Ghosh of ESPNcricinfo suggested that England suffered from "unpredictability as a fielding unit" and had suffered from "an overall lacklustre performance with the bat from the line-up through the tournament." At least one of Australia and England had been in each of the five previous Women's World Twenty 20 Finals; in the inaugural 2009 tournament, England were champions, but Australia won each of the next three competitions. In Australia's 2012 and 2014 victories, they beat England in the final. England were the reigning Women's Cricket World Cup champions, having won the 50-over tournament the previous year. Both teams chose unchanged teams from their semi-finals. Match Summary The final was played under floodlights at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, in North Sound, Antigua, roughly a 15-minute drive north of the country's capital city, St. John's. The stadium had not been used during the group stage of the tournament, but hosted both semi-finals prior to the final. A crowd of over 9,000 attended the match, which began at 20:00 AST (UTC–4) with a scheduled break between the two innings from 21:30 to 21:50; play was due to finish by 23:20. Langton Rusere of Zimbabwe and the South African Shaun George were appointed at on-field umpires for the match, with Gregory Brathwaite as the TV umpire. Nitin Menon served as reserve umpire, while Sir Richie Richardson was the match referee. Rusere's appointment marked the first time that a Zimbabwean had stood in the final of a major international cricket tournament. George had previously umpired in three Women's Cricket World Cup finals, in each of 2005, 2013 and 2017. England's captain, Knight, won the toss and chose to bat first, suggesting that it looked a "better wicket than the semi-final. Not as slow as the last game." Former Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar suggested that England should be targeting 140 runs on a pitch that the ground-staff had "scraped all the dead grass off," leaving a "nice sheen to the surface." Australia opened their bowling attack with the left-arm spin bowler, Sophie Molineux, but she was hit for a four and a six by Danielle Wyatt. As the pitch was not providing as much assistance to spin bowling, Australia switched to their pace bowlers to control the innings. Wyatt was dropped twice in short succession; first Haynes could only get her fingertips to the ball, and then wicket-keeper Healy could not hold onto a thick