England lay their hands on the ICC Women's World Cup, beating New Zealand by four wickets in the final at the North Sydney Oval.
Lucy Doolan made the first breakthrough for New Zealand, getting rid of England opener Sarah Taylor for 39.
Taylor and Caroline Atkins got England off to a flier in their pursuit of the 167 runs to win the World Cup.
Aimee Mason cleaned up Claire Taylor for 21 before Doolan struck to remove Caroline Atkins and Charlotte Edwards, leaving England in a bit of a whole.
Lydia Greenway had a sudden loss of blood, gifting her wicket to Mason while Beth Morgan got herself run out in a silly fashion, leaving the England innings in tatters.
New Zealand are 166 all out
A fine bowling performance by Nicky Shaw has helped England hold New Zealand to an attainable total of 166 in the ICC Women's World Cup final in Sydney.
Shaw took four wickets for 34 runs in 8.2 overs as New Zealand were bowled all out in 47.2 overs to leave England needing 167 runs to become world champions for the first time in 16 years.
In today's final, which pits England against the same opponents they beat to the crown in 1993, New Zealand were struggling early on after Caroline Atkins caught Suzie Bates at mid on off Shaw for two, then on the next ball Amy Satterthwaite went for a golden duck when she was caught behind by Sarah Taylor to leave the White Ferns on 49 for three.
Only captain Haidee Tiffen had put up much of a fight by this point, hitting 30 runs off 56 balls, but when she too was caught behind by Sarah Taylor off Shaw New Zealand were left on 62 for four and looking on the verge of collapse.
But Sarah McGlashan (21) pushed the score up slightly before Lucy Doolan led an eighth-wicket stand of 63 with Nicola Browne to give the score some shine at 164/8.
Doolan hit 48 off 57 balls, while Browne was the last to go when she was bowled LBW by Shaw after hitting 25 runs off 78 balls.
Laura Marsh got two out for 34 runs as all of England's bowlers took at least one wicket.
The Toss
New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat first against England in the finals of the ICC Women's World Cup.
TeamsEngland: Sarah Taylor (W), Caroline Atkins, Claire Taylor, Charlotte Edwards (C), Lydia Greenway, Beth Morgan, Nicky Shaw, Holly Colvin, Laura Marsh, Katherine Brunt, Isa GuhaNew Zealand: Haidee Tiffen (C), Kate Pulford, Suzie Bates, Amy Satterthwaite, Sara McGlashan, Aimee Mason, Abby Burrows, Sarah Tsukigawa, Lucy Doolan, Sophie Devine, Rachel Priest (W)