West Indies Women converted their maiden appearance in a World Twenty20 final into a historic victory at Eden Gardens, beating three-time defending champions Australia Women for the first time in a T20 international
The West Indies captain grew up playing with men who never gave her an inch. That initiation helped make her one of the best players on the women's circuit
For the first time ever, a team other than Australia, England or New Zealand had won a world event. West Indies broke up the cartel by chasing an improbable target against one of women's cricket's greatest ever teams
West Indies Women captain Stafanie Taylor has said her team cannot quite believe it that they are the new World T20 winners, after they beat three-time champions Australia by eight wickets in the final in Kolkata
Australia Women's captain Meg Lanning said after her side's eight-wicket loss in the Women's World T20 final that other teams were catching up and even going past them
