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Fans set a new world record in the final of the Women's T20 World Cup in Melbourne between Australia and India.
Australia faced India in the final of the Women's T20 at Australia's famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Four-time title-winning defending champion Australia has won the Women's T20 World Cup title for the fifth time, making Women's World Day more memorable.The highlight of the match was the spectacular Melbourne Cricket Ground, in which a large number of women spectators, in particular, made a new world record.
There were 86,174 spectators watching the match played at Melbourne Cricket Stadium, which is a new world record.#T20WorldCup final attendance: 86,174— ICC (@ICC) March 8, 2020
🔝 The highest for a women's sporting event in Australia
🔝 The highest for a women's cricket match globally
Thank you everyone for making #IWD2020 one to remember 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Cpyf7T0gnv
It is not only the largest number of spectators attending any women's sports event in Australia, but it is also the largest number of spectators attending all women's cricket matches worldwide.
The record for the largest number of spectators attending women's sports was set in 1999 when 90,185 spectators watched the match at the Stadium in the Women's Soccer World Cup final between the United States and Russia."Thanks to the 86,000 people that came out tonight, it was something incredibly special."— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) March 8, 2020
A message from Alyssa Healy to the fans after Australia's #T20WorldCup triumph 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/03GxSg3Z29
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