After a pre-match entree from pop star Katy Perry,who accompanied by dancing cricket bats and signs spruiking girl power performed her hitsRoarandFirework- main course came in the form of a blitz from opener Alyssa Healy (75 from 39 balls) whose clean hitting catapulted Australia towards what became their fifth T20 world title after captain Lanning won the toss and elected to bat.
Both Healy and fellow opener Beth Mooney (78 not out from 54 balls) made India pay for early dropped catches,leading Australia to a commanding 4-184.
With their semi-final against England having been washed out,India entered the final having not played a match in eight days. They looked short of a gallop,with the ball,in the field,and then with the bat,falling feebly in their chase,bowled out for 99 in the final over.
Healy had entered the tournament on the back of a barren run but those struggles will be consigned to a footnote of history.
With her husband Mitchell Starc watching on after being granted an early return from Australia’s tour of South Africa,Healy pulled the match in her side’s direction from the outset.
Starc famously lit up the 2015 World Cup final at the same venue by bowling New Zealand linchpin Brendon McCullum in the match's first over.