Buoyant Windies stand in Australia’s way for fourth Women’s World T20 title

Buoyant Windies stand in Australia’s way for fourth Women’s World T20 title

Kolkata : Buoyant and formidable West Indies stands in the way as Australia bids to win a fourth successive World Women’s Twenty20 title when the final is played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.
The Southern Stars won all three finals it has featured in during the 2010, 2012 and 2014 editions, while the West Indies has made it to its first-ever title round after being knocked out in the semi-finals on the last three occasions.
Stafanie Taylor’s Caribbean stars have already assured themselves a place in history as the first team other than Australia, England and New Zealand to qualify for a women’s World T20 final.
If records alone mattered, Australia would be the overwhelming favourite to win on Sunday, having beaten the West Indies in all their eight previous T20 Internationals.
During a warm-up match in Chennai last month – the most recent meeting between the two -Australia cruised to a 43-run win by scoring 139 for three and then bowling the West Indies out for 96.
But Taylor’s side has shown enough resilience during the tournament to suggest it will not be a cakewalk for the world champion Southern Stars, who are led by the world’s leading batter Meg Lanning.

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