New Delhi. On the basis of Suzie Bates' brilliant bowling in the last over, New Zealand defeated West Indies and made it to the final of the Women's T20 World Cup for the first time since 2010. West Indies needed 15 runs in the last over but Suzie Bates took a wicket in this over and conceded only 7 runs. And gave the Kiwi team a memorable victory and brought them closer to the title.
In the Women's T20 World Cup semi-final played in Sharjah, New Zealand defeated the Windies in a low-scoring match with the help of excellent performances of spinners Aiden Carson and Amelia Kerr. The New Zealand team, which has been the runner-up in 2009 and 2010, will face South Africa in the final on Sunday. South Africa defeated defending champion Australia in the semi-final on Thursday. New Zealand, who won the toss and batted first, could only score 128 runs for nine wickets, in which Deandra Dottin contributed 33 runs in 22 balls. This includes three sixes hit to Lea Tahuhu in the 16th over.
West Indies scored 120 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
West Indies team could only score 120 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Off-spinner Carson took 3 wickets for 29 runs while Kerr took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs which included the valuable wicket of Dottin. Carson has taken 8 wickets in the tournament and Kerr has taken 12 wickets. Suzie Bates, who has played in the Beijing Olympics, bowled the last over when West Indies needed 15 runs. Bates gave only 7 runs. This could be the last T20 tournament for Bates, captain Sophie Devine, and Tahuhu which they would like to make memorable with a win. Earlier, , Dottin, who performed as an all-rounder for West Indies, bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets for 22 runs.
Dottin has hit a total of 31 sixes in the Women's T20 World Cup
. Deandra Dottin hit a total of 9 sixes in this World Cup. Dottin holds the record for hitting the most sixes in Women's T20 World Cup history. She has hit 31 sixes. After this, no other player has been able to hit more than 19 sixes. The record for hitting the most sixes in one edition of the Women's T20 World Cup is held by Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. She hit the maximum of 13 sixes in 2018.
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