New Delhi. The New Zealand women’s cricket team has made history. Sophie Devine’s team won the T20 World Cup for the first time. New Zealand defeated South Africa, who won the title for the second consecutive year, by 32 runs in the final. The team won the World Cup trophy by achieving the highest score in the final of the tournament. This is New Zealand’s fourth ICC tournament overall. Previously, the women’s team had won the ODI World Cup in 2000, the same year the team also won the Knock Out Trophy. In 2021, the men’s team won the World Test Championship, while now in 2024, the women’s team made history by winning the T20 World Cup.

While chasing the target of 159 runs, the South African team managed to score 126 runs for 9 wickets and lost the game by 32 runs. South Africa had to settle for second place for the second time in a row. Only four South African batsmen managed to reach double figures. Captain Laura Valvaart scored a maximum of 33 runs. For New Zealand, Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mayer took three wickets each. Amelia Kerr was named player of the tournament. Kerr was also named player of the match in the final. Kerr took a total of 15 wickets in the tournament while also scoring 135 runs with the bat. Kerr was a key contributor to New Zealand becoming world champions, contributing 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 back 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 28-ball innings. For the team, Suzie Bates also contributed 32 runs in 31 balls with the help of three fours. N for South Africa. Mlaba scored twice while Ayabonga Khaka, Chloe Tryon and Nadine de Klerk had one each. When invited to bat first, Georgia Plimmer hit two fours off Marizanne Kapp in the first over, but Khaka gave South Africa their first success by ending their 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 reached 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, helping New Zealand score 43 runs for one wicket in the powerplay. Mlaba threw Bates in the eighth. After that, the South African bowlers didn’t give New Zealand a chance to play big shots, but the team ran and stole runs, scoring 70 runs in 10 overs.
In the next over, De Klerk gave South Africa a big win through LBW captain Sophie Devine (six).

New Zealand completed 100 runs in the 15th over
Brooke Halliday, who came to the goal area with Amelia Kerr, also had difficulty getting the ball to the boundary. Halliday ended his 48-ball boundary drought by hitting back-to-back fours off Sune Luus in the 14th over. The team completed 100 runs off the second ball of the 15th over. Along with Halliday, Kerr also hit fours against De Klerk in this over. New Zealand increased their pace by scoring 25 runs in the last two overs. Halliday was caught near the boundary by Anne Bosh as she attempted to play a big shot against Tryon in the 18th over. In the next over, Kerr hit Mlaba for fours on successive balls. However, he was caught by Tajmin Britts as he tried to make another big shot. Maddy Green (12 not out) played an important role in taking the team’s score to 158 by hitting a six in the last over against Khaka.

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