2009 Women's Cricket World Cup final
Event | 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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England won by four wickets. | |||||||||
Date | 22 March 2009 | ||||||||
Venue | 2013 → |
The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup final was a
Both teams were unbeaten in the first
Background
The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament, and the first to be organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1][a] The first had been held in 1973, pre-dating the first men's Cricket World Cup by two years.[3] The 2009 tournament included eight teams, six of which (Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies) qualified automatically due to finishing as the top six teams at the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, while the other two (Pakistan and South Africa) qualified through the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[4] Matches, which consisted of 50 overs-per-side,[5] took place at several cricket grounds in Australia between 7 and 22 March, featuring 25 matches over 16 days.[6]
Although the ICC had successfully developed and expanded the women's game, from 15 member countries in 2005 to 42 in 2007, there was a growing gap between the top four teams—Australia, England, India and New Zealand—and the rest.[7] In 2008, England and then Australia became the first teams to introduce contracts for some of their women's players;[8] Charlotte Edwards, England's captain, said that this allowed the players to "commit to training without worrying about our jobs outside cricket."[9] Before the competition, Jenny Roesler of Cricinfo suggested England and New Zealand, along with Australia, as the favourites to win the competition.[10] Haidee Tiffen, the captain of New Zealand, said that she thought "Australia, New Zealand, England and India are of equal strength and any team can beat the other on its day. It is an open tournament with no clear-cut favourites."[11] England's Claire Taylor said that she thought that Australia might struggle after losing key members of their 2005 World Cup-winning squad.[11]
Route to the final
Group stage
New Zealand were drawn in Group A of the competition, along with Australia, South Africa and the West Indies.[12] They started their campaign against Australia. Tiffen scored a cautious half-century for New Zealand, but her dismissal triggered a collapse in which the team lost seven wickets for the addition of 34 runs. In their reply, Australia regularly lost wickets, and a six over bowling spell by medium pacer Kate Pulford, in which she took three wickets for 30 runs, slowed the run chase. After an initial rain delay held up the game, a second downpour finished the match, with Australia 13 runs short by the Duckworth–Lewis method.[13][b] Tiffen missed New Zealand's second match, against the West Indies, with an injury, and Aimee Mason deputised as captain. For the second time in as many matches, New Zealand suffered a collapse, losing their first six wickets for 104 runs. A seventh-wicket partnership of 57 between Mason and Sarah Tsukigawa helped New Zealand to remain competitive in the match, and they completed their 50 overs with 192 runs. According to Cricinfo, the West Indian reply "was devoid of momentum".[16] Spin bowlers Mason and Lucy Doolan took three wickets apiece to limit the West Indies to 136 runs for the loss of eight wickets from their overs.[17] In their final group stage match, a win over South Africa ensured that New Zealand won the group. Amy Satterthwaite, Sara McGlashan and Nicola Browne all scored half-centuries as their team reached a total of 250 for five. South Africa struggled in their chase: only Cri-Zelda Brits reached double figures in an innings dominated by the bowling of Mason and Suzie Bates, who collected four wickets each, helping New Zealand earn a 199-run victory.[18]
England were placed in Group B, alongside India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[12] In their first contest, against Sri Lanka, they scored 277 runs, aided by a 95-ball century from Claire Taylor, and a half-century by Caroline Atkins. Sri Lanka batted their full allocation of overs, but lost by 100 runs. Laura Marsh took three wickets, and three of the Sri Lankan batters were run out in their chase.[19] Following the match, Jenny Gunn's bowling action was reported to the ICC as being potentially illegal,[20][c] but she was cleared a few days later.[22] England faced India in their second match, in a contest billed as the battle for top spot in the group.[23] England won the match easily, bowling India out for 169: Gunn and Holly Colvin each took three wickets, while both Atkins and Claire Taylor scored unbeaten half-centuries.[24] Another large win, over Pakistan, guaranteed that England finished as group winners. Marsh took a career-best five wickets to help bowl Pakistan out for just 78 runs, a total which her side reached in less than half of their allowed overs.[25]
Super Sixes
After the initial league stage, the bottom team from each group was eliminated, and the remaining teams progressed into the Super Sixes. During this stage, results and points from matches between the teams that had qualified were carried over, and each team played a further three matches, against those teams that had advanced from the other group.[10] England and New Zealand met each other in the first match of the Super Sixes. England batted first, and despite being 96 for four at one stage, 57 runs from Edwards, and a rapid 22 runs from Gunn, helped their side recover to post a total of 201 for five. In response, New Zealand began positively, and were boosted by a half-century from their captain, Tiffen, but the spin bowling of Edwards, Marsh and Colvin controlled the run rate, and New Zealand were eventually bowled out for 170, Edwards taking four wickets.[26] England's following match was against the West Indies, and they once again surpassed 200 runs after batting first. Sarah Taylor, Claire Taylor and Atkins all scored half-centuries to propel England to their total of 236 for eight. The English bowlers then dismissed the West Indies for 90 runs, Marsh collecting three wickets. The win secured England a place in the final, irrespective of the result of their final Super Sixes match against Australia.[27]
After losing their first Super Sixes match to England, New Zealand faced an Indian side which had beaten Australia in their first Super Six contest. India batted first and scored 207, during an innings in which they lost four batters to run outs. New Zealand began their response well, putting on a partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket between Pulford and Tiffen. After Tiffen's dismissal, Bates supported Pulford, who eventually fell for 71 runs, and New Zealand reached their target with 14 balls to spare.[28] New Zealand set a record partnership for the second wicket in women's ODIs in their final match:[29] Bates scored 168 and Tiffen 100 as the pair put on 262 runs together. Bates played an aggressive innings, scoring her runs from 105 balls, including 6 sixes and 19 fours. New Zealand reached 373 from their overs, and bowled Pakistan out for 150, earning themselves a 223-run victory, and qualifying for the final.[30] England were outplayed by Australia in their final Super Six match: Shelley Nitschke slowed the run rate during her bowling, taking two wickets and restricting England to just 14 runs from her 10 overs. England were bowled out for 161, a total Australia chased down within 34 overs.[31] England's loss to Australia ended a 17-match unbeaten run.[32]
Build-up
The final was a repeat of the
After the Australian team was knocked out, local press coverage for the match diminished; only three journalists attended the pre-game press conference for the final. A reporter for the BBC, Alison Mitchell, said that in the Australian newspapers, "the nationals and even most of the locals I flicked through on Saturday carried nothing except one slim column".[39] The 2009 World Cup was the first to be televised globally;[40] ESPN Star Sports provided coverage from seven matches, including the final. As well as being available on television, the matches were streamed on the ESPN Star Sports website.[41] The match was also broadcast on the radio; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the BBC provided joint coverage.[42]
England all-rounder Gunn aggravated a calf strain during the warm-up, and 10 minutes before the start was replaced by the team's vice-captain, Nicky Shaw.[34]
Match
Summary
The final was played on a fine day at the
Despite conditions conducive to
Simon Briggs of The Daily Telegraph described the start of England's chase as being "smooth and confident":[55] opening batters Atkins and Sarah Taylor built a partnership larger than any managed by New Zealand, scoring 74 runs. Taylor was the first batter out,[51] caught by Tiffen at mid-wicket from the off-spin bowling of Doolan for 39 runs.[56] Claire Taylor came to the crease upon Sarah Taylor's dismissal and played with a similar attacking intent, striking four boundaries during her 21 runs before she was bowled by Mason, with England 109 for two.[51] Atkins played a patient innings, and scored the most runs for her side, accruing 40 from 85 balls, eventually being caught by Sophie Devine from the bowling of Dooley.[43] England's middle order suffered their own collapse against the spin bowling of Doolan and Mason;[50] their scoring rate slowing significantly from 4.78 runs per over at the end of the fourteenth over to 3.58 twenty overs later.[55][57] Edwards became Dooley's third wicket when she was given out after being caught by wicket-keeper Rachel Priest for 10 runs, though Cricinfo suggested that she had not actually hit the ball.[51] Despite their struggles through the middle overs, Richards opined that "England never looked like losing."[36] Greenway and Morgan were both dismissed for single-figure totals: Greenway had survived an early appeal when she was caught after the ball had hit her pads, but was later caught by Satterthwaite off the bowling of Mason for eight runs, to leave England on 139 for five;[56] Morgan was the victim of a what Lewis described as a "sloppy run out" shortly thereafter, moving the score to 149 for six.[35] It was Shaw who once again galvanised England, batting with a more attacking style than those that had struggled before her.[55] Her score of 17 not out pushed England towards the winning target, and a single from Colvin secured victory for England with 23 balls remaining in the innings.[57] Shaw's contribution earned her the player of the match accolade.[35]
Scorecard
Batter | Method of dismissal | Runs | Balls | Strike rate |
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Kate Pulford | c Claire Taylor b Isa Guha | 8 | 23 | 34.78 |
Haidee Tiffen * | c Sarah Taylor † b Nicky Shaw | 30 | 56 | 53.57 |
Suzie Bates | c Caroline Atkins b Nicky Shaw | 2 | 7 | 28.57 |
Amy Satterthwaite | c Sarah Taylor † b Nicky Shaw | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Sara McGlashan | c Lydia Greenway b Holly Colvin | 21 | 20 | 105.00 |
Aimee Mason | b Laura Marsh | 13 | 18 | 72.22 |
Nicola Browne | lbw b Nicky Shaw | 25 | 78 | 32.05 |
Sarah Tsukigawa | c Katherine Brunt |
2 | 18 | 11.11 |
Lucy Doolan | st Sarah Taylor † b Laura Marsh | 48 | 57 | 84.21 |
Sophie Devine | lbw b Charlotte Edwards | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Rachel Priest † | not out | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Extras | (2 leg byes, 15 wides) | 17 | ||
Totals | (47.2 overs) | 166 | 3.50 runs per over |
Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy
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Katherine Brunt
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10 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 |
Isa Guha | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4.80 |
Nicky Shaw | 8.2 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 4.08 |
Holly Colvin | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2.60 |
Laura Marsh | 10 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 3.40 |
Charlotte Edwards | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 |
Batter | Method of dismissal | Runs | Balls | Strike rate |
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Sarah Taylor † | c Haidee Tiffen b Lucy Doolan | 39 | 45 | 86.66 |
Caroline Atkins | c Sophie Devine b Lucy Doolan | 40 | 85 | 47.05 |
Claire Taylor | b Aimee Mason | 21 | 30 | 70.00 |
Charlotte Edwards * | c Rachel Priest † b Lucy Doolan | 10 | 19 | 52.63 |
Lydia Greenway | c Amy Satterthwaite b Aimee Watkins | 8 | 34 | 23.52 |
Beth Morgan | run out | 9 | 27 | 33.33 |
Nicky Shaw | not out | 17 | 27 | 62.96 |
Holly Colvin | not out | 5 | 10 | 50.00 |
Extras | (1 leg bye, 17 wides) | 18 | ||
Totals | (46.1 overs) | 167/6 | 3.61 runs per over | |
Did not bat: Katherine Brunt, Isa Guha
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Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy
|
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Sophie Devine | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3.33 |
Kate Pulford | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 |
Nicola Browne | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3.42 |
Suzie Bates | 4.1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.04 |
Lucy Doolan | 10 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 2.30 |
Sarah Tsukigawa | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
Aimee Mason | 9 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3.11 |
Match officials
- On-field umpires: Steve Davis and Brian Jerling
- Third umpire: Tyron Wijewardene
- Brian Aldridge
- Reserve umpire: Jeff Brookes
Key
- * – Captain
- † – Wicket-keeper
- c Fielder – Indicates that the batter was dismissed by a catch by the named fielder
- b Bowler – Indicates which bowler gains credit for the dismissal
- lbw – Indicates the batter was dismissed leg before wicket
- st – Indicates the batter was stumped
Aftermath
England received US$45,000 from the ICC for winning the tournament, while New Zealand received $25,000.
The England team flew back to the United Kingdom in economy class; Mitchell highlighted the contrast with the England men's team, who regularly flew business class.[62] They held a reception at Lord's in London upon their return, but the former sports minister, Richard Caborn, lamented the low-key celebrations, saying that "I would have a Number 10 reception, a reception at the House of Commons, and, at the appropriate time, in the Lords."[63] In her history of women's cricket, Rafaelle Nicholson was critical of some of the reporting on the final, saying that "coverage increasingly appears to compare women's cricket with the men's game, and to treat the male version as 'real cricket'".[64] The English journalists Simon Wilde and Lawrence Booth credited the contracts introduced in 2008 as being critical to England's success.[37][65] Booth highlighted the contrast with New Zealand's captain, Tiffin, who had retired after the World Cup, claiming: "If I was paid properly, I'd still be playing."[65]
The two sides met again three months later to contest the final of the 2009 Women's World Twenty20, which England also won.[66] Each of the top four in the 2009 tournament automatically qualified for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.[67] Neither England nor New Zealand reached the final of that tournament, but instead met in the third-place playoff, which England won by four wickets.[68]
Notes
- ^ The ICC took over administration of the women's game in 2005, when it merged with the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC).[2]
- ^ The Duckworth–Lewis method was introduced in 1997, and is a calculation used to set an adjusted target score in a match shortened by the weather.[14] It was updated in 2014, and is now known as the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) method.[15]
- ^ The ICC defines an illegal bowling action as one "where a player is throwing rather than bowling the ball", due to an elbow extension in excess of 15 degrees before the ball is released.[21]
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