ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 Match 26: White Ferns end the tournament on a high

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 The hosts ended the tournament with a comfortable win over Pakistan played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch on Saturday.

Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof won the toss and decided to field first. It was an aggressive start for the hosts as Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates put pressure on the Pakistani bowling. Suzie Bates was given out by the umpire but on review, it was overturned too not out. Anam Amin got the breakthrough dismissing White Ferns captain Devine. Devine and Bates added 31 runs in quick time.

Amelia Kerr joined in with Bates and kept the pressure on the Pakistani bowling line-up. At the end of the first 10 overs, New Zealand women scored 56 for 1. After the field restrictions, Bates and Kerr maintained the momentum making life tough. Nida Dar dismissed Amelia Kerr caught by Sidra Ameen. Bates and Kerr added 68 runs for the 2nd wicket. Dar got rid of Amy Satterwhite soon without opening her account to put pressure back on hosts.

Suzie Bates looked composed and reached her fifty off 54 balls. After completing her fifty, Bates showed her class while Maddy Green gave good support to her. Nida Dar dismissed Maddy Green with a good delivery to end 60 runs partnership for the 4th wicket. Suzie Bates kept the pressure on the Pakistan bowling line-up and completed her century off 110 balls. After reaching the milestone, Bates scored runs quickly along with Halliday. Bates was eventually dismissed by Nashra Sandhu. Halliday and Bates added 51 runs for the 5th wicket.

Pakistan bowlers kept on taking wickets and reduced hosts to 231 for 8. Katey Martin produced a quickfire cameo while MacKay provided good support helping New Zealand post 265 for 8. Martin and MacKay added unbeaten 34 runs for the 9th wicket.

Muneeba Ali showed positive intent against the White Ferns bowlers while Sidra Ameen struggled to time the ball. MacKay got the breakthrough dismissing Sidra Ameen with a simple catch by Halliday at backward point. Muneeba and Sidra Ameen added 39 runs for the opening wicket. At the end of the first 10 overs, Pakistan women posted 42 with the loss of Sidra Ameen.

A lovely catch by Sophie Devine ended the innings for Muneeba to leave Pakistan struggling. Omaima Sohail and Pakistan captain Bismah failed to rotate the strike against disciplined White Ferns bowling. A good low catch by Satterwhite ended innings for Sohail.

Nida Dar came to the crease and struggled to rotate the strike with Bismah. Dar then displayed attacking strokes making life tough for the hosts. Bismah also looked in decent touch keeping the scoreboard ticking. Hannah Rowe got rid of Pakistan captain Bismah with a review. The umpire gave not out but on review, it was overturned to out with strangling down the leg. Dar and Bismah added 82 runs for the 4th wicket.

Hannah Rowe broke the backbone of the Pakistan line-up getting rid of Aliya Riaz. Dar completed her fifty off 52 balls and was dismissed by Rowe to leave Pakistan in big trouble. Rowe got 2 more wickets of Sidra Nawaz with a beauty and then Diana Baig to take her fifth wicket. Nashra Sandhu was given out by the umpire but on review, it was overturned due to the ball missing leg stump. Sandhu and Anam kept White Ferns out to bat fifty overs out.

New Zealand women 265 for 8 in 50 overs (Suzie Bates 126, Martin 30*, Nida Dar 3/39) beat Pakistan women 194 for 9 in 50 overs ( Nida Dar 50, Bismah 38, Hannah Rowe 5/55) by 71 runs.

With this win, New Zealand ended the tournament with 6 points. They would need a miracle to go through to the semi-finals hoping that South Africa thrash India by a huge margin and then Bangladesh produced a dominating performance against England.

For her 126 off 135 balls, Suzie Bates was named the player of the match. She decided to share the trophy with Hannah Rowe.








Suzie Bates named player of the match for her 126 

 

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