The West Indies captain, Hayley Matthews, criticised the “unfair” distribution of funding in global cricket after her team were beaten resoundingly by Australia in the T20 World Cup semi-finals.
Australia chased down their 126‑run target with eight wickets and seven overs to spare, after a 63-run partnership off 36 balls between Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner enabled Australia to win at a canter. The six‑time champions will face the winner of Thursday’s semi-final between England and South Africa in the final on Sunday. After another convincing performance, they will surely be huge favourites to take home a seventh title. West Indies, by contrast, have failed to win a single tournament in the past decade.
