Summary

  • India win Women's World Cup for first time - full report

  • Tournament hosts complete victory on stroke of midnight local time

  • Deepti Sharma takes 5-39 as South Africa fall short

  • Wolvaardt hits sublime 101 but falls to juggling Amanjot catch

  • Part-time bowler Verma removes Luus & Kapp

  • India post 298-7 - Verma top-scores with 87 off 78 balls

  • Deepti hits unbeaten 58, Ghosh smashes 34 off 24

  • Khaka takes 3-58 but SA drop number of chances

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. Sophie Ecclestone - England (81%)

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    Another World Cup, another fantastic showing from Sophie Ecclestone.

    The left-arm spinner took 16 wickets at 14.25. The wicket tally might have been higher had she not missed one game through illness and been restricted to bowling only four balls in another due to injury.

    England's standout spinner slots in at nine with 81% of you voting her into the XI.

  2. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Alana King bowled seven overs, two maidens and seven wickets for 18 runs against World Cup finalist South Africa. That is the only stat you need.

  3. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Alana King has a presence when she comes on to bowl and makes you sit up. We make the Shane Warne comparison, but it is the same theatre that she generates and makes you want to watch every ball.

    And as soon as England attacked her, and Nat Sciver-Brunt got out, the rest of the squad almost thought that we shouldn't attack her, and that's when Alana King and Australia pounced.

  4. Alana King - Australia (84%)

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    The most selected player in this XI and you can't argue with that. Alana King is just brilliant - and has been again in this tournament.

    The leggie's 7-18 against South Africa in the group stage was just ridiculous and with 13 wickets at 4.03 runs an over, she had to be in.

  5. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Annabel Sutherland's batting so far have been - 98 against England, 5,1, 0, 10 not out and 3. It was very much feast or famine with her.

  6. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Annabel Sutherland's knock against England was staggeringly good. The situation almost helped her because it wasn't a huge target and gave her time to settle in and rotate the strike. They made the run chase look so easy.

    But with the ball, she has to almost save Australia on occasions. England and India got to a brilliant start against them, and they have had to throw the ball to her to revive the innings. She has thrived on having the clarity of a middle-overs bowler and breaking partnerships.

  7. Annabel Sutherland - Australia (35%)

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    If Ash Gardner isn't the best all-rounder in the world then Annabel Sutherland might just be.

    It has been a strange tournament for Sutherland with the bat as she made 98 against England but has otherwise struggled.

    She has been excellent with the ball, though, taking 17 wickets and going at only 4.45 runs per over.

    She gets in with 35% of the vote. Not a bad player to be coming in at seven.

  8. Right back to the team of the tournament. We should have time to get through this before the start of play.

    Nobody wants a nine-player side...

  9. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "We were thinking to bowl first because of the overhead conditions. It's an important game and I feel good to bat first so hopefully we can put a decent total on the board.

    "The pitch is looking sticky because of the rain and overhead conditions.

    "We spoke about that game that night then we had two days to recover. We knew a big game was coming up and now everyone is ready."

  10. South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt: "We're going to have a bowl first. There's a bit of rain around and it's a nice chasing ground with a bit of dew. We're hoping for a bit of stickiness with the ball early on but it looks a good wicket.

    "We haven't played a game here yet but we've been good at adjusting in the powerplay.

    "It's a big game for us. We're excited for the opportunity to be here and to play in front of this crowd. We're taking the positives into this game. We start at zero again, we start from scratch but we're positive about how we've been playing."

  11. South Africa win the toss and bowl

    Laura Wolvaardt calls correctly at the toss and South Africa have put India in.

    She mentions that the rain around is part of that decision. Both sides are unchanged.

  12. Not a bad top six there. We'll bring you the rest of the team shortly but now it's time for the toss.

    After a lengthy delay, it looks like we will get some cricket in this World Cup final.

  13. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Marizanne Kapp has been hot and cold a little bit in this tournament. Scores early on were 4, 14, and 20. She has made a couple of fifties, but bowling-wise, she hasn't bowled her full quota in any of the innings. But her bowling economy is 3.83.

  14. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Marizanne Kapp is probably somebody you would pick purely on aura. She loves the big occasion, and in the semi-final, when England were going along nicely, Laura Wolvaardt throws the ball to Marizanne Kapp every single time, and she delivers almost every single time.

    She is so emotional and passionate about what South Africa means to her; she wears her heart on her sleeve. For a player in the big occasion, you couldn't get much better than Marizanne Kapp.

  15. Marizanne Kapp - South Africa (56%)

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    The 35-year-old South Africa all-rounder remains one of the fiercest competitors in the game - with all the skill to back it up.

    Useful runs at important times and 12 wickets across the tournament - including a brilliant five-for in the semi-final against England - earned her 56% of the vote and a place in the side.

  16. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Ash Gardner has seven wickets, but it was her batting that made her stand out. She is the third-highest scorer with 328 runs at an average of 82 and a strike rate of 130, with two hundreds against New Zealand and England, respectively. And remarkably, she bats at six.

  17. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    It is so deflating as an opposition to see Ash Gardner come into bat at five or six, and she would get in any side as a batter or a bowler. She is the number one-ranked all-rounder, the number two batter and the number three bowler.

    She is excelling at both and does not go through dips in form, and she is an incredible fielder and could captain that team as well. She is invaluable.

  18. Ash Gardner - Australia (66%)

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    The best all-rounder in the world? There is some stiff competition for that title in the women's game - not least from within her own side (more on that to come...) but Ash Gardner might just be number one right now.

    A huge threat with both bat and ball, the Australia star took seven wickets with her off-spin and is also the third-highest run-scorer at this World Cup with 328 runs at 82. Remarkable stuff.

    Again, I reckon 66% of the vote might be a little low...

  19. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Before Jemimah Rodrigues got dropped, she had scores of 0 (first ball duck), 32, and a fourth-ball duck against South Africa, 33 off 21 against Australia, before she was dropped/rested for the game against England.

  20. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Rodrigues didn't know she was batting at three until the first wicket fell. We have spoken so much about the hundreds that were scored over the semi-finals. Jemimah Rodrigues was part of a team, and the strategy was so clear that all the batters could bat around Rodrigues.