T20 World Cup: Who said women’s game was boring?
The HinduThat number pretty much sums up the growth of women’s cricket in the world. On March 8, international women’s day, 86,174 cricket fans gathered at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to witness the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final between India and Australia. Permitting Mitchell Starc to leave the South Africa ODI series midway for him to cheer his wife Alyssa Healy in the final was a masterstroke from Cricket Australia in its attempt to promote women’s cricket. India’s tournament to lose India pipped Australia by 17 runs in the first encounter after being in a seemingly losing position thanks to the spin effort of Poonam Yadav. How the tournament panned out The fact that Thailand qualified for the World Cup was a big boost in ICC’s plan for expanding cricket to different regions of the world.