Australia Women's Team Wins World Cup for the Seventh Time
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Australia Women's Team Wins World Cup for the Seventh Time

05 July 2026

The Australia Women's team has won the World Cup for the seventh time. Australia defeated England to secure the honor of becoming the Women's T20 champions for a record seventh time.

Chasing a target of 151 runs set by England in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final played at Lord's, the Australian team reached the target with the loss of only 3 wickets. Earlier, the host team batted first and scored 150 runs for the loss of 4 wickets, featuring an unbeaten 58 runs from captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, while Freya Kemp scored an aggressive 44 runs off 28 balls.

From Australia, Hamilton, Garth, Sophie Molineux, and Sutherland picked up one wicket each. Both teams had remained undefeated in the tournament leading up to the final. The Australian team was playing its record eighth final, while England has won the title once.