Sophie Molineux recreates Shane Warne's iconic beer bottle celebration afte...

Key Takeaways:

• Australia women cricket team won their seventh T20 World Cup title by defeating England in the finals at The Lord’s.
• During the post-match celebrations, Australian team captain, Sophie Moleneux, and her teammates recreated the famous 1997 Ashes victory celebrations by the late legend, Shane Warne.
• Australia remained undefeated throughout the 2026 T20 World Cup, showcasing their dominance in women’s cricket.

The Australian women’s cricket team captain, Sophie Molineux led her team to a massive victory against England by seven wickets in the final of the T20 World Cup at The Lord’s. A few hours after the win, Molineux came out of the team dressing and drenched herself with a bottle of beer on the famous Lord’s balcony.

She was spotted enjoying the stumps in her hands, paying homage to the Australian great and a global cricket icon, Shane Warne by doing what he did after the team’s Ashes Test win at Trent Bride in 1997.

The Australian women won the T20 World Cup final in a comprehensive manner as they chased down England’s modest total of 154 for four to extend their T20 World Cup trophy wins to seven. This win also made Molineux’s captaincy successful as the team remained undefeated in all their matches throughout the tournament.

Beer celebration of the 1997 Ashes by Shane Warne and its origins

In 1997, during the third test match of the Ashes series at Trent Bridge, Shane Warne produced one of the most spectacular spells of his career, which won the match for Australia by a huge margin of 264 runs, almost giving them complete control of the series.

That win proved quite important through the England tour and despite the Aussies performing well and putting up a good fight, they couldn’t keep with the spirited England team who went on to win the series 3-2 and took home The Urn.

Molineux recreates the Warne’s iconic celebration to can Australia’s World Cup triumph

As it is always expected from the Australian women’s team, they produced a dominant performance on the field. But it was the events off the field that left the strongest impression after winning the match.

Interestingly, Australia won the 1999 ODI World Cup final at The Lord’s, and the Australian women too recreated the balcony celebrations with the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup Trophy.

The antics of Sophie Molineux in paying tribute to Shane Warne were not merely fun and games - it also showcases the strong Australian cricket culture where the erstwhile players still affect how their contemporaries see themselves.

Thus, the tribute paid by Molineux can be seen as quite suitable to establish a bridge between the different era of cricket - a new generation Australian captain paying homage to one of the most charismatic personalities in cricket history on one of the greatest stages of cricket.