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Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Australia’s winning campaign continues in the Women’s T20 World Cup being played in South Africa. Australia won by 8 wickets in the match against Bangladesh on 14 February. Georgia Wareham played an important role in winning the match for the Kangaroo team. Bangladesh’s batters did not work in front of his tight bowling. He took 3 wickets while bowling excellently. This is Australia’s second consecutive win in the Women’s World Cup 2003. Earlier, the Kangaroo team had defeated New Zealand.
Bangladeshi batter under pressure
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat in the match played at St. George’s Park in Gekberha. Shamima Sultana and Murshida Khatoon, who came to open the innings, were dismissed early. Shamima 1 and Murshida returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs. Shobhana Mostari, who came to bat at number three, also scored 1 run. If we look at Bangladesh’s scorecard, captain Nigar Sultana and Shorna Akhtar could cross double digits. Nigar Sultana scored 57 and Shorna scored 12 runs. Apart from these two, none of the batters of the team could reach double digits. In this way, Bangladesh scored 107 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. While bowling well for Australia, Georgia Wareham took maximum 3 wickets. Apart from them, Darcy Brown got 2 while Megan Schutt and Ashley Gardner got 1-1 wickets.
Australia crushed by 8 wickets
Chasing the target of 108 runs for the win, Australia got off to a bad start. The first wicket of the Kangaroo team fell for 9 runs. Beth Mooney, who came to start the innings, got out after scoring 2 runs. After this Captain Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy took the lead. Both of them recovered the team from the initial setback by sharing a half-century. Alyssa was dismissed after scoring 37 runs. Meg Lanning scored an unbeaten 48 while playing the captaincy innings. While Ashley Gardner remained unbeaten after scoring 19 runs. Both these players gave Australia victory in the 19th over without taking any risk. Marufa Akhtar and Shorna Akhtar took 1-1 wickets for Bangladesh. Georgia Wareham, who bowled brilliantly in the match, was awarded the Player of the Match title.
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