Well, that's a wrap on the 2025 Women's World Cup.

It's an historic day for India, beating South Africa by 52 runs to win the World Cup for the first time.

Make sure you read Ffion Wynne's report from Navi Mumbai here.

There's plenty more cricket coming up this winter, including the men's Ashes which gets under way on 21 November.

We'll be back with you for all of that but for now, thanks for following along! Goodnight!

India fans... put this on repeat!

The current Women's World Cup and T20 World Cup champions...

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India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, speaking to Sky Sports: "I am so grateful for this crowd and they have been so amazing, especially in all of our ups and downs.

"Last game we spoke that we had self-belief even after losing three consecutive games, they stayed positive and they knew what they needed to do, and this team deserved to be here."

On Shafali Verma: "When Laura [Wolvaardt] and Sune [Luus] were batting, they looked so good. Shafali had a special day, and I knew she could do something for us. She always wanted to do something for us with the ball, and I knew she would do well. We had always said that we might need a couple of overs out of her, and credit goes to her that she stayed positive and was there for the team."

On the conditions: "Today's pitch was totally different; we knew this total was enough for the final. There is always an extra pressure in the final. But we should give credit to the South African team, they played really well, but towards the end they panicked a little bit, and that's where we capitalised."

On ending the drought: "Every time after every the World Cup that we came as a team and we were discussing on what we needed to do. The expectations out of us were that they needed something special, and the BCCI really invested in us, and that's why we are standing here.

"This is the start, and we wanted to break this barrier, and the next plan is to make this our habit. We have so many big occasions coming up, and this is not the end; this is just the beginning."

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India opener Smriti Mandhana: "It's still sinking in. I haven't been emotional on a cricket field but just an unreal night.

"To be the champions, I'm not able to process it.

"Every World Cup we go in, there have been so many heartbreaks but we always believe we have a responsibility with women's cricket and to see the last month and a half and the way we've been supported... I will take that 45 days of not sleeping every night.

"The last T20 World Cup was a difficult one for all of us. We had a clear focus to work on our fitness and every aspect.

"In a World Cup like this you need everyone's support, on good days and bad days. We were there for each other and that's really magic."

More from South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt...

On bowling first: "We were hoping for a little bit more [swing] but I do think there was a little bit in the pitch early on so I still think it was the right call to bowl.

"That chase, I think we were in it for a lot of the chase but we just lost too many wickets."

On pegging India back with the ball: "That was brilliant. I kept checking that scoreboard and they were definitely tracking for 350. That back end was amazing, we gave ourselves a good chance. 300 was about par on a good wicket."

On Shafali Verma surprise element: "Definitely her bowling! But she batted excellently. That's how she plays, really aggressive and when it comes off like today, it can really hurt teams."

On Marizanne Kapp: "She's been absolutely phenomenal for so many editions of this tournament. Really sad this is possibly her last one, the whole group really wanted to win it for her.

"She's been so great for South African cricket. She's sort of two players in one and we're very lucky she's on our team."

South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt: "I couldn't be prouder of this team for the campaign that we've had. We've played some brilliant cricket throughout but we were outplayed today, India played fantastically well.

"Unfortunate to be on the losing side but I'm sure we'll grow from this as a group."

On Proteas resilience: "We did so well to put those bad games behind us. We were either really good or really bad but thankfully there was a lot more really good throughout the tournament.

"We had a lot of different players stepping up, it was an amazing tournament for a lot of players. I'm just proud of the resilience we showed to get to the final."

On her own record with the bat, while captaining: "I probably didn't have my best year leading into this World Cup and didn't start the tournament too well.

"But I think, maybe overthinking it wasn't too good, it's just another game of cricket even though you're at the World Cup.

"Try to separate the two, the captaincy and the batting, and I think that freed me up at the back end of the tournament to play my natural game and focus on the captaincy at a different time."

Harmanpreet Kaur lets out a roar as she runs up to collect the trophy from Jay Shah.

She teases her team-mates a few times before hoisting it above her head.

Fireworks fly high into the Navi Mumbai sky!

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Five matches into their World Cup campaign and India were teetering on the brink of elimination from their home tournament.

After completing comfortable victories over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, they’d suffered consecutive defeats to South Africa, Australia, and England – and the worst part was it was largely self-inflicted.

They let South Africa recover from 81-5 to chase 252 with seven balls to spare, failed to defend 330 against Australia (who pulled off a then-record chase), and were 234-3 in the 42nd over chasing 288 against England before falling to a four-run defeat.

However, they bounced back with a 53-run DLS win over New Zealand to secure fourth place and had their final group match against Bangladesh washed out before completing the highest successful chase in women’s ODI history (339) to stun Australia in the semi-finals.

And then... history against South Africa. A 52-run win in Navi Mumbai to clinch their first title.

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India captain Harmranpreet Kaur, who lost in the 2017 final alongside Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma and is playing in her fifth World Cup, jogs up onto the podium.

She gets a slap on the back from Mithali Raj before accepting her medal with a smile and clutching it in her one hand - she's not letting this one go.

"I didn't understand what you are asking," she says, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the question.

Quotes coming up.

India are queueing up to get their medals, led by a beaming Sree Charani.

Spare a thought for South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt.

A century in the World Cup final, top-scoring with 101 (98). A century in the semi-final.

A tournament leading 571 runs, with India's Smriti Mandhana (434) the only other player to pass 350.

She "couldn't be prouder" of her team but says India "outplayed" them. Full quotes coming up.

South Africa's players come up for their runners-up medals. Chloe Tryon and Laura Wolvaardt are consoling each other at the back of the queue.

There's applause around the ground.

They've been runners-up at ICC tournaments in 2023, 2024 and now in 2025.

It's time for the presentations.

India legend Mithali Raj walks out with the trophy before the match officials come up for their medals.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

India will be celebrating for hours like the fans, and hopefully, the fans get some time off and get to celebrate. There was so much pressure on India to win this World Cup, and they are a team that billions of people watch, and they create so much money for the ICC, and ICC wants them to win.

It was always about when India would win the World Cup, and when they got past Australia in the semi-finals, it was written in the stars.

• 30 September – beat Sri Lanka by 59 runs (DLS)
• 5 October – beat Pakistan by 88 runs
• 9 October – lost to South Africa by three wickets
• 12 October – lost to Australia by three wickets
• 19 October - lost to England by four runs
• 23 October – beat New Zealand by 53 runs (DLS)
• 26 October – no result v Bangladesh
• 30 October (semi-final) – beat Australia by five wickets
• 2 November (final) - beat South Africa by 52 runs

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Anytime that you beat Australia, you deserve to win the World Cup final, but that doesn't mean you are going to win one. They had to have a good game today, and that's what they did.

Deepti Sharma has been the player of the tournament; she was outstanding again today. I have no doubt that the games that they lost in the group stage have helped them get over the line tonight.

Player of the tournament and India all-rounder Deepti Sharma, speaking in Hindi, at the presentation: "It has still not sunk in yet and feels like a dream so far. I am glad that I was able to contribute, and I am very happy about this.

"We always believed in taking positives from every game, and the fans here played a huge part, and without them, it would not be possible.

"My preparation is to enjoy every situation as I enjoy challenges, and today was something similar, both with bat and ball. And to perform as an all-rounder for your team, it doesn't get better than this.

"Laura (Wolvaardt) played really well today, but we were aware that the game was not over and we had to focus on every ball and every over."

Player of the final and India batter Shafali Verma, speaking in Hindi, at the presentation: "I always believed that God sent me here for a reason and I can't put into words how much this moment means to me and all of us.

"It was difficult to transition from T20 cricket to ODI, and I had the full support of my family and friends. Today, it was just a matter of winning and not about getting runs. I had clarity in terms of the plans for today, and we executed them well.

"The senior players were encouraging me to play my natural game.

"It is a very memorable moment for me to have Sachin Tendulkar here to witness this; he is the one who inspired me, and seeing him today inspired all of us."

Go on then... here's a selection of Deepti Sharma's wickets.