Coyte, Lanning sparkle as Australia coast to hat-trick
The threat of some inclement weather later on persuaded Meg Lanning to put England in to bat after winning the toss in Mirpur
The threat of some inclement weather later on persuaded Meg Lanning to put England in to bat after winning the toss in Mirpur
5.20 pm So that's one final done and dusted, Australia pose with the trophy and off goes the team song again. Thank you for your company and hope you pop over to the men's final that is due to start in a couple of hours' time. This is Alagappan Muthu, signing off
"It's amazing. great to be able to play so well. Almost the perfect match today," Meg Lanning says, "Bowlers did it for us, we had our plans and we executed well. Perhaps, we're attacking in nature and we love to play our shots. Even chasing a small total we wanted to be positive. We had a great team here and the support's been so good. I'm just really happy right now. We've had a lot of experience even though we are young, we can build something really big. We have a great core of players"
"They bowled very well and they came out and batted good. We just weren't enough today,"Charlotte Edwards says, "Backed it up in the field. We never got going, kept losing wickets at key stages. 105 was never going to be enough in a World Cup final. Anya's been exceptional, all the bowlers have been. [Six-hitting] A scenario we have to improve on. In the past our strength is boundary hitting and we'll go back to work on and hopefully we go better. Just bitterly disappointed we couldn't get over the line"
Anya Shrubsole is the Player of the Tournament "It's been a really good tournament. As a team we can be proud of what we've done. Just keeping it simple and it seems to have worked. Congratulations to Meg and her team, they were the better team today"
5.10 pm Sarah Coyte is the Player of the Match "I'm not sure I can put it into words. Amazing feeling. So proud. To get Taylor and Edwards, two world class betters early was so great. Disciplined lines and lengths was what I've been working on and it came through"
4.55 pm Australia have showed off their ball-striking ability today and that is where they've got the better of England. They're still huddled by the pitch, the Aussie flag is in the middle and they're belting of the team song. "We are the Southern Stars, Wooo!" they scream. Meg Lanning led from the front and she looked in no trouble whatsoever. Her 44 off 30 balls took her to the top of the tree in the run-scorers list for the tournament
Naveed Khawaja: "Outstanding Australia for its historical achievements...its not easy as we saw....so congrats to Aussies...."
john stone: "Bad toss to lose? I think we would have fielded first if we had won it. Seems to me one is better served to know the required run rate. Our girls are still heroes and deserve recognition for their sterling effort. What would have happened if young Knight had been allowed to continue for another five or six overs?"
AJ Blackwell lbw b Sciver 0 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Alex Blackwell comes out
MM Lanning c Knight b Sciver 44 (40m 30b 4x4 2x6) SR: 146.66
Greg Baum, in the Age, believes Australia Women's efficient defence of their World T20 title was another advertisement of their catching up with the men's game
Charlotte Edwards admitted other teams have "much more of a power aspect to their games" after England ended the Women's World T20 without a single six
Australia's hat-trick of World T20 titles could not have been secured in more convincing style as they out-muscled England in a faultless performance
Plays of the day from the final of the Women's World Twenty20 in Mirpur
The threat of some inclement weather later on persuaded Meg Lanning to put England in to bat after winning the toss in Mirpur