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By winning the Cricket World Cup, the World Test Championship and retaining the Ashes away from home, Pat Cummins says this Australian cricket team have established an era-defining legacy.

Australia-born cricketer Danielle McGahey says her international career with Canada is over "as quickly as it begun" as the ICC banned players who have gone through male puberty from international women's cricket. 

The relentless churn of limited-over cricket will see India meet Australia again just days after the Cricket World Cup final, giving neither players, nor fans, time to reflect on and enjoy a thrilling tournament.

A Travis Head-inspired Australia has shocked India to win a sixth Cricket World Cup title by six wickets in front of around 125,000 stunned fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

India were widely expected to win the World Cup final after going through the tournament undefeated.

From couch experts to the casual fan, hundreds of thousands of Indian team supporters in Australia burned the midnight oil as they watched TV coverage of the World Cup final, experiencing mixed emotions as Pat Cummins side lifted the trophy in Ahmedabad. 

Travis Head has capped an incredible year with a matchwinning performance in the Cricket World Cup final — but Australia's campaign for the title could have been very different if not for a risky selection call to keep him in the squad. 

India had not been defeated at their home World Cup until an in-form Australia silenced the capacity crowd at Narendra Modi stadium when it mattered most.

The visitors silenced the sell-out crowd at Narendra Modi Stadium with some stunning batting.

There was a risk to the way Australia went about attacking this World Cup, but in the end it paid off — and it did so in the grandest way possible, writes Paul Johnson.