Australia's women's cricketers continue their world dominance with historic gold, despite a COVID infection creating some awkward moments.
When we talk about greatness in Australian team sports, surely now they must be counted amongst the very best we've ever seen.
As she so often does, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur took control to put India in a dangerous position before Gardner dismissed her for 65. "But on the flip side, I thought that if we got a couple of wickets that we were in with a real shot of turning the screws and putting the squeeze on them, which is what happened."But Jess Jonassen delivered the goods with the ball as the Australians claimed another major title.On the morning of the match Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath tested positive to COVID-19, but she was still allowed to play.
In bizarre scenes, McGrath had to socially distance from her teammates when she took a catch – never mind that they were all touching the same ball.
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