| Event | 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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| England won by 67 runs | |||||||||
| Date | 1 August 1993 | ||||||||
| Venue | Lord's, London, England | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Jo Chamberlain (Eng) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Valerie Gibbens (Eng) and Judith West (Eng) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 5,000 | ||||||||
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The1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was aone-day cricket match betweenEngland andNew Zealand played on 1 August 1993 atLord's in London, England. It marked the culmination of the1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, the fifth edition ofthe tournament. England won the final by 67 runs, clinching their second World Cup title; their first since the inaugural tournament in 1973. It was England's third appearance in a World Cup final, while New Zealand made their debut at this stage of the tournament.
New Zealand remained unbeaten through theround-robin league stage of the tournament, while England only lost once: to New Zealand. They finished first and second in the league to qualify directly for the final. New Zealand were considered slight favourites for the final. The New Zealandcaptain,Sarah Illingworth, won the toss, and opted to field first. England scored patiently throughout most of their innings;Jan Brittin andCarole Hodges had apartnership of 85, before runs were added more quickly towards the end, led by 38 runs from 33balls by the Englishall-rounderJo Chamberlain. England finished on 195 for five. In their response, New Zealand regularly lost wickets.Debbie Hockley getting run out just before the tea interval was identified as a key moment for England, who eventually bowled New Zealand out for 128 to secure victory. Chamberlain was named as player of the match, for her all-round performance.
The1993 Women's Cricket World Cup was the fifthWomen's Cricket World Cup. The first had beenheld in 1973, pre-dating the firstmen's Cricket World Cup by two years.[1] The 1993 tournament featured eight teams;Australia,Denmark,England,India,Ireland,Netherlands,New Zealand and theWest Indies.[2] It took place between 20 July and 1 August, featuring 29 matches over 13 days.[3] England had won the first World Cup on home soil, before Australia won each of the next three, beating England in the1982 and1988 finals.[1]
Each team played seven matches during the round-robin stage of the tournament, facing each other once. The top two teams would progress directly to the final.[2] England started their campaign against Denmark. Aided by ahat-trick fromCarole Hodges—both the first by an Englishwoman in international cricket, and the first at any Women's World Cup—England won by 239 runs; at the time, the second-biggest winning margin inWomen's One Day International cricket.[4] In their second match, they faced New Zealand, who only managed to score 127 runs batting first. However, in response, New Zealand enacted fiverun outs to help secure a 25-run victory. The New Zealand captain,Sarah Illingworth recalled: "As captain that day I felt as if I knew what was going to happen before it did in the field. [It was the] best fielding performance I’ve ever been involved in."[5] The English cricket writer, Raf Nicholson, blamed England rather than praised New Zealand, saying that England "threw away the game with five suicidal run-outs and unnecessary slogging in between".[2] England subsequently beat Ireland by 162 runs—during which Hodges andHelen Plimmer both scored centuries for England—and narrowly defeated India, who had only needed four runs to win when their last batter was dismissed.[6][2] Their results meant that England had to beat Australia to give themselves a realistic chance of reaching the final. England scored 208 for five; aided by another century from Hodges, and then five wickets byGill Smith helped England to bowl Australia out for 165.[2] England convincingly won their final two group matches; a four-wicket win over the West Indies, with more than 13overs remaining, and a 133-run win over the Netherlands.[3]
New Zealand opened their tournament against Ireland, achieving a seven-wicket win after restricting the Irish to 82 for six from their reduced allocation of 39 overs. After beating England in their second match, New Zealand secured another large victory, defeating Denmark by nine wickets after bowling them out for 93 runs. New Zealand's bowlers dominated again in the next match:Jennifer Turner took five wickets and conceded only five runs as the Netherlands were bowled out for 40,[5] at the time the third-lowest score in Women's One Day Internationals.[7] During New Zealand's next match, a seven-wicket win over the West Indies,Julie Harris took New Zealand's first hat-trick in Women's One Day Internationals. In their penultimate group match, New Zealand were restricted to 154 runs by India, but three run outs andeconomic bowling helped them to a 42-run victory.[5] New Zealand faced Australia in their final group match: victory would ensure them a place in the final, but a loss would leave Australia, England and New Zealand all on the same number of points, andrun rate would have to be used to determine which teams reached the final. No such tie-breaker was needed; New Zealand bowled Australia out for 77 runs, which as of 2020 remains their lowest total in Women's One Day Internationals.[8] New Zealand reached their target without loss to win by ten wickets.[5] Having won all of their matches, New Zealand finished top of the league on 28 points, while England finished second with 24 points.[9]
The final was played on a "clear and bright" day atLord's cricket ground in London.[2] Although Lord's is famously described as "the home of cricket",[10] it was only the third time that a women's One Day International had been played at the ground. At the time of the match, women were not allowed to be members of theMarylebone Cricket Club (the MCC; who owned the ground), nor were they allowed inthe pavilion.[11] TheBBC made a late schedule change to broadcast the match live onGrandstand, where it attracted 2.5 million viewers.[2] The match began at 10:45 BST,[12] and was played in front of a crowd of around 5,000 people, who were all on one side of the ground, as the MCC kept the other side closed.[2]
The New Zealandcaptain, Illingworth, won thetoss and chose to field first.[11]Jan Brittin andWendy Watson opened the batting for England; Watson wasdropped in the first over, but only added five runs before beingbowled bySarah McLauchlan. That wicket brought Hodges to the crease: Brittin and Hodges were the leading run-scorers during the tournament,[13] andAlan Lee ofThe Times described theirpartnership as "accomplished and assured" as they patiently put on 85 runs together.[14] During her innings, Brittin became the first player to score 1,000 runs in Women's World Cup matches.[11] Brittin was dismissed 15 minutes before lunch, caught atmid-wicket byKaren Gunn off the bowling of McLauchlan for 48 runs, leaving England 96 for two.[14] After the wicket, Hodges and Plimmer scored 18 runs in just under 10 overs before both were dismissed in quick succession:[15] Hodges wasstumped by Illingworth off the bowling ofCatherine Campbell for 45, while Plimmer was run out for 11. Their wickets broughtJo Chamberlain andBarbara Daniels in to bat. The pair played more positively, working the ball into gaps in the field and takingquick singles.[14] Chamberlain was dropped when she had scored seven runs:[2] in all, New Zealand dropped four catches during the final,[11] in stark contrast to the excellent fielding that had earned them plaudits during the group stage.[5] Chamberlain scored 38 runs from 33 deliveries before missing the ball while aiming a big shot at theTavern Stand,[11] and being bowled byJulie Harris.[14] She was given a standing ovation by the MCC members as she walked off the pitch.[2] Daniels andKaren Smithies added another 20 runs in the final few overs to take England to 195 for five: they scored 81 of their 195 runs from the last 12 overs.[15]
New Zealand opened the batting withPenny Kinsella andDebbie Hockley; England started with themedium pace bowling ofClare Taylor at one end, and theoff spin of Hodges at the other. Writing forThe Guardian,Mike Selvey said that the use of Hodges "at a stroke [rendered] Debbie Hockley both moribund and, with helmet, grill and armguard, faintly ridiculous."[16] Kinsella was the first wicket to fall,caught behind byJane Smit off the bowling of Taylor for 15. Hockley andKirsty Bond then built a partnership, taking the score on to 51 for one before Chamberlain was introduced into the bowling attack, and Bond was soon "brilliantly caught by Suzy Kitson at gully", according to Martin Williamson ofESPNcricinfo.[11] Hockley andMaia Lewis began to rebuild the New Zealand innings, but after adding nine runs in seven overs, the left-handed Chamberlain hit the stumps with a right-arm throw to run out Hockley for 24, a moment identified as the turning point of the match by both Selvey and Taylor.[16][2]Tea was taken after 30 overs of the New Zealand innings.[16] Shortly thereafter two more wickets fell: Illingworth wascaught and bowled by Smithies for 4, whileEmily Drumm was caught by Chamberlain off the bowling of Smith for aduck.[15] From 55 for one, New Zealand hadcollapsed to 71 for five.[2] Lewis and Gunn added 39 runs together,[5] but once Lewis was dismissed for 28, trappedleg before wicket by Smith, New Zealand subsided, and werebowled out for 128. England won by 67 runs,[15] and secured their second World Cup title.[5]
| Batsman | Method of dismissal | Runs | Balls | SR |
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| Jan Brittin | cKaren Gunn bSarah McLauchlan | 48 | 117 | 41.02 |
| Wendy Watson | bSarah McLauchlan | 5 | 25 | 20.00 |
| Carole Hodges | cSarah Illingworth † bCatherine Campbell | 45 | 119 | 37.81 |
| Helen Plimmer | run out | 11 | 30 | 36.66 |
| Jo Chamberlain | bJulie Harris | 38 | 33 | 115.15 |
| Barbara Daniels | not out | 21 | 27 | 77.77 |
| Karen Smithies * | not out | 10 | 9 | 111.11 |
| Extras | (8 byes, 7leg byes, 2 wides) | 17 | ||
| Totals | (60 overs) | 195/5 | 3.25 runs per over | |
| Did not bat:Jane Smit †,Clare Taylor,Gill Smith,Suzie Kitson | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
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| Jennifer Turner | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Julie Harris | 12 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 2.58 |
| Sarah McLauchlan | 10 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2.50 |
| Catherine Campbell | 12 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3.75 |
| Karen Gunn | 12 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Emily Drumm | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Batsman | Method of dismissal | Runs | Balls | SR |
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| Penny Kinsella | cJane Smit † bClare Taylor | 15 | 35 | 42.85 |
| Debbie Hockley | run out | 24 | 64 | 37.50 |
| Kirsty Bond | cSuzie Kitson bJo Chamberlain | 12 | 38 | 31.57 |
| Maia Lewis | lbw bClare Taylor | 28 | 87 | 32.18 |
| Sarah Illingworth * † | c & bKaren Smithies | 4 | 10 | 40.00 |
| Emily Drumm | cJo Chamberlain bGill Smith | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Karen Gunn | bGill Smith | 19 | 46 | 41.30 |
| Sarah McLauchlan | cJan Brittin bSuzie Kitson | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Jennifer Turner | cClare Taylor bGill Smith | 2 | 17 | 11.76 |
| Julie Harris | not out | 5 | 12 | 41.66 |
| Catherine Campbell | cJan Brittin bSuzie Kitson | 6 | 13 | 46.15 |
| Extras | (8leg byes, 5 wides) | 13 | ||
| Totals | (55.1 overs) | 128 | 2.32 runs per over | |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
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| Clare Taylor | 12 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2.25 |
| Carole Hodges | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Jo Chamberlain | 9 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3.11 |
| Karen Smithies | 12 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.16 |
| Gill Smith | 12 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2.41 |
| Suzie Kitson | 5.1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2.12 |
Umpires:
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"It was her violently struck 38 from 33 balls that lifted the England innings above dangerous mediocrity. It was her lively left-arm bowling that ended the most threatening stand in the New Zealand reply and her direct hit from cover, athletically precise, that terminated the innings of the prolific Debbie Hockley and, with it, the contest."
Chamberlain was selected as theplayer of the match: inThe Times, Lee said that "she did all but everything", praising her batting, bowling and fielding performances alike.[14] InThe Guardian, Selvey said that she had put in an "unstinting all-round performance".[16] The consensus was that New Zealand had been overwhelmed by their nerves in the final; one of the New Zealand players, Campbell said "We weren't very experienced at finals, and we choked."[2] Throughout the group stage, New Zealand had never had to chase more than 96 runs, so their middle and lower order batters had not had much match practice in English conditions.[11][2] Before the match, England's women had received a good luck message from theEngland men's team, who had just lost theAshes to Australia. Smithies, speaking after the victory, aimed a good-natured dig at them; "Perhaps they could learn a few things from this."[11]
England's victory gave women's cricket unprecedented coverage in the English press; it was featured in all the national newspapers, and was even on the front pages of some. There was an item on the win in theBBC Evening News.[11] The England captain, Smithies, reflected that the response surprised her; "It changed my life completely for about six months ... It lit up women's cricket again."[2]
In amongst all the plaudits were a few notes of caution; Lee suggested that "This final illustrated the athleticism of the game and the status to which it can aspire; what is needed now is firmer and more enterprising administration."[14] Former England playerSarah Potter said "Progress has been held back by lack of hard cash and column inches, and buckets of male condescension."[11] England failed to reach another World Cup final until 2009, when theyonce again beat New Zealand. New Zealand faced Australia in the final in both1997 and2000; losing the first and winning the second.[1]
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