Women’s T20 World Cup final result: New Zealand beat South Africa for first title

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Women’s T20 World Cup final result: New Zealand beat South ******* for first title

In a tournament that has been dominated by low scores on bowler-friendly surfaces, it was New Zealand’s batting intent from the beginning that was immediately eye-catching.

When opener Georgia Plimmer skipped down the pitch to Marizanne Kapp’s second ball – despite missing – the message was clear. They were not going to **** wondering.

Plimmer eventually fell for nine and Bates added 32, before Kerr and Devine were tasked with the rebuilding effort after a little wobble to 53-2.

But when Devine was lbw to De Klerk for six in the 11th over, there was a danger of New Zealand wasting their positive start, where they had played with such freedom and found the boundary regularly with little sign of any big-occasion nerves.

Kerr held firm, steadily rotating the strike at a run-a-ball while Halliday played more expansively around her, constantly pushing twos even when the boundaries were not flowing. This kept the pressure on South *******’s bowlers, who were struggling for consistency for the first time in the tournament.

After Halliday’s departure, Kerr was rewarded for her patience as she thumped back-to-back boundaries off Nonkululeko Mlaba in the penultimate over, before Ayabonga Khaka’s horror final over conceded 16 – including the game’s only six from Green – to put New Zealand firmly in the driving seat.

The scoreboard pressure did the rest as South ******* wilted, unable to capitalise on Wolvaardt’s knock, with Kerr taking her tournament tally to 15 – a new record in a Women’s T20 World Cup, beating England’s Anya Shrubsole and *********** Megan Schutt’s previous record of 13.

New Zealand’s elation was heartbreakingly juxtaposed by South *******’s despair, falling short at the final hurdle once more as the country’s agonising wait for a global cricket title – men’s or women’s – continues.

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