Australia win – Australia won the Women’s T20 World Cup at Lord’s on Sunday, crushing England by seven wickets after a dominant chase led by Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield.
LONDON — The final at Lord’s didn’t just swing toward Australia early. It accelerated.
England began with confidence, but Australia struck in the powerplay: openers Amy Jones and Danni Wyatt-Hodge were dismissed. Wyatt-Hodge, who became the first player to pass 300 runs in a single T20 World Cup, was gone for 8, and the home crowd had little to cheer as the innings unraveled.
Australia then tightened the chase in motion from the second over, turning the contest into a pursuit England couldn’t answer. Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield powered Australia’s run chase of 151, smashing the chase from the second over to the 13th with a 100-run partnership off 67 balls.
Litchfield fell 34 runs from victory. and Mooney was out 11 runs from the inevitable end after her third match-winning fifty in Australia’s last three finals. Ellyse Perry. another familiar figure in Australia’s success. oversaw the winning runs with 17 balls to spare. winning her seventh world T20 trophy.
Australia finished at 153-3 in a 100-run pursuit that arrived like a statement: the highest successful chase in a final at 153-3 after restricting England to 150-4.
England’s innings never settled. Alice Capsey was bowled in the 10th over with England at 67-3, and the pressure only grew from there.
The result carried weight beyond one match. It was the 10th and most popular Women’s T20 World Cup. and Australia extended its staggering record to seven titles from eight finals. Australia’s run also ended a stretch that had felt ominous for a team built on certainty: without a World Cup title in the 20-over or 50-over formats for the first time since 2018. the serial champion women were back.
The sold-out final drew 28,887 spectators into sun-baked stands, and it was set up to break a long-running rule. England had won all four of the Women’s World Cups it has hosted across formats. while Australia had won all six of the finals between the teams across formats. On Sunday, none of that mattered once Australia found its rhythm.
For all the history packed into the venue, the match itself became the clearest evidence: England was unable to hold its own, and Australia’s chase turned decisive early, ending with the final margin—seven wickets—still feeling too small for how one-sided it became.
Women’s T20 World Cup Australia vs England Lord’s final Beth Mooney Phoebe Litchfield Ellyse Perry Amy Jones Danni Wyatt-Hodge Alice Capsey
7 wickets?? That’s wild, I didn’t even know cricket could be that one-sided.
So Australia won because England got out early? Seems kinda like the home crowd curse tbh. Lord’s always looks fancy but yeah.
Wait Beth Mooney got 11 runs from the end like… what does that mean? Like she was out? Either way Litchfield “fell 34 runs from victory” sounds like a weird typo. Still congrats to them I guess.
England started confident and then collapsed in the powerplay, okay but doesn’t that happen when the women’s game ball swings different? Also Australia chasing 151 in a final sounds lowkey like they already knew the pitch or something. I mean 153-3 with 17 balls to spare is basically robbery. Either way, England lost and Australia got their 7th, end of story.