decision

  08-03-2020 11:00
  
  86,174 fans attend, just 4,641 short of the world recordChannel Nine show match on secondary channel GemAttendance records tumbled at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final, with 86,174 fans turning up to watch Australia play India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but the decision by Channel Nine to broadcast such a momentous match on its secondary channel prompted criticism.The concerted campaign to #FilltheMCG on International Women’s Day paid off as numerous milestones were reached
  
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• International Women’s Day is a time to recognise how far equality has come

  08-03-2020 10:59
  
  Fairness is still a way off but, compared with the widespread disdain and leering of yesteryear, progress has been immenseThere were lots of things that frustrated me about being a little girl: not being allowed to wear trousers at school, being prevented from joining the cubs, the year my brothers all got penknives under the Christmas tree from my grandparents while I opened a ceramic Jeremy Fisher. But one of the biggest annoyances of all was that the fastest person in the world was never goin
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup final: India's Shafali Verma out as Australia strike early

  08-03-2020 09:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia pick up a big wicket as Shafali Verma edges Megan Schutt behind in the first over of India's chase in the Women's T20 World Cup final at the MCG.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup final: Alyssa Healy hits three sixes in a row for Australia v India

  08-03-2020 09:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alyssa Healy hits Shikha Pandey for three sixes in a row as Australia get off to a flying start against India in the Women's T20 World Cup final in Melbourne.
  
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• India v Australia: Women's Twenty20 World Cup final – live!

  08-03-2020 07:09
  
  Updates from the title decider in front of a big MCG crowdAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam6.07am GMT When it was announced last year that the aim was to fill the MCG for this global decider, the response surprised me: it was generally accepted that this was a perfectly reasonable objective and one that would be achieved. Especially if Australia made it. Compare that to three years ago when the goal to pack out Lord’s was put out there the ODI World Cup and it was laughed at it som
  
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• Marnus Labuschagne century not enough to prevent South Africa series sweep

  08-03-2020 00:19
  
  Australian hits maiden ODI century in six-wicket defeatNew Zealand next after South Africa wrap up series 3-0
  Hometown hero Marnus Labuschagne’s maiden one-day international century could not spare a lacklustre Australia from a 3-0 series whitewash in South Africa.Cheered on by upwards of 50 family members, South Africa-born Labuschagne scored a run-a-ball 108 as Australia posted 254-7 in Potchefstroom on Saturday. Related: More than a game of cricket: MCG final is defining moment for wome
  
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