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Australian women cricketers hailed as among greatest ever

Australia’s captain Meg Lanning (C) holds the trophy with her teammates after they won the T20 women’s World Cup

SYDNEY – Australia’s all-conquering women cricketers were hailed Monday as among the greatest sporting teams the country has ever produced after winning yet another Twenty20 World Cup.

Meg Lanning’s side beat hosts South Africa by 19 runs at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday to lift the trophy for a sixth time in the last seven tournaments.

“Don Bradman had the Invincibles. Meg Lanning has the Immortals,” said The Australian newspaper.

“Where Bradman’s legendary team was labelled as such just for one tour of England after the war, the Australian women’s team is now an era of unprecedented world domination.”

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