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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ENG W vs SCO W: The difference between the batting of England and Scotland can be understood from the fact that the English batsmen blew away 19 fours in 10 overs. The Scottish team could hit only seven fours in their 20 overs.

ENG W vs SCO W, ENG chases the target like a toy

England won their third match in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 by 10 wickets. They defeated Scotland in just 10 overs in the match played in Sharjah. The English team had got a target of 110 runs to win and they achieved it comfortably on the strength of their openers.

With this win, England has strengthened their hopes of reaching the semi-finals. At the same time, Scotland departed with their fourth consecutive defeat. The difference between the batting of England and Scotland can be understood from the fact that the English batsmen blew away 19 fours in 10 overs.

The Scottish team could hit only seven fours in their 20 overs. Batting first, Scotland could only score 109 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. They had a long batting line-up but English spinner Sophie Ecclestone’s strong bowling ruined their plans.

This spin bowler took two wickets for 13 runs in four overs. Apart from them, four bowlers got one success each. Bryce’s sisters Sarah and Katherine played useful innings for Scotland but the team could not reach a winning score. Sarah scored 27 runs in 31 balls and Katherine scored 33 runs in 28 balls.

England’s openers rocked in ENG W vs SCO W

In response, England’s openers Maya Busier and Danni Wyatt scored unbeaten half-centuries. Both scored runs at a stormy pace, which also boosted the English team’s net run rate. Busier started the innings with fours.

She also got a lifeline in the beginning and she took full advantage of it. She remained unbeaten after scoring 62 runs in 34 balls with 12 fours. Danny faced 26 balls and scored an unbeaten 51 runs with the help of seven fours. None of the Scottish bowlers’ moves worked against the attacks of these two.

England reached the top

England was in third place before winning this match. To beat South Africa in net run rate, it had to win before 11.5 overs. To beat West Indies, it had to win in 9.3 overs. Now it has reached the first place but West Indies is above it in net run rate.

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In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa has taken a strong step towards the semi-finals by winning the match against Scotland by 80 runs. At the same time, Scotland is out of the tournament after the second consecutive defeat.

Marizanne Kapp was awarded the Player of the Match award for her all-round performance. Kapp scored 43 runs and bowled economically.

South Africa has come close to making it to the semi-finals with a brilliant win against Scotland in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 match. South Africa won against Scotland by 80 runs.

With this defeat, Scotland’s journey in the tournament has come to an end. This is Scotland’s second consecutive defeat. South Africa’s team is at the top of Group B by winning by a big margin.

South Africa, batting first, scored the highest score of the tournament. Africa scored 166 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. The openers added 64 runs for the first wicket. Laura Wolvaardt scored 40 runs off 27 balls. Anneke Bosch could not do anything special. After this, Brits and Marizanne Kapp gave momentum to the team.

Excellent innings by Brits and Kapp in SA W vs SCO W

Brits missed her fifty and was dismissed after scoring 43 runs. At the same time, Marizanne Kapp scored 43 runs off 24 balls. Sune Lewis remained unbeaten on 18 runs. Scotland’s bowlers handled the situation by giving only 14 runs in the last two overs, but by then South Africa had scored 166 runs.

Scotland restricted to 86 runs

South Africa defended the score with disciplined bowling. In the beginning, Chloe Tyron took two wickets and reduced Scotland to 34/3. Ayabonga Khaka took one wicket.

Things went bad for Scotland from here and they could not make a comeback in the match. Before the end of 10 overs, Scotland’s score was 48/6. The entire Scotland team was out after scoring 86 runs in 17.5 overs.

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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Prize Money: The ICC took a historic step on Tuesday (September 17) and announced that the winning team of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be given prize money equal to the winning team of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you that this decision was taken at the ICC’s annual conference in July, and has now been implemented.

The Prize money for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024

The winner of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will get prize money of about Rs 19.6 crore. The ICC announced the prize money of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Tuesday and said that the winning team of the tournament that will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be given a prize money of US $ 2.34 million.

In the last Women’s T20 World Cup i.e. 2023, the winning team Australia was given a prize money of US $ 1 million, which has been increased by about 134% in this edition.

The prize money of the runner-up team has also more than doubled. The ICC has also more than doubled the prize money for the runner-up team of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. However, in the last edition, the runner-up team South Africa was given a prize money of 5 lakh US dollars, this time a prize money of 1.17 million US dollars will be given. The prize money of the runner-up team has been increased by 134%.

Prize money for semi-finalist teams increased more than three times. In this edition, the prize money of both the semi-finalist teams (teams losing semi-finals) has been increased three times. While in the last edition, the semi-finalist teams were given US $ 210,000. This time both the semi-finalist teams will get US $ 675,000.

Overall prize money also increased more than three times. The ICC has increased the overall prize money of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 by more than three times compared to last time. In 2023, the overall prize money was US $ 2.45 million, while in this edition the total prize money will be US $ 7,958,080. Let us tell you that this is the first time that all the prize money of the Men’s T20 World Cup and Women’s T20 World Cup has been equalized.

ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024 Prize Money: Winners of individual matches and teams eliminated from the group stage will also get a hefty amount

The International Cricket Council has informed that the teams winning individual matches during the group stage will get a prize money of US$ 31,154. Apart from this, the prize pool of US$ 1.35 million will be divided among the 6 teams eliminated before the semi-finals based on their ranking. In 2023, this prize pool was US$ 180,000 and was divided equally, but this time it is not so.

For example, the teams finishing third or fourth in their group will get US$ 270,000, while the teams finishing fifth in their respective groups will get US$ 135,000. Let us tell you that 10 teams are participating in this Women’s T20 World Cup and they have been divided into two groups of 5 each. After the group stage ends, the top 2-2 teams from both the groups will make it to the semi-finals, while 3-3 teams, i.e. a total of 6 teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

The ICC said in a statement on Women’s T20 World Cup 2024

‘This move of the ICC is in accordance with the strategy to prioritize women’s sports and accelerate its development by 2032. Teams will now get one type of prize money for one type of finishing position in one type of events and also one type of amount for winning matches in those events. The prize money of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 event is higher only due to the participation of 10 additional teams and playing 32 more matches’

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