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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tim de Lisle (later) and Tanya Aldred (earlier)

India beat South Africa by 52 runs to win Women’s Cricket World Cup final – as it happened

India’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning their maiden Women’s World Cup.
India’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning their maiden Women’s World Cup. Photograph: Alex Davidson/ICC/Getty Images

Match report

Harmanpreet lifts the trophy at last. A shower of gold fireworks shoots into the sky. There’s gold tickertape too, and the voice of Freddie Mercury.

“We are the champions,” he sings. And then the worst line in any Queen song: “no time for losers”. The OBO will always have time for losers, or as we prefer to call them, runners-up.

Thanks for your company, correspondence and views on all sorts of things throughout this World Cup. It’s been a blast.

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