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"I'm a little bit speechless and I'm just so stoked to get the win, considering what this team's been through and yeah, it's what dreams are made of. I thought the wicket was pretty good but it slowed up a little bit and I thought, that was probably not a bad thing with us bowling second. I kind of thought 140-plus in the finals gets us in the game and the way Brooke Halliday came out and hit, it was an outstanding contribution from everyone and a lot of belief to, I guess, finish the job.
"(On Brooke) Yeah, she took so much pressure off me. I was struggling out there a lot and I was probably finding it a little bit hard to climb the ball and she just came out there and hit two pockets and she did it in the semi-final and to do it again in the final is class so it's awesome to see.”
"In shock really, this tournament just little things have gone our way and we have just played with real pride. Whatever happened today, I was so proud of the group. We knew South Africa were gonna come hard when the got the opportunity for us to bat, so we just wanted to take the game on I didn't expect us to come this far so we just allowed ourselves to play with freedom. Georgia and I knew, it was important we started well and get through that powerplay, but she has been outstanding the whole tournament. Georgia, for such a young player, she is a world champion at such a young age and she has batted so well and helped me down at the other end. Everyone has contributed, but her in particular with the bat I couldn't be prouder of the young girl.
"This means everything to us (Devine and I). We have played team sport for so long and when you play team sport, you want to be a world champion and we have fought our way back to the top. We started with a few final opportunities, but since then it has been pretty rare and she has been so outstanding leading this team and so calm and believing in us. There have been few dark times that only us in that group shared. We couldn't get a win leading into this World Cup and we questioned ourselves as leaders, but just kept backing us and that is really special. They (youngsters) have been brilliant like Eden Carson, outstanding whole tournament. Even though Melie (Kerr) has been around for a while, she is so young leading our spin attack with Jonas and I will add myself for one sneaky over. Everyone contributed and it is a real team effort, so that just makes you so satisfied as an athlete for all to come together in this moment and something I will never forget."
"It has been a bit of a ride in the last couple of years, but I'm so thankful to be here right now. It is kind of hard to put into words how much she (Bates) means for this group and for her to take me under her wing and she has been incredible, the legacy that she has done not only for New Zealand cricket but for the world cricket. I think she is an exceptional human and I am so unbelievably grateful to be able to be out there with her.
"I don't think I have ever played in front of a crowd, for them to be on a ride I think it just added to the atmosphere and obviously we didn't really have to talk as much because the whole crowd was doing it in general. The one that was coming to me (talking about the catch) I lost it in the lights for a second and I just put my hands out there. We talked a lot about as a group before coming here about our fielding is gonna be so important, so to be able to do it at a standard like that I think Maddy (Green) has been incredible and everyone has put their part in to contribute."
"It’s pretty unreal. Coming into the tournament, for the team to bounce back, that's unbelievable. The batters put on a fantastic total. They got off to a good start in powerplay. We just care so much about each other, we have been through lows in the last 18 months but stuck together and got through. (on Devine, Bates and Tahuhu) They are pretty old, (laughs) we learn so much from them."
“It hasn't sunk in yet, it is incredible. I am so happy for the team. We have so much belief in this team, coming into this tournament we were probably not on the best streak but we have shown our skills and backed ourselves and look where we are. This is for them (Devine and Bates) and this is their win and we did it as a team and hopefully, it will make them proud.”
“Absolutely surreal, just so proud of this team, everything we have achieved over the last 18 months and the realization that we are World Champs. Just unbelievably proud, this team is so so special, after the first game we thought that we could achieve something special, wooooooooohoooooooooo. Grace told me to do this for her, we are bringing the trophy home.”
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