Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner’s second wicket partnership kept the score board ticking over for Australia.
They contributed 46 runs to take Australia to 82. But Chloe Tryon struck for the Proteas removing Gardner for 29 with Sune Luus taking the catch at long-off. Grace Harris and Mooney took Australia to the 100 mark in the 14th over. However, Harris was sent packing for 10 by Nonkululeko Mlaba to leave Australia on 103 for three. Meg Lanning was next to depart.Mooney reached a milestone scoring a 50 to become the first cricketer to score half centuries in two T20 World Cup finals.
Shabnim Ismail got the Proteas two wickets with successive deliveries in the final over to become the leading wicket taker at the ICC Women’s World Cup with 43.Australia reached 156 for the loss of six wickets in their 20 overs.Tazmin Britz was sent packing for 10 by Darcie Brown with South Africa having just 17 runs on the score board.The Proteas were losing wickets cheaply with Luus run out for a mere two runs.