New Delhi. New Zealand women's cricket team has created history. The team captained by Sophie Devine has won the T20 World Cup for the first time. New Zealand defeated South Africa, which was claiming the title for the second consecutive time, by 32 runs in the final. The team won the World Cup trophy by making the highest score in the final of the tournament. This is New Zealand's fourth ICC tournament overall. Before this, the women's team had won the ODI World Cup in the year 2000 while in the same year the team had also won the Knock Out Trophy. In the year 2021, the men's team won the World Test Championship, while now in 2024, the women's team created history by winning the T20 World Cup.
Chasing the target of 159 runs, the South African team could score 126 runs for 9 wickets and lost the match by 32 runs. For the second time in a row, South Africa had to be satisfied with the runner-up finish. Only 4 batsmen from South Africa could touch double figures. Captain Laura Valvaart scored the highest 33 runs. For New Zealand, Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mayer took three wickets each. Amelia Kerr was chosen Player of the Tournament. Kerr was also given the Player of the Match award in the final. Kerr took a total of 15 wickets in the tournament while also scoring 135 runs with the bat. Kerr had an important contribution in New Zealand becoming the world champion, who contributed with both ball and bat.
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New Zealand scored 158 runs for 5 wickets
Earlier, New Zealand scored 158 runs for 5 wickets on the basis of a partnership of 57 runs in 44 balls for the fourth wicket between Amelia Kerr (43) and Brook Halliday (38). Kerr hit four fours in his 38-ball innings while Halliday hit three fours in his aggressive innings of 28 balls. For the team, Suzy Bates also contributed 32 runs in 31 balls with the help of three fours. N for South Africa. Mlaba scored two while Ayabonga Khaka, Chloe Tryon and Nadine de Klerk scored one each. When invited to bat first, Georgia Plimmer hit two fours against Marizanne Kapp in the opening over, but Khaka gave South Africa its first success by ending her nine-run innings in the next over.
Amelia opened the account as soon as she arrived
Amelia Kerr opened her account with a four as soon as she came to the crease, while Bates ended the fourth over with a four against Khaka. He hit the third four of his innings against Mlaba in the sixth over, due to which New Zealand scored 43 runs for one wicket in the power play. Mlaba bowled Bates in the eighth over. After this, the South African bowlers did not give New Zealand a chance to play big shots but the team ran and stole runs and scored 70 runs in 10 overs.
In the next over, De Klerk gave a big success to South Africa by LBW captain Sophie Devine (six).
New Zealand completed 100 runs in the 15th over
Brooke Halliday, who came to the crease with Amelia Kerr, also faced difficulty in taking the ball to the boundary. Halliday ended his 48-ball boundary drought by hitting two consecutive fours against Sune Luus in the 14th over. The team completed 100 runs on the second ball of the 15th over. Along with Halliday, Kerr also hit fours against De Klerk in this over. New Zealand increased its run pace by scoring 25 runs in the last two overs. Halliday was caught by Anne Bosh near the boundary while trying to play a big shot against Tryon in the 18th over. In the next over, Kerr hit fours on consecutive balls against Mlaba. However, he was caught by Tajmin Britts while trying to play another big shot. Maddy Green (12 not out) made an important contribution in taking the team's score to 158 by hitting a six against Khaka in the last over.
Tags: New Zealand, South africa, T20 World Cup, Women cricket
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 20, 2024, 10:57 pm IST
