🏏ICC Women's T20I WC 2024: 2nd Semi Final - NZW vs WIW🏏 - Page 4

NZ-W (19.6/20 ov) 128/9

WI-W

NZ Women chose to bat.

CRR: 6.40

• Last 5 ov (RR): 30/5 (6.00)

NZW 128/9 (20)

CRR: 6.4

New Zealand Women opt to bat

In the end overs, NZ lost too many wickets.

West Indies look content as they walk back in. Just 30 off the last 5 overs and New Zealand have got a below-par score here. This pitch is not very slow or sticky or too tough to time the ball. New Zealand would feel they are at least 15 short here. The openers set the platform although they struggled early on. Both Bates and Plimmer swung and missed a lot against Henry who bowled her 4 overs on the trot. The spinners came on and Ramharack struck 2nd ball to get Bates. Kerr did not last long either and soon Plimmer went too. Matthews constantly shuffled her bowlers around and it was Dottin who did the star turn with a four-fer. She bowled full and straight and mixed it up with the slower-balls.

West Indies look content as they walk back in. Just 30 off the last 5 overs and New Zealand have got a below-par score here. This pitch is not very slow or sticky or too tough to time the ball. New Zealand would feel they are at least 15 short here. The openers set the platform although they struggled early on. Both Bates and Plimmer swung and missed a lot against Henry who bowled her 4 overs on the trot. The spinners came on and Ramharack struck 2nd ball to get Bates. Kerr did not last long either and soon Plimmer went too. Matthews constantly shuffled her bowlers around and it was Dottin who did the star turn with a four-fer. She bowled full and straight and mixed it up with the slower-balls.

Suzie Bates: The wicket was holding a little bit so we did not get our timing right. That innings (by Gaze) to get us over the 120-mark is crucial and anything can happen with this West Indies side. We have to keep taking wickets. Good for us that there is enough in the wicket to bowl the West Indies out. It is never nice (on seeing Henry leave the field injured). Sometimes when that happens, cricket takes a back seat. Best wishes to her. (Confident about the score) You have got to be. On this wicket, anything is defendable and in semi-final cricket, anything can happen.

A stop-start innings that threatened to spark into life at times, but quickly fizzled out after promising moments. They did not lose any wickets in the powerplay but lost their way after it, with Bates and Kerr departing relatively close to each other. Plimmer could also not make her start count, and Halliday, who looked very good for her 18, was dismissed before the death-overs dawned. Devine's wicket in the 16th truly pushed them back, and NZ, given those flurry of wickets, will be content that they could scrap their way to 128, largely helped by Gaze's unbeaten 20.

As for the West Indies, the night belonged to the World Boss. She popped up with a four-wicket haul, including the scalps of Kerr, Devine and Halliday. Fletcher was not shabby either, with Alleyne and Ramharack also among the wickets. Given the firepower at their disposal, they will feel they have this covered, but NZ have runs on the board and in a semi-final, the importance of that factor cannot be overstated enough. Join us in a bit for the chase!

Most 4-wicket hauls in Women’s T20 WC

3 - Deandra Dottin (WI-W)

2 - Diana David (IND-W)

2 - Ashleigh Gardner (AUS-W)

2 - Megan Schutt (AUS-W)

4-fers in Women’s T20 WC knockouts

5/22 - Julie Hunter (AUS-W) vs WI-W, Colombo RPS, 2012 SF

4/18 - Megan Schutt (AUS-W) vs IND-W, Melbourne, 2020 Final

4/22 - Sophie Devine (NZ-W) vs WI-W, Mumbai WS, 2016 SF

4/22 - Deandra Dottin (WI-W) vs NZ-W, Sharjah, 2024 SF

4/29 - Ayabonga Khaka (SA-W) vs ENG-W, Cape Town, 2023 SF

NZ-W innings progression

Overs 1-10: 54/1 (RR: 5.4)

Overs 11-14: 39/2 (RR: 9.75)

Overs 15: 35/6 (RR: 5.83)

End of Over 1

West Indies Women need 125 runs

WIW

4

-0

(1)

TAR129

CRR4

REQ6.58

P'SHIP4(6)

End of Over 2

West Indies Women need 121 runs

WIW

8

-0

(2)

TAR129

CRR4

REQ6.72

P'SHIP8(12)