Molineux reflected on her journey at the post-match media conference and the confident 28-year-old admitted the first few months of her captaincy reign had been difficult to deal with as doubts existed both internally and externally.
“It’s been the most amazing day. To have walked away with a World Cup under our arms in front of nearly 30,000 here at the Lords, it was an incredibly special day,” Molineux said.
“I think when I took over (the captaincy), I was a bit messy at the start, to be fair. Captaining a couple of games and getting injured, shock.
“I suppose there were a few doubts internally and a few doubts externally. But I think what maybe I’ve learnt over my journey so far is that you just have to keep believing.
“I’m incredibly lucky that people believed in me, and I suppose I believe in this team and this group more than anything as well. It’s really satisfying.
“When I did miss those games at the start of the summer after just being announced captain, it probably made me feel like it might not work out.
“But I just think I’m so incredibly lucky with the support I’ve had over the last, not only just the last six months, but it’s been 10 years in this team for Australia.”
