Ellyse Perry (L) and Jess Cameron celebrate their victory over England. Source: PRAKASH SINGH / AFP
AUSTRALIA has claimed its third-straight women's World T20 title after hammering England in the final in Dhaka, ending a year of agony against its great rivals.
Dual-international Ellyse Perry hit the winning runs to secure a crushing six-wicket victory for the Southern Stars, reaching the target of 106 with almost five overs to spare.
It was a third world T20 title for Australia, who lost back-to-back Ashes series in 2013-14.
The target set by England proved way too small, as captain Meg Lanning (44 off 30 balls) and another young veteran in the form of Perry (31 not out off 32) added 60 in just over eight overs for the third wicket.
The Southern Stars celebrated their victory in style. Source: Getty Images
Australia smashed ten fours and four sixes and kept England to just eight boundaries.
Lanning was out just two runs shy of the target and veteran Alex Blackwell (0 off 3) was trapped lbw with the scores level.
Elyse Villani (12 off 17) and Jess Jonassen (15 off 8) got the chase off to a quick start.
Earlier, England fell well short of a competitive total thanks to a superb spell of bowling by Sarah Coyte.
The Aussie pace bowler finishes with figures of 3-16 from her four overs, maintaining a tight line that frustrated the English batters. England couldn't build a partnership of more than 33 runs and Heather Knight (23 off 24 balls) was the only England batter to pass 20.
Meg Lanning was superb with the bat once again. Source: Getty Images
The wickers were shared among the Australian attack. Coyte (3-16 off 4 overs) was the most successful and was named player of the match for her efforts.
Speedster Perry (2-13 off 4) new ball bowler Rene Farrell (2-27 of 4) also claimed multiple wickets, while spinner Jonassen (0-16 off 4) bowled a tight spell.
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