The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a Women's One Day International cricket match between England (pictured) and New Zealand, played on 22 March at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. It was the second time that the two teams had met at this stage of a World Cup – England had won their previous final contest in 1993. This game was the culmination of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ninth edition of the tournament. England, who were considered the favourites, built an opening partnership of 74 runs and continued to score steadily. Despite regularly losing wickets, they won by four wickets with 23 balls to spare. This World Cup title was their first in 16 years, their third overall, and their first outside England. Nicky Shaw, a bowler who replaced the injured Jenny Gunn in England's starting lineup minutes before the game started, took a career-best four wickets for 34 runs and was named the player of the match. Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Women%27s_Cricket_World_Cup_Final> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1895: The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde began, eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde> 1922: Joseph Stalin became the first general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin> 1948: Division of Korea: A communist uprising began on Jeju Island, eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by both sides. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_uprising> 2016: The first news stories on the Panama Papers were published, revealing that shell corporations represented by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had been used for illegal purposes. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: loggerhead: 1. (obsolete) A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt. 2. A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it. 3. (nautical) A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope. 4. (botany, Midlands, dialectal) Often in plural: a thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra). 5. (zoology) Used as the name of various animals with large heads. 6. The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus; formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the Falkland Islands. 7. The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies. 8. The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica. 9. The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America. 10. The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed turtle endemic to the United States. 11. The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loggerhead> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:   Ukraine has shown the world how to stand up for freedom & democracy, for our shared humanity & for our common values.   --Roberta Metsola <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roberta_Metsola>