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2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final

Event	2000 Women's Cricket World Cup
New Zealand Australia 184 180 48.4 overs 49.1 overs
Date	23 December 2000
Venue	Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, New Zealand
Player of the match	Belinda Clark
Umpires	Peter Parker and Dave Quested
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The 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a women's One Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Australia played on 23 December 2000 at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand. It was the culmination of the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup, the seventh Women's Cricket World Cup. New Zealand won by 4 runs, clinching their first World Cup title, after finishing as runners-up in both the 1993 and 1997 tournaments. Rick Eyre of ESPNcricinfo suggested that it was "the greatest World Cup final ever."

Australia and New Zealand finished first and second in the round-robin group stage of the tournament, and then won their respective semi-finals against South Africa and India to meet in the final for the second consecutive tournament.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first, but according to Eyre, they "crumbled to be all out" for 184 runs. Kathryn Ramel scored the most runs for New Zealand, accruing 41 from 63 deliveries, while Terry McGregor bowled particularly economically for Australia. In their response, Australia lost the early wickets of Lisa Keightley and Karen Rolton, but Belinda Clark remained at the crease, and scored 91 runs before being bowled in the 42nd over. Australia kept losing wickets, and from the first ball of the final over, requiring five more runs to win, Charmaine Mason was caught behind, leaving Australia all out for 180. Katrina Keenan, Clare Nicholson and Rachel Pullar took two wickets apiece for New Zealand, with Keenan in particular restricting the run-rate effectively. Clark's batting, which accounted for three fifths of the runs scored while she was at the crease, led her to be presented with the player of the match award.

Match

New Zealand  184 (48.4 overs)	v	Australia 180 (49.1 overs)
Kathryn Ramel (41) Cathryn Fitzpatrick (3/52)		Belinda Clark (91) Katrina Keenan (2/19)

References

1. McConnell, Lynn (23 December 2000). "White Ferns win thrilling final for first world title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. ^ Eyre, Rick (23 December 2000). "Was this the greatest World Cup final ever?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
3. McConnell, Lynn (21 December 2000). "Who will blink first in World Cup stand-off?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
4. ^ "New Zealand Women v Australia Women: CricInfo Women's World Cup 2000/01 (Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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Competitions	The Ashes 1934–35 1937 1948–49 1951 1957–58 1963 1968–69 1976 1984–85 1987 1991–92 1998 2001 2002–03 2005 2007–08 2009 2010–11 2013 2013–14 2015 2017–18 2019 2021–22 2023 Rose Bowl 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2015–16 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21 Tri-Nations 1991–92 1994–95 2017–18 2020 2022 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI)
Matches	World Cup Finals 1982 1988 1997 2000 2005 2013 2022 T20 World Cup Finals 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023

v t e New Zealand women's national cricket team
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers Twenty20 International cricketers
Tours	England 1954 Australia 1956–57 England 1966 Australia 1971–72 South Africa 1971–72 Australia 1978–79 England/Netherlands 1984 Australia 1984–85 India 1984–85 Australia 1986–87 Australia 1990–91 Australia 1992–93 Australia 1995–96 England/Ireland 1996 Australia 1997–98 Australia 1999–2000 Australia 2001–02 Ireland/Netherlands 2002 India 2003–04 Australia 2003–04 England/Ireland 2004 Australia 2004–05 Australia 2006–07 Australia 2007 England 2007 Australia 2008–09 Australia 2009 Australia 2009–10 England 2010 Australia 2011 Australia 2011–12 Australia 2012-13 West Indies 2013–14 West Indies 2014–15 India 2015 Australia 2016–17 South Africa 2016–17 Pakistan/UAE 2017–18 England 2018 Ireland 2018 Australia 2018–19 Australia 2020–21 England 2021 West Indies 2022–23 Sri Lanka 2023 South Africa 2023–24
Home series	England 1934–35 Australia 1947–48 England 1948–49 England 1957–58 Australia 1960–61 England 1968–69 Australia 1974–75 India 1976–77 Australia in 1985–86 Australia 1987–88 Australia 1989–90 England 1991–92 Australia 1993–94 India 1994–95 Australia 1994–95 Pakistan 1996–97 Australia 1996–97 South Africa 1998–99 Australia 1998–99 England 1999–2000 England 2000–01 Australia 2001–02 Australia 2003–04 India 2005–06 Australia 2007–08 England 2007–08 Australia 2008–09 Australia 2009–10 Australia 2010–11 England 2011–12 West Indies 2013–14 England 2014–15 Sri Lanka 2015–16 Australia 2015–16 Australia 2016–17 Pakistan 2016–17 West Indies 2017–18 India 2018–19 South Africa 2019–20 Australia 2020–21 England 2020–21 India 2021–22 Bangladesh 2022–23 Pakistan 2023–24
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Matches	World Cup finals 1993 1997 2000 2009
See also	Record by opponent

• 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup
• Women's Cricket World Cup finals
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• 2000 in New Zealand women's sport
• 2000–01 Australian women's cricket season
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