There are hopes of a record crowd for the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final but that should not be the end of the journey
Each game of this Twenty20 World Cup has been leading to this – the attempted world record crowd for a women’s sporting event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Sunday’s final between Australia and India. For months, Cricket Australia and the local organising committee have been boldly espousing their hopes to break the current record of 90,185 set at the 1999 Fifa Women’s World Cup in the United States.
As Australia fell to India in the opening game of the tournament, then stumbled against Sri Lanka, there must have been some bitten-down nails amongst tournament executives. The regroup against Bangladesh and the win over New Zealand to secure a semi-final place elicited a sigh of relief. And then the weather stepped in.
Written by Megan Maurice
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