NZ W vs PAK W: New Zealand has made it to the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup by defeating Pakistan. With this, the journey of the Indian women’s team also ended, and it finished third in Group A. Apart from New Zealand, Australia entered the last four from this group.
NZ W vs PAK W, New Zealand’s bowler’s brilliance
New Zealand made it to the semi-finals by defeating Pakistan by 54 runs in the Group A match of the Women’s T20 World Cup. In this way, along with Pakistan, India’s journey also ended in the group stage of this tournament.
New Zealand, who came to bat after winning the toss, scored 110 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. In response, the entire Pakistan team was reduced to 56 runs in 11.4 overs. Like India and New Zealand, Pakistan was also in the race to make it to the next round.
If the Pakistan team had achieved the target of 111 runs in 10.4 overs, it could have made it to the semi-finals, but the team lost the match.
The New Zealand team reached the semi-finals for the first time since 2016
This match was very important for India. Pakistan’s victory could have taken India to the semi-finals.
Australia had already reached the semi-finals by winning all four matches from Group A, while there was a competition between New Zealand, India, and Pakistan for second place. India had four points with two wins and two losses in two matches and before this match, its net run rate was better than New Zealand.
If New Zealand had lost this match, it would have also had four points along with Pakistan and India and the second semi-finalist would have been decided on the basis of net run rate. India would have entered the last four due to a better net run rate.
However, New Zealand defeated Pakistan, which led to six points with three wins and one loss in four matches and it entered the last four. This is the first time since 2016 that the New Zealand team has made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
Pakistan’s poor batting in NZ W vs PAK W
While chasing the target against New Zealand, Pakistan got off to a bad start and lost five wickets in the powerplay itself. Pakistan lost five wickets for 28 runs in the first six overs. Pakistan lost the first wicket in the form of Alia Riaz (0).
After this Maniba Ali (15), Sadaf Shamas (2) and Iram Javed (3), and Sidra Amin (0) also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Pakistan’s team was never in a good position while chasing the target and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
For Pakistan, captain Fatima Sana scored the highest 21 runs in 23 balls. Only two of its batsmen could reach double figures, while five batsmen could not even open the account. For New Zealand, Amelia Kerr took three wickets and Eden Carson took two wickets, while Rosemary Mayer, Lea Tahuhu, and Fran Jones took one wicket each.
New Zealand failed to capitalize on the good start in NZ W vs PAK W
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first in the group stage match of the Women’s T20 World Cup against Pakistan. Georgia Plimer came out to open the innings with Suzie Bates for New Zealand.
Both these batsmen gave the team a strong start against Pakistan and did not let the opposing team get success during the powerplay. New Zealand scored 39 runs without any loss in the first six overs.
However, after the powerplay, New Zealand got the first setback in the form of Plimer. Plimer was playing a good partnership with Suzie Bates, but Sandhu broke this partnership by dismissing Plimer.
Plimer returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs off 14 balls. After this, New Zealand’s innings faltered and it also lost the wickets of Bates and Kerr. After the first setback, New Zealand’s innings could not recover and Pakistan’s bowlers prevented New Zealand from scoring a big score.
Suzie Bates scored the highest 28 runs for New Zealand, while Brooke Halliday played an innings of 22 runs. Nashra Sandhu bowled brilliantly for Pakistan and took three wickets for 18 runs in four overs.
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