New Zealand 110 for 6 beat Pakistan 56 by 54 runs
India's hopes to play in Semis are briefly arose.
New Zealand crushed Pakistan in their final group stage game and qualify into the semi-final of the Women's T20 World Cup since 2016.
After batting first, New Zealand only manage to score 110 for 6. India needed Pakistan to beat New Zealand for them to make their semi final spot. While Pakistan needed to chase down the score inside 11.3 overs to qualify for the last four. But, they were bowled out for 56 only and it is their lowest all-out total in T20 World Cups.
Nashra Sandhu led Pakistan with the ball, picking up 3 wickets and pull the plug on New Zealand's scoring. But Amelia Kerr returned with three of her own, following Eden Carson's strikes as New Zealand completed with a remarkable competition on the back of a record ten-match losing streak.
Nida Dar's first and the fifth over of the game, gave an indication of her fortunes for the day. Bates attempted a reverse lap on the second ball against Dar, only to deflect it to the wicketkeeper. But Muneeba Ali failed to hang on and that was the first of five dropped chances Pakistan missed off in Dar's bowling alone. In the sixth, Bates pulled Sohail straight to the midwicket, but Sandhu could not hold on. And a ball before that Plimmer had survived for a run-out chance.
Plimmer and Bates could not make those chances count. With New Zealand's score at 41, the former skewed a top edge off Sandhu towards cover, where Sana fumbled before hanging on. In Sandhu's next over, Bates hit one down long-on's throat. Sohail had grassed a tough caught and bowled chance when Amelia Kerr was on nought but manage to have her caught at the deep midwicket ropes cheaply.
Pakistan knew that they had to chase down the 101 run target inside the 12 overs for a semi-final spot. Their intentions were clear when they sent Aliya Riaz up to open the batting alongside Muneeba. It was only the second time that Riaz had walked out to open in a T20I since 2014. Her stay lasted only three balls as she miscued offspinner Carson to cover. Muneeba began solidly, first skipping down to loft Carson straight back and then pulling Lea Tahuhu through deep backward square leg - aided by a misfield. But Tahuhu got one to seam in, past the inside edge, to make a mess of Muneeba's stumps.
That was the start of a massive collapse from Pakistan. They lost five wickets inside the powerplay with the score of 28 for 5. A massively reworked batting order - that saw Dar at No. 7 - did not bear the desired result. Dar and Sana's 24-run partnership for the sixth wicket was Pakistan's best one. But once their most experienced allrounder fell in the tenth over, Pakistan folded as quickly as New Zealand started. They lost their last five wickets for just four runs in 11.4 overs, the exact over mark by when they had to complete the chase to qualify.
New Zealand Women (20 ovs maximum)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzie Bates c Nida Dar b Nashra Sandhu | 28 | 29 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 96.55 |
| Georgia Plimmer c Fatima Sana b Nashra Sandhu | 17 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 121.42 |
| Amelia Kerr c Fatima Sana b Omaima Sohail | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Sophie Devine (c) c Fatima Sana b Sadia Iqbal | 19 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 76.00 |
| Brooke Halliday st †Muneeba Ali b Nashra Sandhu | 22 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 91.66 |
| Maddy Green c Fatima Sana b Nida Dar | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 128.57 |
| Isabella Gaze † not out | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Extras (lb 1) | 1 | |||||
| Total (20 Ov, RR: 5.50) | 110/6 | |||||
| Pakistan Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatima Sana | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadia Iqbal | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nida Dar | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omaima Sohail | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nashra Sandhu | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syeda Aroob Shah | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan Women (T: 111 runs from 20 ovs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muneeba Ali † b Tahuhu | 15 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 136.36 |
| Aliya Riaz c Devine b Carson | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Iram Javed run out (Tahuhu) | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
| Sadaf Shamas b Jonas | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Fatima Sana (c) c Bates b Kerr | 21 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 91.30 |
| Sidra Amin b Mair | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nida Dar st †Gaze b Kerr | 9 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Omaima Sohail c & b Carson | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Syeda Aroob Shah run out (Green/Kerr) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nashra Sandhu not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sadia Iqbal c Bates b Kerr | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras (lb 1, w 3) | 4 | |||||
| Total (11.4 Ov, RR: 4.80) | 56 | |||||
| New Zealand Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemary Mair | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eden Carson | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2.33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lea Tahuhu | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Jonas | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amelia Kerr | 2.4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5.25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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