Australia has claimed a fifth women's Twenty20 World Cup, destroying India by 85 runs in front of a record-breaking 86,174 spectators at the MCG.
The mammoth crowd smashed the Australian record for the highest attendance at a women's sporting event, but fell just short of the world mark of 90,185 that watched 1999's football World Cup final.
Organisers had hoped to fill the stadium, and launched an extensive marketing campaign that included the social media hashtag #FillTheMCG.
Officials got their dream match-up when the home team and the well-followed Indian side made it to the final.
The turnout was lauded as a seismic shift for women's cricket and sport in general.
"It's a gamechanger," retired Australian great Alex Blackwell said on ABC Grandstand.
"I think it sets the standard or the bar as high as possible for the next sporting event - men or women - in this country that you would fill the stadium wherever that might be."
Australia began the tournament in shaky fashion, but saved their best for last with a clinical all round performance against a shellshocked Indian side playing in their first final.
Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney powered the hosts to 4-184 - the best total in a Twenty20 World Cup final - after captain Meg Lanning opted to bat first.
To pull off an unlikely victory, India needed to produce the second-highest successful chase in women's T20 international history but were bowled out for 99.
Australia cantered to their fifth win from seven tournaments without superstar allrounder Ellyse Perry, who tore her hamstring in the final group game.
