- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.1 What a start for Tahuhu! Fuller and seams back in sharply, bursts through the gate of Bhatia and rattles the stumps. Actually, replays suggest it was a little deflection off the pads. Nevertheless, top ball from Tahuhu 9/13.5 Tahuhu has carved up India's top order. Oh my, what a catch Jensen at the midwicket boundary. You don't need DRS for that. This was dug in short and outside off, Mandhana ventures a pull, hits it well, but does not get enough elevation. Jensen leaps to her left, catches the ball with both hands, and hangs onto it even as she lands 22/218.2 looped up and outside off, draws Jemimah down the track, dips, creating distance between bat and pitch. She swings and misses. The keeper does the rest 174/45.4 Hemalatha gives it away on debut. Kasperek loops a full-toss outside off, Hemalatha, having jumped a long way across off, sweeps weakly and watches the ball pop into the lap of short fine leg 40/319.5 pitched up and angling away outside off, Kaur slashes and edges behind. Devine, Amy, and several other NZ players applaud Kaur and she walks back. She draws a standing ovation from the India dugout 194/5Extras4 (lb 4)TOTAL194/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.7)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Taniya Bhatia, 1.1 ov), 2-22 (Smriti Mandhana, 3.5 ov), 3-40 (Dayalan Hemalatha, 5.4 ov), 4-174 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 18.2 ov), 5-194 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Watkin 3 0 40 1 13.33 6 2 4 0 0 LMM Tahuhu 3 0 18 2 6.00 11 3 0 0 0 LM Kasperek 4 0 28 1 7.00 9 1 1 0 0 HNK Jensen 2 0 28 0 14.00 1 5 0 0 0 AC Kerr 4 0 36 0 9.00 6 4 1 0 0 SFM Devine 3 0 22 1 7.33 5 2 0 0 0 AE Satterthwaite 1 0 18 0 18.00 1 1 2 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR13.4 Oh my, Bates has carved a low full-toss to backward point. She stays leg-side of the ball, aims to go over the covers, but ends up slicing it into the lap of Hemalatha 98/56.3 Maiden T20I wicket for Hemalatha! Umpire Brathwaite raises his finger. Turning offbreak, in-between length outside off, and turns back in. Bounces. Peterson feathers it behind. Bhatia rides the bounce and snaffles it 52/19.3 tossed up liberally and spins away outside off. The length is short. Loose, loose back-foot cut from Devine. She pops a catch to short cover 73/29.4 Two in two for Poonam Yadav! This is even slower and tossed up higher outside off, Watkin shimmies out, the ball dips, creating distance between the bat and pitch. The turn takes it past the bat, and the keeper does the rest 73/312.4 Hemalatha returns and has Amy skying a catch to square leg. Hung up in the air, drops down outside off, and breaks away. Amy does not get hold of a sweep and top-edges it to Veda 93/418.5 on a length and spins away outside off, Martin steps out but is beaten in flight. Slices a loft to Kaur at cover. The India captain is on a roll today 147/714.5 Deepti Sharma tears in from long-on and pulls off an outstanding catch. Green ventures down the track, gets more height as opposed to distance, and holes out 110/619.5 Another ripper from Deepti Sharma, sprinting in from long-on. Short and outside off, swatted away in the air, she tears in and claims a terrific low catch even as the ball dips on her 160/819.6 Jensen ventures down the track, speared flat and wide outside off. Fizzes through to the keeper. Bhatia whips the bails off. India open the WWT20 with an emphatic 34-run win 160/9Extras6 (b 1, w 5)TOTAL160/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Did not bat: LMM TahuhuFall of wickets: 1-52 (Anna Peterson, 6.3 ov), 2-73 (Sophie Devine, 9.3 ov), 3-73 (Jess Watkin, 9.4 ov), 4-93 (Amy Satterthwaite, 12.4 ov), 5-98 (Suzie Bates, 13.4 ov), 6-110 (Maddy Green, 14.5 ov), 7-147 (Katey Martin, 18.5 ov), 8-160 (Leigh Kasperek, 19.5 ov), 9-160 (Hayley Jensen, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Reddy 4 0 36 1 9.00 7 5 0 1 0 RP Yadav 4 0 31 2 7.75 10 5 0 0 0 DB Sharma 4 0 33 0 8.25 8 5 0 1 0 D Hemalatha 4 0 26 3 6.50 8 1 1 1 0 Poonam Yadav 4 0 33 3 8.25 12 6 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
India Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-12.50, Second Session 12.50-14.20
Match days
9 November 2018 (20-over match)
Women T20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India Women 2, New Zealand Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 3 wickets)
- India Women: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (JI Rodrigues 24, H Kaur 25, Ex 1)
- India Women: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 4
- H Kaur: 50 off 33 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 62 balls (JI Rodrigues 33, H Kaur 66, Ex 1)
- JI Rodrigues: 50 off 39 balls (6 x 4)
- India Women: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 4
- H Kaur: 100 off 49 balls (7 x 4, 8 x 6)
- Innings Break: India Women - 194/5 in 20.0 overs (V Krishnamurthy 2, RP Yadav 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand Women: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (SW Bates 34, AM Peterson 14, Ex 3)
- SW Bates: 50 off 38 balls (7 x 4)
- New Zealand Women: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 4
- Over 17.2: Review by India Women (Bowling), Umpire - CA Polosak, Batsman - KJ Martin (Struck down)
- New Zealand Women: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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