2000 Women's Cricket World Cup final

Cricket match June 2020 June 2020 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup New Zealand New Zealand 30px 184 48.4 overs Australia Australia 30px 180 49.1 overs New Zealand won by 4 runs 23 December 2000 Bert Sutcliffe Oval Lincoln, New Zealand Belinda Clark (Aus) Peter Parker (Aus) and Dave Quested (NZ) 1997 2005 The 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a women's One Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Australia played on 23 December 2000 at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand. It was the culmination of the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup, the seventh Women's Cricket World Cup. New Zealand won by 4 runs, clinching their first World Cup title, after finishing as runners-up in both the 1993 and 1997 tournaments, to England and Australia, respectively.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86887.html White Ferns win thrilling final for first world title McConnell Lynn ESPNcricinfo 23 December 2000 31 March 2015 Rick Eyre of ESPNcricinfo suggested that it was "the greatest World Cup final ever."http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86894.html Was this the greatest World Cup final ever? Eyre Rick ESPNcricinfo 23 December 2000 31 March 2015 Australia and New Zealand finished first and second in the round-robin group stage of the tournament, and then won their respective semi-finals against South Africa and India to meet in the final for the second consecutive tournament.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86855.html Who will blink first in World Cup stand-off? McConnell Lynn ESPNcricinfo 21 December 2000 31 March 2015 New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first, but according to Eyre, they "crumbled to be all out" for 184 runs. Kathryn Ramel scored the most runs for New Zealand, accruing 41 from 63 deliveries, while Terry McGregor bowled particularly economically for Australia. In their response, Australia lost the early wickets of Lisa Keightley and Karen Rolton, but Belinda Clark remained at the crease, and scored 91 runs before being bowled in the 42nd over.subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71290.html New Zealand Women v Australia Women: CricInfo Women's World Cup 2000/01 (Final) CricketArchive 31 March 2015 Australia kept losing wickets, and from the first ball of the final over, requiring five more runs to win, Charmaine Mason was caught behind, leaving Australia all out for 180. Katrina Keenan, Clare Nicholson and Rachel Pullar took two wickets apiece for New Zealand, with Keenan in particular restricting the run-rate effectively. Clark's batting, which accounted for three fifths of the runs scored while she was at the crease, led her to be presented with the player of the match award. Match 23 December 2000 NZ 184 (48.4 overs) 180 (49.1 overs) AUS Kathryn Ramel (41) Cathryn Fitzpatrick (3/52) Belinda Clark (91) Katrina Keenan (2/19) New Zealand Women won by 4 runs scorecard Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Peter Parker (Aus) and Dave Quested (NZ) Belinda Clark (Aus) References ! Category:Women's Cricket World Cup finals Category:2000 in New Zealand cricket cricket World Cup World Cup 2000 World Cup 2000 2000