Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand thrash Bangladesh to keep slim semi-final hopes alive

New Zealand kept their slim Women's T20 World Cup semi-final hopes live with a thumping 71-run triumph implicit Bangladesh.

In reply, Bangladesh struggled to support up with the tally complaint passim arsenic they reached 118-8.

New Zealand present request to bushed Sri Lanka heavy and anticipation South Africa suffer to Bangladesh and Australia to scope the semi-finals.

The White Ferns slumped to dense defeats against Australia and South Africa successful their opening 2 games but responded by posting the tournament's highest first-innings people truthful acold and the associated fourth-highest full successful the past of the competition.

Opener Bates made ducks successful those defeats but provided a timely reminder of wherefore she is 1 of the world's astir accomplished batters, scoring each astir the crushed and uncovering the ropes of Newlands' immense boundaries with ease.

In the process, Bates became the starring run-scorer successful Women's T20 World Cups with 1,010 runs, overtaking Australia's Meg Lanning.

Fellow opener Bernadine Bezuidenhout added 44 successful an opening basal of 77 successful 8.4 overs that acceptable a level for Maddy Green to pummel 44 from 20 balls astatine the death.

But concerns stay astir the signifier of skipper Sophie Devine, who registered her 2nd first-ball duck of the tourney erstwhile she was bowled by Fahima Khatun.

With a formidable full to defend, New Zealand's bowlers besides responded with assurance arsenic Bangladesh's batters struggled passim their chase, with Shorna Akter and Murshida Khatun the lone batters to find immoderate fluency arsenic they scored 31 and 30 respectively.

It remains a immense task for New Zealand to qualify, with a conflict betwixt themselves, Sri Lanka and South Africa for the 2nd semi-final spot down leaders Australia.