26/02Result
9th Match, Group A, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Feb 27 2020
IND Women won by 3 runs
Player of the Match
Shafali Verma
Shafali VermaIndia Women
26/02Result
9th Match, Group A, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Feb 27 2020
IND Women won by 3 runs
Player of the Match
Shafali Verma
Shafali VermaIndia Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | IND-W: 133/8 | RR: 6.65

  • Shikha Pandey10 (14b)
  • Hayley Jensen3-0-20-0
  • Leigh Kasperek4-0-19-1

Another middle-order meltdown means India are well short of the score they might have been looking at at the half way mark. The wicket of Jemimah Rodriques set the collapse in motion at the start of the 11th after opener Shafali Verma rode her luck to make a 34-ball 46. Harmanpreet Kaur suffered another failure, failing to reach fifty for 22nd time since her hundred against New Zealand at the 2018 World Cup in West Indies. New Zealand missed their chances in the first half, but it did not cost them much as they clawed back dramatically. Back for the chase soon.

Leigh Kasperek: We did really well to pull it back after their start. We didn't really talk about a target, just stuck to our plans. She (Shafali) is very strong on her front foot, so we tried to keep it a bit short. Their spin bowlers will be pretty good here, but fingers crossed we can chase this down

19.6
W
Jensen to Yadav, 1 run, OUT, shortens her length and follows her again, she goes for the sweep but doesn't get all of it, short fine-leg circles around the leading edge, can't complete the catch but send an accurate throw back to the keeper to effect a simple run-out with India looking for a second that wasn't there

RP Yadav run out 14 (9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 155.55

19.5
6
Jensen to Yadav, SIX, excellent shot, a repeat of the previous one, in fact, this one carries all the way! It was full and following her again, she went through the line and not only cleared mid-off but also the rope at long-off
19.4
2
Jensen to Yadav, 2 runs, full and follows her as she backs away, presents the full face and lofts this over mid-off, makes decent connection but not all of it
19.3
1lb
Jensen to Pandey, 1 leg bye, full outside off, walks right across and tries to whip it away through the leg side but misses
19.2
1
Jensen to Yadav, 1 run, length and angled in, nudged into the square leg region for one
19.1
1
Jensen to Pandey, 1 run, length outside off, pushed to deep cover for one

END OF OVER:
19 | 7 Runs | IND-W: 121/7 | RR: 6.36

  • Radha Yadav4 (5b)
  • Shikha Pandey9 (12b)
  • Leigh Kasperek4-0-19-1
  • Sophie Devine2-0-12-1
18.6
0
Kasperek to Yadav, no run, stumping chance missed! It was flat, quick and slightly short, she went for the leg side slog and missed but the keeper failed to collect it cleanly
18.5
1
Kasperek to Pandey, 1 run, full outside off, pushed down to long-off for one
18.4
2
Kasperek to Pandey, 2 runs,
18.3
1
Kasperek to Yadav, 1 run, fired in on off, squeezed away to backward point, they take off for a quick single and complete it even as the third-umpire is consulted for a run-out chance at the non striker's end
18.2
2
Kasperek to Yadav, 2 runs, full and angled in, chipped to deep midwicket's left for a couple of runs
18.1
1
Kasperek to Pandey, 1 run, length around off, pushed to long-off for one

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | IND-W: 114/7 | RR: 6.33

  • Shikha Pandey5 (9b)
  • Radha Yadav1 (2b)
  • Sophie Devine2-0-12-1
  • Anna Peterson2-0-19-0
17.6
1
Devine to Pandey, 1 run, length around middle, chipped to long-on on a couple of bounces for one
17.5
1
Devine to Yadav, 1 run, length and angled in, nudged to short fine leg's left for one
17.4
0
Devine to Yadav, no run, length well outside off, beaten as she has a poke
17.3
1
Devine to Pandey, 1 run, shorter and into the body, helped along to deep backward square leg for one
17.2
0
Devine to Pandey, no run, length outside off, has a tentative poke but misses
17.1
W
Devine to Sharma, OUT, wickets continue to tumble! Drevine comes on and strikes straight away, it was a length ball angled across, Deepti went down on one knee and connected well on the slog sweep but unfortunately for India, picked out the fielder at deep midwicket

DB Sharma c Jensen b Devine 8 (11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 72.72

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | IND-W: 111/6 | RR: 6.52

  • Deepti Sharma8 (10b)
  • Shikha Pandey3 (6b)
  • Anna Peterson2-0-19-0
  • Amelia Kerr4-0-21-2
16.6
1
Peterson to Sharma, 1 run, length and angled in, tucked away through square leg for one
16.5
2
Peterson to Sharma, 2 runs,
16.4
1
Peterson to Pandey, 1 run, slightly shorter around off, she skips down and pushes it to long-on for one
16.3
0
Peterson to Pandey, no run, full on middle and off, pushed to midwicket
16.2
1
Peterson to Sharma, 1 run, full and angled in, driven to wide long-on for one

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NZ Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13RH PriestSFM Devine
2nd17SW BatesSFM Devine
3rd4SFM DevineML Green
4th43KJ MartinML Green
5th13KJ MartinAC Kerr
6th40HNK JensenAC Kerr