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Women's T20 World Cup, Dubai
New Zealand 110-6 (20 overs): Bates 28 (29); Nashra 3-18
Pakistan 56 (11.4 overs): Sana 21 (23); Kerr 3-14
New Zealand won by 54 runs
New Zealand booked their spot successful the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup with a broad 54-run triumph implicit Pakistan successful Dubai.
Pakistan needed to pursuit their people of 111 wrong 10.4 overs to support themselves successful knockout contention via nett run-rate, but paid the terms for their assertive intent by slumping to 56 each retired successful 11.4 overs.
Despite collapsing to 28-5 aft the six-over powerplay, the Pakistan batters kept attacking to support their hopes live alternatively than simply settee for a comfy pursuit of little than a run-a-ball.
New Zealand's batters had earlier struggled against Pakistan's rotation attack, who expertly stifled the run-rate successful the mediate overs but were fto down successful the tract with 8 catches enactment down.
Suzie Bates was dropped doubly successful her 28, the innings' apical score, and past crucially 3 were enactment down successful the last implicit which allowed Maddy Green and Izzy Gaze to scamper 9 other runs.
But portion their 110-6 felt below-par, New Zealand were rewarded for a disciplined all-round bowling effort with immoderate assistance from Pakistan's chaotic but understandable approach.
Leg-spinner Melie Kerr starred with 3-14 portion chap spinner Eden Carson took 2-7.
It is New Zealand's archetypal semi-final successful either white-ball format since 2016, and they articulation six-time winners Australia from Group A with India eliminated.
They volition look the victor of Group B which volition beryllium either South Africa, England oregon West Indies, with the second 2 teams playing tomorrow.
Few would person had New Zealand arsenic semi-final contenders earlier the tourney began arsenic they came successful with 10 consecutive T20 defeats, but started successful sensational benignant by thumping imaginable winners India successful their opener.
And contempt a heavy decision by relentless Australia, they person continued to predominate against Sri Lanka and Pakistan to decorativeness the radical signifier with plentifulness of momentum.
The pre-match equation was simple, with a triumph of immoderate borderline enough, but determination appeared to beryllium immoderate aboriginal nerves successful the batting line-up fixed the unit of the situation.
Pakistan volition rue the dropped catches - it was a pitiful show which saw bonus chances fixed to Bates, Kerr, Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday.
None of them capitalised capable to truly hitch brackish into the wound, but conscionable capable to guarantee that Pakistan had to spell hard aboriginal successful their pursuit and support it, which proved mode beyond their capabilities.
Opener Muneeba Ali struck 2 aboriginal boundaries successful her 15 earlier she was bowled by Lea Tahuhu, who besides brilliantly ran retired fig 3 Iram Javed from abbreviated third.
The almighty Aliya Riaz was promoted to unfastened but the experimentation did not wage disconnected arsenic she fell for a duck, arsenic did Sidra Ameen, portion skipper Fatima Sana's 21 from 23 balls was the lone publication of enactment arsenic the mediate to little bid was skittled by the wily rotation of Kerr and Carson.
And portion determination were chaotic screams of delight and hugs of joyousness betwixt the New Zealand players astatine the end, determination volition beryllium a thorough introspection for India, who would person been watching anxiously, but yet successful despair.
They launched a immense franchise tournament, the Women's Premier League, successful aboriginal 2023 to drawback up with Australia and portion it has seen the emergence of immoderate young endowment including spinner Shreyanka Patil and seamer Arundhati Reddy, this is simply a disappointing tourney from the 2020 finalists.
They thrashed Sri Lanka and Pakistan, fought admirably against Australia but it was the opening decision by New Zealand that near them with an uphill climb, 1 which proved excessively steep.
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