- In Cricket, Australia women's national team has won the ICC Women's T20 World Cup for 5th time. He defeated India by 85 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International Women's Day.
- In finals, Australia scored 184 runs out of which Alyssa Healy 75 runs, and Beth Mooney 78 (Not-Out) runs. Whereas, Indian Women's Team are all out of 99 runs in 19.1 overs.
- Teams,
- The ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament featured 10 teams- Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh, Thailand.
ICC Women's T20 World Cup,
- It was the 7th ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament which was hosted by Australia from 21st February to 8th March 2020.
- The first edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup was held in England in 2009 and the winner was Australia.
- About ICC,
- The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded on 15th June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa.
- In 1965, It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference and took up its current name in 1989.
- It is organized ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, ICC T20 World Cup, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, and ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup.
- ICC HQ in Dubai, UAE.
- ICC Official language - English.
- ICC Chairman - Shashank Manohar.
- CEO of ICC - Manu Sawhney.
Published On : 09 Mar 2020
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