New Zealand win the Women’s T20 World Cup

DUBAI: New Zealand beat South Africa in the finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup by 32 runs on Sunday, behind an impressive bowling performance from Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair.

NEW ZEALAND’S BATTING

New Zealand batted first, with opener Suzie Bates putting on an impressive performance, scoring 32 runs off 31 deliveries. She did her best to make up for teammate Georgia Plimmer’s early dismissal in the second over of the match, before being sent off herself in the eighth.

Plimmer would be caught out by Sune Luus, as she charged down the pitch, trying to smash it over long-on. Unfortunately for New Zealand, she produced more height than distance on the shot. Bates would end up getting bowled by Nonkululeko Mlaba on a 91kph delivery that took out the leg stump.

Amelia Kerr and Brooke Halliday would produce the two highest scores for the Kiwis, scoring 43 and 38 respectively. Halliday would hit three fours in her innings before being sent off in the eighteenth voer. She got down on one knee, attempting to pull the ball towards on side, however Anneke Bosch was able to take the catch.

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Kerr would hit four fours herself, before giving Mlaba her second wicket in the nineteenth over. She would tryto pull the ball towards deep midwicket, but Tazmin Brits would be there to take the catch.

NEW ZEALANDS BOWLING

After scoring 158 runs in their own innings, New Zealand would restrict South Africa to only 126, taking nine wickets in the process. Rosemary Mair and Amelia Kerr would dominate, taking three wickets each.

However, before they got going, it was Fran Jonas who got the Kiwis the breakthrough they need, dismissing Brits in the seventh over. Brits hit the ball towards long-on where Maddy Green was waiting to take the catch.

Then Kerr would begin her rampage, taking two wickets in the tenth over, beginning with South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt. Wolvaardt had made 33 runs of 27 balls, hitting five fours in the process, before she was caught out by Bates. Bosch would be sent off a few balls later, as she edged the ball on an attempt to slog it over the on side, before wicketkeeper Isabella Gaze took the catch. It was a vital wicket, as Bosch had scored the highest total of the tournament in South Africa’s semi-final match against Australia.

Kerr would get her final wicket in the eighteenth over, sending off Annerie Dercksen as she tried to hit the ball towards extra cover. Bates would take the catch again.

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Mair would begin her assault in the thirteenth over, taking out Nadine de Klerkm, who edged the ball towards backward point where Kerr was waiting to take the catch. The New Zealand fast bowler would take two in the nineteenth over, beginning with Chloe Tyron, who sent the ball to long-on, but without the elevatin needed to clear Green who took the catch. Mair would send off Sinalo Jafta on a full length ddelivery, taking out the middle stumps.

Eden Carson and Halliday would get a wicket each as well, sending off Marizanne Kapp and Sune Luus respectively.