The Women's T-20 World Cup 2024 final will be played between New Zealand and South Africa. Along with this, the Women's T20 World Cup will have a new champion. New Zealand beat 2016 champions West Indies by 8 runs in the second semi-final played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.
New Zealand won the toss and batted first and scored 128 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs, giving West Indies a target of 129 runs. In reply, the West Indies team could score only 120 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Aidan Carson took 3 wickets from New Zealand. He was selected player of the match.
The final match will be played on October 20. The final will be played between New Zealand and South Africa for the first time. Thus, this time, the new champion of Women's T20 World Cup will be found. The Kiwi team has reached the final after 14 years. Earlier, the team reached the finals of both the 2009 and 2010 World Cups but lost both times.
Aidan Carson (second from left) was named player of the match.
Plimer scored the highest 33 runs Batting first, opener Georgia Plimer from New Zealand scored the highest 33 runs. Suzy Bates played an innings of 26 runs. Team captain Sophie Devine was dismissed for 12 runs. Diandra Dottin took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs for West Indies. Effie Fletcher took 2 wickets.
Dottin's all round performance Chasing the target, West Indies got off to a poor start. The team lost wickets at frequent intervals. Diandra Dottin gave an all-round performance for the team, but she could not lead her team to victory. She was also the team's top scorer with 4 wickets. He scored 33 runs off 22 balls. Aidan Carson took 3 wickets from New Zealand. Amelia Kerr took 2 wickets.
New Zealand was playing the semi-final for the fifth time and West Indies for the sixth time New Zealand is looking forward to its first title. This was the team's fifth semi-final appearance. This team was runners up twice in 2009 and 2010. This was West Indies' sixth semi-final. Before this, the team played the semi-finals in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. The West Indies team won this title in 2016.
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