The New Zealand ladies cricket crew celebrating successful the ultimate of the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024 towards South Africa on Oct 20, 2024. — Fb/White FernsSouth Africa gained toss, elected to discipline first. Kiwis misplaced finals of occasion in 2009, 2010. Proteas lose second T20WC closing in a row.
The New Zealand cricket crew lifted the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024 trophy by beating South Africa on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
For the Kiwis, that is their first ever T20 World Cup title victory having misplaced the finals of the celebrated match in 2009 and 2010.
They misplaced the ultimate in 2009 to England after which the following 12 months suffered defeat by the hands of Australia.
However this 12 months, the Black Caps have ended their drought and defeated the Proteas by 32 runs. The Laura Wolvaardt-led facet misplaced towards Australia within the earlier version of the match.
South Africa had seemingly gained the 2024 match as after starting their chase of 159 runs, they had been 51 with no lack of a wicket.
Nevertheless, issues turned bleak for the Proteas as their wickets began to topple down in fast succession. The debacle began from Tazmin Brits’ fall and raced by the remainder of the batters.
Brits was adopted by captain Wolvaardt who scored 33 runs off 27 balls.
The Kiwi bowlers had been so distinctive all through the second innings that other than the 2 openers, the remainder of the line-up failed to attain double-figure runs besides Chloe Tryon and Annerie Dercksen who added 14 and 10 runs to the scoreboard respectively.
South Africa completed their innings on 126 runs on the lack of 9 wickets.
For the Black Caps, the celebs of the innings turned out to be Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair because the duo dismissed three of the Proteas batters every.
Eden Carson, Fran Jones and Brooke Halliday grabbed one wicket every.
Undoubtedly, the Kiwis have gained the title as a result of efforts of their bowlers.
Earlier, the Proteas had gained the toss and invited the Kiwis to bat first with Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer opening the innings.
All through their innings, the Black Caps suffered a lack of 5 wickets and solely Bates, Kerr and Brooke Halliday scored commendable runs.
Bates added 32 runs off 31 deliveries whereas Kerr remained the highest-scorer for New Zealand together with her 43 off 38.
Halliday’s 38 off 28 steered New Zealand to a rating of 158 runs which turned out to be a ok rating to carry a T20 World Cup title.
Furthermore, their skipper, Sophie Devine might solely rating six runs off 10 balls as she was dismissed by Nadine de Klerk.
Taking part in XIs
New Zealand: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (c), Broke Halliday, Maddy Inexperienced, Isabella Gaze, Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, and Fran Jonas.
South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta, Nonkululeko Mlaba, and Ayabonga Khaka
