women cricket world cup final women cricket world cup final cricket match new_zealand england played march north sydney oval australia culmination women cricket world cup ninth women cricket world cup england won final wickets world cup title outside england second time teams met stage world cup england won previous final contest winning toss new_zealand captain opted bat bowled overs total runs batting number highest scorer new_zealand england bowler took career best wickets runs response england built opening partnership runs continued score steadily despite regularly losing wickets reached winning total balls spare earning england world cup title years initially included england team named player match replacing injured minutes start match route final group stage new_zealand drawn group competition west_indies south_africa traditional rivals australia started campaign australia scored cautious half century new_zealand dismissal triggered collapse team lost seven wickets addition runs reply australia regularly lost wickets bowling spell took wickets runs slowed run chase initial rain delay held game second finished match runs short method missed new_zealand second match west_indies injury captain second time matches new_zealand suffered collapse losing wickets runs seventh wicket partnership mason helped new_zealand remain competitive match completed overs runs according west indian reply devoid momentum spin mason took wickets apiece limit west_indies runs loss wickets overs final group stage match new_zealand ensured won group big win south_africa scored half centuries team reached total south_africa struggled chase reached double figures innings dominated bowling mason collected wickets england placed alongside india pakistan sri_lanka contest sri_lanka scored runs aided ball century half century sri_lanka batted allocation overs lost runs took wickets batsmen run chase following match bowling action reported potentially illegal cleared days later england faced india second match contest billed battle spot group england won match easily bowling india taking wickets unbeaten half centuries large win pakistan guaranteed england finished group winners marsh took career best wickets help bowl pakistan runs total reached half allowed overs super england new_zealand met match england batted despite stage runs captain rapid runs helped recover post total response new_zealand began positively boosted half century captain spin bowling edwards marsh controlled run rate new_zealand eventually bowled edwards taking wickets england following match west_indies surpassed runs batting scored half centuries propel england total english dismissed west_indies runs marsh collecting wickets win secured england place final result final match australia second match new_zealand faced indian beaten australia super contest india batted scored innings lost batsmen run outs new_zealand began response putting partnership runs wicket dismissal supported eventually fell runs new_zealand reached target balls spare new_zealand set record partnership second wicket women final match scored pair runs played aggressive innings scoring runs balls including new_zealand reached overs bowled pakistan granting run victory qualifying final england australia final super match slowed run rate bowling taking wickets restricting england fourteen runs overs england bowled total australia chased overs build prior start competition suggested england new_zealand australia favourites win competition final repeat final england won lord sides won world cup previously hosting tournament new_zealand achieved feat england winners addition losing final england new_zealand finalists losing australia india england contested previous finals losing australia subsequent tournaments england aggravated strain warm replaced team vice captain previously omitted richards writing described england new_zealand worthy finalists noted disappointed performance australia finished fourth match summary final played sunny day north sydney oval multi purpose stadium new_south_wales ground hosted number matches earlier tournament women cricket world cup hosted men international cricket match played people began scheduled lunch interval australia south african appointed field match davis member highest designation umpire senior designation fulfilled field roles fourth respectively served match referee previously umpired cricket world cup final despite conditions swing bowling new_zealand captain chose bat winning toss england opened bowling end provided spin bowling spell described bbc superb team mate credited putting new_zealand batsmen pressure new_zealand progressed loss opener england bowling change england vice captain brought immediate impact ball attempted mid caught following ball fell duck delivery wicket keeper overs later dismissed providing thick edge middle order batsmen mason got starts new_zealand collapsed seven joined pair provided degree recovery scored runs partnership help new_zealand total dismissal wide delivery new_zealand subsided rapidly losing final wickets runs new zealand herald criticised batting indifferent richards credited england tight bowling fielding restrict new_zealand response england began opening batsmen built partnership larger managed new_zealand scoring runs dismissal taylor played patient innings taylor scored runs balls came dismissal played similar attacking intent striking boundaries runs bowled mason england middle order suffered collapse opposition spin mason scoring rate slowing significantly runs end fourteenth overs later edwards given caught wicket keeper runs actually hit ball despite struggles middle overs richards opined england looked like losing england batting attacking style struggled score pushed england winning target single secured victory england balls remaining innings contribution player match match officials field umpire referee umpire captain wicket keeper fielder indicates batsman dismissed catch named fielder bowler indicates bowler gains credit dismissal indicates batsman dismissed leg wicket indicates batsman aftermath awarded england cup win new_zealand received team tournament included seven finalists england edwards selected captain joined team mates marsh represented new_zealand team named team twelfth woman finished tournament leading run scorer named player tournament month final taylor woman selected sides met months later contest final women world england won contest team sex champions formats test day international tournament automatically qualified women cricket world cup england new_zealand reached final tournament instead met place playoff england won wickets
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final