da aviator aposta： O RB Bragantino recebe a Inter de Lmiera, neste domingo (17), pelas quartas de final do Paulistão. A bola rola a partir das 16h (de Brasília), no estádio do Nabizão, com transmissão da Cazé TV (Youtube) e Paulistão Play (streaming).
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O Bragantino terminou a fase de grupos do Paulistão com 21 pontos, na liderança do Grupo C. Já a Inter de Limeira Leão encerrou a primeira fase do estadual com 17 pontos.
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✅FICHA TÉCNICA RB Bragantino x Inter de Limeira Quartas de final do Paulistão
Data e horário: domingo, 17 de março de 2024, às 16h (de Brasília) Local: Nabizão, em Bragança Paulista (SP) Onde assistir: Cazé TV (Youtube) e Paulistão Play (streaming)
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RB BRAGANTINO Cleiton; Nathan Mendes, Lucas Cunha, Luan Cândido e Juninho Capixaba; Jadsom, Lincoln e Eric Ramires; Thiago Borbas, Helinho e Eduardo Sasha. Técnico: Pedro Caixinha
INTER DE LIMEIRA Max Walef; Diego Jussani, Emerson Santos, Matheus Mancini e César Morais; JP Galvão, Albano e Gustavo Bochecha; Lima, João Felipe e Quirino. Técnico: Júnior Rocha
Wayne Rooney has delivered an honest verdict on Benjamin Sesko while also pointing out the player who "simplified things" in Manchester United's 2-0 win over Sunderland. After a turbulent start to the campaign that has piled pressure on manager Ruben Amorim, United finally looked alive again at Old Trafford on Saturday. The win not only lifted them to tenth in the Premier League table but also brought a breath of optimism back among a frustrated fanbase.
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After Mason Mount opened the scoring against Sunderland, Sesko doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark with a clever close-range finish. That goal took Sesko’s tally to two in eight appearances, and it was a major boost to his morale. The Slovenian has faced fierce scrutiny since his £74 million ($99m) summer move from RB Leipzig, struggling to adapt under the weight of expectation. Yet against Sunderland, he looked sharper, hungrier, and finally like the player United fans were promised.
AdvertisementRooney hails Sesko after Sunderland heroics
United's all-time record goalscorer Rooney said while assessing Sesko's performance on : "I think he’s a handful and I think he uses his body well, he challenges for balls. It makes it easier for [Bryan] Mbeumo, [Matheus] Cunha when he’s on, or Mount to make runs in behind him, so I think that’s clearly something they’ve worked on. Obviously getting another goal will help him so the win was massive for all the players and for the manager and it was much-needed."
Getty Images SportLammens makes his mark: Simple, sharp, and solid
While Sesko grabbed the headlines up front, it was Senne Lammens, United’s summer signing between the sticks, who quietly impressed at the back. Making his debut, the 23-year-old Belgian kept a clean sheet and showed composure beyond his years, even after a nerve-wracking moment when he misjudged a charge outside his box. Rooney was quick to notice and said: "The goalkeeper did well. He obviously had the misjudgement where he’s come out the box and that could end up a different way. But I thought, in the main, he simplified things and that’s not a bad thing for a keeper. He didn’t take too many touches on the ball, he got the ball forward quickly and it was effective."
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Amorim gets the tactics right
Amorim’s slight tactical tweak also earned plaudits. United pressed with intent, their attack finally showing balance and bite. Sunderland, unable to live with the tempo, were forced to change shape early in the first half, never truly recovering.
"Sesko has been good at winning headers and [Bryan] Mbeumo running in behind him so I actually thought United got their tactics right," he said. "Amorim slightly changed his tactics and went with two forwards up top and it worked, certainly for the first 30 minutes. Sunderland had to change it early on in the first half and they saw the game out well from there. Sunderland didn’t really cause that many problems."
نفت قائمة المهندس هاني أبوريدة المرشح لرئاسة اتحاد الكرة المصري، التصريحات المنسوبة إلى محامي القائمة، والتي تحدثت عن أمور تخص عمل المجلس الجديد حال انتخابه لقيادة الكرة المصرية في السنوات المقبلة وما يخص رابطة الأندية.
وأعلن الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم عن فتح باب الترشح للائحة النظام الأساسي، وعدم الترشح بشكل فردي ووفقًا لنظام القائمة الموحدة.
وأنهى اتحاد الكرة تجهيزاته لاستقبال المرشحين للانتخابات المقبلة وفتح باب الترشح بداية من الأحد الماضي تمهيدًا لـ انتخابات الجبلاية، والمقررة يوم 10 ديسمبر المقبل.
طالع | هاني أبوريدة يتقدم بأوراق ترشحه لرئاسة اتحاد الكرة.. تعرف على القائمة
وأكدت القائمة في بيان رسمي أن التصريحات المنسوبة للمحامي ليست حقيقية على الإطلاق، ولم يدل بها المحامي، الذي كان دوره التقدم بالأمس بأوراق ترشح القائمة لخوض الانتخابات والإجراءات القانونية ولم يكن له أي دور فيما يخص غير ذلك.
وأشارت إلى أنه سيتم خلال الفترة المقبلة الرد على جميع الاستفسارات بشكل واضح ومنظم، والإعلان بشكل رسمي عن خطة العمل والبرنامج الانتخابي لأعضاء الجمعية العمومية قبل الانتخابات.
Scotland pulled off the first upset of the Women’s World Cup Qualifiers by denying Hayley Matthews, who single-handedly kept West Indies in the game despite leaving the field twice with severe cramps, and beating the side by 11 runs.Matthews became only the fourth player to take four wickets and score a century in an ODI but West Indies’ over-reliance on her cost them. She took four of the first five Scotland wickets and forced herself to return to the crease twice – once off a stretcher to keep batting when West Indies were nine wickets down – but it was not enough. Scotland were the side that rallied around Sarah Bryce’s 55 (off 56 balls) and her 82-run fifth wicket stand with Megan McColl and then their spinners. Offpinners Katherine Fraser and Darcy Carter and legspinner Abtaha Maqsood took six wickets between them to defend 244 and get their first points on the board.Temperatures were close to 40 degrees Celcius with humidity at around 60% and conditions took their toll across both games in Lahore. West Indies used cooling collars made of ice packs during drinks breaks, Scotland took shelter under umbrellas and Ireland’s Gaby Lewis received treatment on field three times for cramps during her 96 minutes of batting against hosts Pakistan.Related
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West Indies chose to bowl first on a green top at the LCCA Ground but Scotland were up to the task. Abbi Aitken-Drummond and Carter put on 48 inside 12 overs, in an innings laced with three boundaries each. Matthews brought herself on in the 12th over and had Aitken-Drummond and Kathryn Bryce caught behind in successive overs and Carter dismissed in her third and suddenly, Scotland were 69 for 3. When Chinelle Henry’s direct hit ran out Ailsa Lister West Indies finally looked like they had another player on the field and could run through Scotland.Sarah Bryce held the innings together but when she edged to slip, Scotland went into freefall. They lost 6 for 62 and were bowled out in 45 overs, as both Aaliyah Alleynne and Karishma Ramharack took two wickets each.The chase started poorly when Qiana Joseph gifted a caught-and-bowled to Carter. Zaida James was in at No.3 in the second over. She batted slowly but carefully and shared a 113-run stand with Matthews, which put West Indies well on track. They were 120 for 2 in the 27th over when James tried to hit Chloe Abel over fine leg but found the fielder at 45 and then chaos ensued.West Indies lost Shemaine Campbell, Stafanie Taylor and Henry in the space of 23 deliveries and of those, Taylor’s run-out was key but the required run-rate still manageable. West Indies needed 53 runs off 72 balls and Matthews was still batting, but only just.When Shabika Gajnabi was caught behind, Mathews was on 95 and hobbling. Cherry-Ann Fraser was out in the next over and it was clear Matthews was forcing herself to keep going but couldn’t. She left the field. Afy Fletcher lasted six balls and was dismissed for duck so Matthews came back on and hit four off the next ball she faced. She was on 99 and running out of partners. She fell to the ground wailing and then was stretchered off the field.Ramharack gave Fraser another caught and bowled to leave West Indies nine down when Matthews rolled herself off the stretcher and returned to bat. She brought a century and kept West Indies in the hunt but Alleynne couldn’t stay with her. She was out lbw in the 47th over, with West Indies 11 runs short. They have a day’s break before playing Ireland on Friday.File photo: Diana Baig picked up four wickets•Getty Images
In the day’s other match, hosts Pakistan had their bowlers, led by senior seamer Diana Baig, to thank for securing them a 38 run win over Ireland. Pakistan trudged through their innings to score 217 and Ireland were bossing the chase on 96 for 1 in side 24 overs. Left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu took three wickets in four overs to leave Ireland’s middle-order exposed before Baig took care of the tail. She finished with figures of 4 for 35 in her first appearance for the team since their opening match of last year’s T20 World Cup and got Pakistan’s campaign off to a winning start.Ireland will have the same amount of recovery time – physically and emotionally – after believing they had done enough against Pakistan. Jane Maguire removed Gull Feroza early and Sidra Amin found run-scoring tough which meant the dot ball mounted up. Muneeba Ali tried to keep the scoreboard moving but Pakistan were 79 for 1 after 20 overs and going nowhere. Sidra was on 29 off 61 balls. Muneeba fell trying to get things going and was replaced by Aliya Riaz.Aliya showed more initiative and was scoring at a run-a-ball when Amin finally got to 50 off 110 balls and was then dismissed at the end of the 36th over. Pakistan were 153 for 3 after 36 overs and a score over 200 looked some distance away. Natalia Pervaiz came in ahead of captain Fatima Sana but was runmout for 12, by which time Aliya was also dismissed. Pakistan did not have the batters for a last ten-over push and lost 6 wickets for 42 runs from Aliya’s dismissal. They were bowled out with an over to spare for 217.That total didn’t look enough despite Baig’s new-ball breakthrough. She had Sarah Forbes given out lbw in the ninth over but a 69-run second wicket stand between Lewis and Amy Hunter started to take the game away. Ireland were 96 for 1 when Sandhu trapped Lewis on the back pad and dragged Pakistan into the game. Both Hunter and Delany played on, leaving Ireland 119 for 4 and Pakistan had the opportunity to burst through.Sadia Iqbal got rid of Leah Paul before Baig was brought back and removed Christina Coulter Reilly, Louise Little and Arelen Kelley in three overs. Cara Murray’s run-out confirmed Pakistan’s win. They will take on Scotland on Friday.
Allrounders Aaron Hardie and Matt Short have also been named alongside Alex Carey
Andrew McGlashan12-Jan-2025 • Updated on 13-Jan-2025Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood have been named in Australia’s squad for the Champions Trophy after been ruled out of the upcoming Test tour of Sri Lanka.Cummins, who will captain the team, is on paternity leave for the birth of his second child, but it was also revealed last week that he was to undergo scans on a troublesome ankle he carried through the India Test series. George Bailey, the chair of selectors, said they were awaiting the outcome of the scans but with the ability to freely amend the squad for the next four weeks there was no imminent rush to make a final call.Related
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“I want to give him a little bit of space at the back end of the Border-Gavaskar; obviously baby pending,” Bailey said. “We’ll work through that with Pat and obviously the selection panel and the medical team…but I know he’s very keen.”Hazlewood, meanwhile, hadn’t quite recovered in time from the calf injury that ended his series but should be able to take his place in the one-day side.Allrounders Aaron Hardie and Matthew Short, the latter who scored a 54-ball 109 for Adelaide Strikers two days ago, have also been included in the 15-player squad.Hardie is not currently bowling for Perth Scorchers in the BBL due to injury while Josh Inglis is also recovering from a calf strain he picked up while sub fielding during the Test series.Nathan Ellis has tipped out the likes of Sean Abbott and Xavier Bartlett to be the fourth pace bowler behind the big three.”This is a balanced and experienced squad with the core having been involved in the previous one-day World Cup, the West Indies series, last year’s successful tour of the UK and the more recent Pakistan home series,” Bailey said. “It offers a variety of options for touring management depending on opposition and the conditions that may present in Pakistan.”Alex Carey also finds a spot after making a successful return to the ODI side against England last year with scores of 74 and 77 not out having previously lost his place after one game of the 2023 World Cup. He could play as a specialist batter, as he did once in the England series, but also provides wicketkeeping back-up for Inglis.Adam Zampa is the one frontline spinner but will be supported by Short and Glenn Maxwell.Among younger players who featured against Pakistan earlier in the series, where Australia lost 2-1, Jake Fraser-McGurk has not made the cut amid an extended lean run which has included a top score of 26 in eight innings for Melbourne Renegades. Cooper Connolly, who was selected for the Sri Lanka Test tour, also can’t find a space.Australia will play a one-off ODI against Sri Lanka on February 13 before heading to Pakistan and discussions remain ongoing as to whether there will be another warm-up game. They are grouped with England (February 22), South Africa (February 25) and Afghanistan (February 28).The first semi-final will take place in Dubai on March 4 with the second in Lahore on March 5 following confirmation of the hybrid model due to India not traveling to Pakistan. The final will be on March 9, in either Dubai or Lahore depending on whether India qualify.Australia squad for Champions TrophyPat Cummins (capt), Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
Richardson has opted to stay in Adelaide with his wife and newborn son
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Kane Richardson is his delivery stride•Getty Images
Perth Scorchers fast bowler Andrew Tye has been called up to Australia’s ODI and T20 squads as cover for Kane Richardson, who has elected to stay home in Adelaide to be with his wife and newborn son.Cricket Australia undertook a mass airlift of players from around the country on Tuesday after a small Covid outbreak in Adelaide’s northern suburbs forced heavy restrictions to be imposed in the city.A raft of Australia’s ODI, T20, and Test squad members who had recently travelled from Adelaide to their home states were forced to fly to Sydney early to avoid being stuck in quarantine in their home states, while the Adelaide Strikers flew to Coffs Harbour in New South Wales at short-notice to prepare for the upcoming BBL.Richardson, who opted out of the IPL and missed a couple of Shield matches due to the birth of his son, chose to stay at home in Adelaide with his family, forcing the selectors to call up Tye who has recently returned from the UAE.”It was a difficult decision for Kane to make but one which has the complete support of the selectors and the entire playing squad,” national selector Trevor Hohns said.”Kane wanted to remain in Adelaide with Nyki and their newborn son. We will always support our players and their families; even more so given the challenging environment we are in.”We will miss what he brings to the team but completely understand and support his decision.”Andrew Tye could play for Australia after a gap of almost two years•Getty Images
Tye was part of Australia’s tour of the UK this year and was also part of the Rajasthan Royals squad in the IPL. He played just one match in the IPL and it was his only professional match in the last 12 months after requiring elbow surgery in November last year, though he did play three matches for his Perth Premier club Scarborough in late February and early March. Tye lost his Western Australia domestic contract during the winter but is still seen by Australia’s selectors as one of the best short-format bowlers in the country, giving him the nod ahead of Nathan Coulter-Nile and James Pattinson, who both played key roles in Mumbai Indians’ IPL title.”AJ is incredibly skilled in both forms of the short game. He impressed in the UK with his high work ethic and his positive energy around the squad,” Hohns said. “He is a great player to be able to call on.”Western Australian batsmen D’Arcy Short and Josh Philippe have also been called on to train with Australia’s limited-overs group in Sydney next week despite both being left out of the initial squads.Short flew to Sydney on Tuesday with fellow Western Australian Cameron Green as a precaution after both had been in Adelaide for the Sheffield Shield earlier in the month. Philippe is currently in hotel quarantine in Sydney following his return from the IPL in the UAE.Short and Philippe will join their respective BBL teams, Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers, ahead of the start of the BBL on December 10.
يلتقي الفريق الأول لكرة اليد بنادي الزمالك، اليوم السبت، بنظيره فرند شيب الكاميروني، ضمن منافسات بطولة إفريقيا للأندية لكرة اليد.
ويواجه الزمالك، فريق فرند شيب، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثانية من بطولة إفريقيا للأندية المقامة في مدينة العيون المغربية.
وتقام بطولة إفريقيا لكرة اليد، في المغرب من 8 إلى 20 أكتوبر الجاري، بمشاركة 16 فريقًا مقسمة على 4 مجموعات، ويأتي على رأس الأندية المشاركة ناديي الأهلي والزمالك.
طالع.. رسميًا.. الزمالك يحسم موقفه من التعاقد مع أوفي إيجاريا
ويتواجد الزمالك في المجموعة الثالثة مع منتدى المغربي وفرند شيب الكاميروني وكيركوس الإثيوبي، بينما الأهلي في المجموعة الأولى مع النجم الكونغولي وميكال الإثيوبي وسي إف جي الكونغولي.
وكان الزمالك، قد افتتح مشواره بالبطولة بفوز كبير على كريكوس الإثيوبي بفارق 34 نقطة، حيث انتهى اللقاء بنتيجة 50-16.
يشارك الزمالك في البطولة بقائمة تضم كلًا من: “أحمد الأحمر، كريم هنداوي، محمود خليل (فلفل)، يوسف ناجي، أكرم يسري، بلال أحمد، أحمد حسام، عمر الفولي، زياد حشاد، عمر الوكيل (بكار)، أحمد سامح، مازن رضا، شادي خليل، محمد طارق، يوسف عزو، عمر بيبو، ويوسف بن معرف”. موعد مباراة الزمالك وفرند شيب الكاميروني اليوم في بطولة إفريقيا لكرة اليد
تقام مباراة الزمالك وفرند شيب، اليوم السبت 12 أكتوبر، في تمام الساعة 7 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة الزمالك وفرند شيب الكاميروني في بطولة إفريقيا لكرة اليد
تنقل مباراة الزمالك وفرند شيب الكاميروني، عبر الصفحة الرسمية للاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة اليد على “فيس بوك”. طالع الصفحة من هنا، وأيضًا على قناة “يوتيوب الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة اليد” طالع القناة من هنا.
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Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed responded to rumors that the hit series is about to announce a fourth season
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Series Ted Lasso rumoured to be returningWas due to end after Season 3Announcement teased by key cast memberWHAT HAPPENED?
Popular show Ted Lasso has been doing the rounds of social media recently after reports emerged suggesting it could return for Season 4. This is despite star Jason Sudeikis – who plays Ted Lasso – confirming the end of the series following the Season 3 finale. The show follows London club AFC Richmond and their journey up the football pyramid, eventually ending in the Premier League in the most recent episodes.
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Nick Mohammed, who portrays Nathan Shelley in the show, previously campaigned for Ted Lasso to continue and always retained hope on social media that his role would not end just yet. Following the recent reports, he took to X, posting "told ya! 😂".
THE GOSSIP
While nothing has been confirmed, Forbes report that Warner Brothers have exercised their option to extend several key cast members' contracts for the Apple TV series. Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Walton), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) and Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins) have all been picked up while negotiations are underway with other actors to reprise their roles.
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Manchester City SocialWHAT NEXT FOR TED LASSO?
Series 3 of Ted Lasso ended with AFC Richmond finishing second in the league, behind Manchester City. Lasso quit his managerial role and went on to coach his son's football team back in the U.S. While we await official confirmation of the show's return, we can only speculate on how the story could advance in Season 4.
Tottenham Hotspur are now well and truly in pole position to secure a Champions League spot next season.
This has been a superb weekend for the Lilywhites who after watching their closest rivals for fourth spot in Aston Villa draw 3-3 with Brentford, secured a much-needed win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Spurs scored three goals of their own, but unlike Villa, conceded just one in what was a relatively routine win for Ange Postecoglou's side.
The Londoners have only won two of their last four league outings but are now unbeaten in their last three, leapfrogging Villa into fourth spot in the process.
Just days ago the club drew with West Ham but this was a far more polished performance, notably in attack.
Murillo fired into his own net before stunning strikes from both Pedro Porro and Micky van de Ven wrapped up the points. Heung-min Son registered an assist but was relatively quiet in a goalscoring sense compared to some of the outstanding performances we've seen in 2023/24 to date.
Son's performance vs Forest
This has been a season of transition for the South Korean who hasn't just taken on the goalscoring burden left behind by Harry Kane but also filled the leadership void.
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Of course, Huge Lloris also took his leave last summer and with it handed the captain's armband to Son.
What has he done with it? Well, the attacker has been nothing short of a sensation. We'd expect nothing less from one of Tottenham's greatest players.
Son didn't find the net on Sunday against Forest but he did take his seasonal tally of assists to nine after laying the ball off for Van de Ven to hammer home.
On top of that, the 31-year-old has found the net on 15 occasions this term during a sensational campaign yet again for the winger.
A wide player by trade, Son has found himself occupying the role of a central striker more regularly this term. It was the position he played in against Nuno Santo's men this weekend, yet he was unfortunate not to beat Mats Selz in the visitors' net.
The former Bayer Leverkusen man hit the woodwork and was denied in some style by that man Selz late on. It looked like the ball was heading into the far corner, only for the Forest stopper to sprawl to his left to deny the South Korean.
On another day he could have had a few goals, only substantiating his place as an undroppable figure in the side further. However, Timo Werner should also hold a similar tag after what was one of his finest displays in a Spurs shirt yet.
Timo Werner's performance in numbers
The German's arrival on a loan deal back in January raised eyebrows. After all, this is a man who had been made a meme during his time with Chelsea.
Werner only found the net 23 times in 89 appearances on the blue side of London and truth be told, never looked up for it in English football.
Well, the 28-year-old has hardly been prolific this time around either, scoring two goals in 11 outings for Spurs, but he certainly looks more at ease in Postecoglou's system, contributing to five strikes on the whole courtesy of three assists.
That was particularly the case against Forest where Werner looked an eternal danger for Neco Williams.
It was the Germany international who played the ball across the box for Murillo to fire into his own net. That was just one of many examples in which he found himself in a dangerous position down the left channel, delivering what was an "absolutely superb" performance in the eyes of Spurs presenter Ben Haines.
In total, Werner attempted five crosses, of which two came off, while his three dribble attempts were a marker of his willingness to make something happen.
A constant nuisance out wide, Football.London's Alasdair Gold handed the spritely winger an 8/10 match rating, writing: 'Soon after [the opening goal] he fired in another similar cross but Johnson's shot was saved. Sent in a few more dangerous balls in the second half and was a constant threat to Forest and was involved in the build-up to the third goal.'
Speaking after the game, the loanee admitted that he was loving life back in London, sparking talk that Spurs could and should well look to activate their option to buy him once the summer window opens.
On this evidence, they should do; it was a performance that could make him undroppable during the Premier League run-in.
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Harmanpreet Kaur rues dropped chances but expects a lot of glory in the coming years
ESPNcricinfo staff08-Mar-2020Meg Lanning, the victorious Australia captain, has lauded her side’s ability to triumph over adversity to lift a fifth Women’s T20 World Cup.They may have been the hosts and defending champions, but Australia did not have the tournament they would have wanted. They lost strike bowler Tayla Vlaeminck to a foot stress fracture before the matches even started and then lost the tournament opener to eventual final foes India. They survived a scare against Sri Lanka and a close one to New Zealand, their last group match in which star player Ellyse Perry’s World Cup ended with a torn hamstring, before scraping through a rain-affected semi-final against South Africa.But on Sunday, before 86,174 people at the MCG, it all went right for Lanning and her side. Alyssa Healy set them off with a blistering 75 from 39 balls, Beth Mooney finished it with an unbeaten 78 from 54 and when Megan Schutt dismissed teenage batting sensation Shafali Verma for just two on the third ball of India’s chase, Australia were set. Schutt ended up with four wickets and Jess Jonassen three amid an India batting collapse – and the concussion substitution of Taniya Bhatia – which put the imposing target of 185 beyond reach.”I’m really proud of this group of players and staff,” Lanning said. “We’ve had everything thrown at us throughout this tournament. We’ve had ups and downs. We scraped through the semi-finals, and to put our best performance on the park on the biggest stage in our careers is certainly something I’m very proud of.That winning feeling – Meg Lanning is over the moon•AFP via Getty Images
“It was tough, definitely, especially after we lost that first game. There was a lot of expectation on us from the outside and on the inside as well. We came into this tournament to win, no doubt about that. And as soon as there was 90,000 people expected on the ‘G, we were hoping to be there and just to get here, I think was a significant achievement.”There was definitely some tough times through there but we stuck together as a group, we really just had each other’s back the whole time and it’s just a great group to be a part of.”Lanning also had special words for Vlaeminck and Perry. “Coming in, they were big parts of our plans, especially against a team like India, and we had to change tack pretty quickly,” Lanning said. “A very special group to go to plans Bs and Cs and be able to execute them on the big stage.”To Pez and Tay, they’ve been amazing with our group. The brave faces they’ve put on have been really special and they’ve really added to our group so they’re just as much a part of this as everyone else.”Harmanpreet Kaur wears a dejected look while walking back•Getty Images
Harmanpreet Kaur, the India captain, was left to console a distraught Verma – who had amassed just one fewer run in the tournament than Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues combined with a breakout batting performance – but had a disappointing final. Verma also put down a fairly straightforward catch off Healy in the first over of the match, though she was not alone in the dropped chances department. Mooney also survived a caught-and-bowled chance when Rajeshwari Gayakwad spilled one in the fourth over.”The way we played in the league games, it was outstanding, and I know it probably was unfortunate that we dropped those catches and then after that we didn’t make it,” Kaur said. “We just need to stay there and focus on areas, especially fielding because today we know that because of the fielding we weren’t able to win this game.”Whenever we go back and whenever we go to the ground we need to keep these things in mind. I think the future is good for us, we just need to keep trusting ourselves and I really trust this team.”Harmanpreet said if nerves were a factor, they were part and parcel of the sport and her side would learn that. “It’s a part of the game because sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, you have to keep learning,” she said. “The first game was very outstanding for us because that game kept us high on the table and I think that game gave us a lot of confidence but today was unfortunate for us.”If we talk about the last T20 World Cup, that time we qualified for the semis and this time for the final. We are on the right line because every year we are improving and now we just need to think about how we are going to play with more focus on the main games because sometimes we are not able to give our best and focus well on crucial games, and I just hope upcoming years will bring us a lot of glory.”