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it’s certainly an irony that regardless of having received 10 of the earlier 11 World Cups between them, the 2 sides will face off within the title spherical for the primary time in 34 years.

Australia have received six World Cups, whereas England have bagged 4, and the 2 groups have quite a bit at stake, on condition that the Meg Lanning-led aspect could be in the hunt for a record-extending seventh title, whereas England will look to defend their crown they received in 2017 at Lord’s, defeating India.

Australia have misplaced just one World Cup ultimate. Back in 2000, on the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, hosts New Zealand defeated Australia by simply 4 runs in one of many closest ultimate encounters the match has ever seen.

That 12 months, England recorded their worst-ever World Cup end of fifth earlier than preventing again to take the trophy from Australia in 2009. That similar 12 months, England additionally claimed their first, and solely, T20 World Cup in addition to an Ashes victory.

It is one thing that Australia are hoping to match 13 years later, as they already maintain the T20 trophy having secured that on dwelling soil in 2020 earlier than the Ashes have been sealed with two video games to spare in February, however the one-day World Cup evades them.

Australian vice-captain Rachael Haynes already has a winner’s medal from 2013, and he or she is nicely on her solution to a contest file — the opening batter sits on 429 runs for the match, 27 behind Debbie Hockley of New Zealand’s all-time finest set in 1997.

That shouldn’t be the one file that might be damaged within the ultimate. England cricketer Sophie Ecclestone has the prospect to surpass Australian Lyn Fullston, whose haul of 23 wickets in 1982 stays the mark to beat.

Ecclestone sits on 20 wickets having taken her maiden worldwide five-wicket haul within the semifinal in opposition to South Africa ending on s6/36, one of the best figures by an England bowler in a World Cup.

The left-arm spinner is emblematic of England’s journey within the World Cup, the place she and her group didn’t fairly make an affect at the beginning however have peaked at precisely the precise time. The 22-year-old began along with her worst-ever figures in ODIs with none for 77 in opposition to Australia within the group stage, whereas England have been on the verge of elimination after dropping three video games.

Squads:

Australia Women Squad: Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy(w), Meg Lanning(c), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Nicola Carey, Amanda Wellington

England Women Squad: Tammy Beaumont, Danielle Wyatt, Heather Knight(c), Natalie Sciver, Amy Jones(w), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Charlotte Dean, Anya Shrubsole, Natasha Farrant, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Emma Lamb, Freya Davies

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