Australia continued their dominance in women’s T20 cricket, defeating England by seven wickets at Lord’s in London on Sunday to win a record seventh ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.Chasing 151, the highest target ever in a Women’s T20 World Cup Final, Australia reached 153/3 in 17.1 overs, completing the task with 17 balls to spare.The chase was built around Beth Mooney, who made 64 off 49 balls with 10 fours, and Phoebe Litchfield, who scored 48 off 35 balls, hitting four fours and seven.Mooney and Litchfield scored the second run in the 13th over in a partnership of 100 off 67 balls.Litchfield were 34 runs from victory and Mooney was 11 runs out of the unstoppable end after scoring fifty in Australia’s last three matches.England lost the steady Mooney in the 16th over, trapped lbw by Sophie Ecclestone, but Australia’s batting depth meant there was no change in the result. The winning run came in an unusual way when Ecclestone bowled five balls in the 18th over. The top scorer in the middle with 17 balls to spare was another star, Ellyse Perry, who won her seventh T20 World Cup.Earlier, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt scored an unbeaten 58 off 53 balls, while Freya Kemp added an unbeaten 44 off 28 balls to help England post 150/4 when asked to bat first.The pair rescued England with an 80-run partnership for the fifth innings after the Australian bowlers kept the score down for most of the innings.Sciver-Brunt hit four fours, while Kemp hit four boundaries and one six.Australian captain Sophie Molineux opted to bowl first, and her decision paid off as the bowling attack kept England at bay despite the absence of Perry, who did not bat due to injury.England managed just two sixes in their 20 overs, one each from Alice Capsey and Kemp.Australia’s spin attack, led by Molineux (1/32) and Georgia Wareham (0/9 in two overs), dominated the middle overs, while Kim Garth and Annabel Sutherland also continued to press with orderly bowling and changes of pace.Short scores:England Women: 150/4 (20 overs)Australia Women: 153/3 (17.1 overs)