The Aussie Women's Cricket Team Are World Champs For the Seventh Time

Yeah the girls.

The gals in the baggy green have done their cricket-crazy country proud, claiming their seventh Women's World Cup title on Sunday.

The Aussies beat England by 71 runs at the One Day International match in New Zealand.

Not only did they get the trophy, which they haven't held since 2013, but they also broke literal world records.

Opener, Alyssa Healy, continued her hot form throughout the tournament, scoring 170 off 138 balls—the highest score in a women's or men's World Cup final.

That helped the team reach 356 runs after they were sent in to bat, and despite England leading for much of the match, they weren't able to defend their title.

Healy claimed more than 500 runs overall and was named Player of the Tournament. All hail the cricket queen.

And Ellyse Perry passed a late fitness test and was able to return for the final (but couldn't bowl) after back spasms put her out of the previous two games.

The Aussies won every match of the tournament to secure their place in the final, so they went in as favourites. But they were very cautious not to have a repeat of 2017.

They were favourites then too, widely considered the best team in the world actually, before a surprise loss to India in the semi-finals.

Since then, they've been on a mission to win back their status as world champs, famously winning the Twenty20 world title in 2020.

It was just shy of five years (thanks to COVID interruptions) before they were able to complete the fairytale with the ODI win.

Skipper Meg Lanning said "we felt like we've waited for a hell of a long time."

"To come out and perform so well throughout the whole tournament is pretty amazing and I think we deserved victory today."

The gals won't have to wait long to prove themselves again either, with T20 cricket on the schedule at the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games in July/August. We can't wait.

Meanwhile, the Aussie men lost to Pakistan in their first ODI series in 20 years after both opening batters were lost to ducks.

Header Image: Australian Women's Cricket Team via Facebook.