India V South Africa: Women’s Cricket World Cup Final – Live

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And a mates of post-mortems.

First Australia:

Then England:

Raf’s preview of today’s large match.

South Africa's captain: Laura Wolvaardt

And immoderate soft snowfall calm from Laura Wovaardt.

“Mandla [Mashimbyi, South Africa caput coach] usually does nan really inspirational stuff, nan ‘you’re carrying your country’ type of thing. And past I deliberation I’d conscionable travel pinch a small ‘stay calm, girls’ astatine nan end. There’s going to beryllium a batch of noise, a batch happening, a batch of possibly different routines than you’re utilized to successful a normal game. But astatine nan extremity of nan day, we’re going to person to do nan basics for longer passim nan game, and clasp nan nervus for longer. I deliberation conscionable holding connected and staying calm is going to spell a agelong measurement tomorrow.”

“I’m trying not to deliberation excessively acold ahead; conscionable really benignant of slow it down. I deliberation nan first clip you’re successful those finals, it feels for illustration a really big, fast-paced event. We’re going to request to slow down and return a large breath, and dream we’re capable to do that arsenic a group.”

India's captain: Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet, whose look tells a thousand, 10 thousand, stories, wept arsenic India turned complete Australia. She was much composed connected Saturday night.

“I deliberation nan astir important point is that we person to bask this because location is thing bigger than this successful our life arsenic a cricketer and arsenic a captain. So our attraction is to bask this infinitesimal and support taking mini targets which we person to execute arsenic a squad alternatively than reasoning bigger targets because you tin execute bigger targets if you execute nan mini targets.”

“As a player, these moments are very important. To hit a squad for illustration Australia, which is simply a large squad and has ever done good connected nan world stage. It’s not an easy point to execute and beryllium mentally beardown successful beforehand of them. But I deliberation overcoming that hurdle was thing very typical to each of us. I ever show my squad that you don’t request to power your emotions. If you consciousness for illustration crying, cry. At nan aforesaid time, conscionable support enjoying. I deliberation location is nary bigger accomplishment aliases point for us. Tomorrow is simply a typical time and we will spell pinch nan aforesaid mindset.”

Preamble

Are you fresh for a caller chapter? A caller sanction connected an aged trophy?

A sell-out crowd is waiting astatine Navi Mumbai for these 2 sides, who turned complete nan aged bid successful their semi-finals. Harmanpreet Kaur’s generational India play Laura Wolvaardt’s under- nan radar-South Africa – England and Australia watching from their sofas. Two totemic captains, 2 sides chock-a-block pinch talent.

This feels for illustration a crippled changer. Stay pinch america arsenic we count each over.

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