New Zealand beat Pakistan to enter Women’s T20 World Cup semifinals

New Zealand’s 54-run triumph successful Dubai results successful a group-stage tourney exit for India and Pakistan.

New Zealand person sealed their spot successful the semifinals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup aft beating Pakistan by 54 runs successful their last radical crippled successful Dubai.

The effect connected Monday means India volition exit the tourney astatine the radical signifier by finishing 3rd connected the Group A points array down New Zealand and Australia.

New Zealand posted a full of 110-6 successful their 20 overs and dismissed Pakistan for 56 successful 11.4 overs to grounds an emphatic win.

Pakistan packed their squad with slower bowlers, who hampered New Zealand’s scoring complaint and did not let their beardown batting lineup to station a large total.

Nashra Sandhu picked 3 wickets for 18 runs successful her 4 overs, portion Suzie Bates top-scored for the White Ferns with 28 runs disconnected 29 balls.

Pakistan’s skipper Fatima Sana was backmost starring her broadside aft missing their erstwhile lucifer against Australia owed to the passing of her father.

Sana scored 21 runs disconnected 23 balls, the highest successful the Pakistani innings, arsenic the women successful greenish attempted to pursuit the people successful 10 overs to amended their nett tally rate.

In the process, Pakistan kept losing regular wickets and were bowled retired successful the 12th over. Their nonaccomplishment not lone enactment them retired of contention for the semifinals but besides resulted successful India’s exit.

Australia topped the radical with 8 points from their 4 games and stay favourites to clasp the rubric they person won connected six occasions.

Their trans-Tasman neighbours New Zealand qualified successful 2nd spot with six points and 3 wins from their 4 games.

India finished successful 3rd spot with 2 wins and 4 points from their 4 games, portion Pakistan finished 4th with 2 points and 1 win. Sri Lanka finished past having failed to triumph a azygous game.

The different 2 semifinalists volition beryllium confirmed connected Tuesday, erstwhile erstwhile champions England and the West Indies conscionable successful the past radical crippled successful Dubai.

Both teams, on with 2023 finalists South Africa, are successful contention for the last-four spot.

The semifinals volition beryllium played connected October 17 (Dubai) and October 18 (Sharjah), portion the last is scheduled for October 20 successful Dubai.

Through to the semi-finals successful benignant 🤩

New Zealand go the 2nd squad aft Australia to marque the last 4 of the Women's #T20WorldCup 2024 🔥#PAKvNZ #WhateverItTakes pic.twitter.com/Kn2iJ5RBD6

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 14, 2024

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