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Best performances - Batsmen

SW Bates
SW Bates
28(29) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %62%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 6 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
3 0 6 0 3 4 3 9
BM Halliday
BM Halliday
22(24) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 4 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
1 7 2 1 3 5 2 1

Best performances - Bowlers

AC Kerr
AC Kerr
O2.4
M0
R14
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Nashra Sandhu
Nashra Sandhu
O4
M0
R18
W3
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

8:55pm That will be that for tonight. A dramatic day, which possibly ended with the outcome that felt most likely at the start: a New Zealand win and the elimination of India and Pakistan. And, if today was not enough drama, we have something very similar in store tomorrow, with England taking on the West Indies (and the identity of the Group B qualifiers still not set in stone). We hope to have your company for that fixture. Until then, this is goodbye from Ranjith and myself. Take care, everyone!

Sophie Devine, New Zealand captain: (On reaching the semi-final) Probably has not quite sunk in yet. Incredibly proud of this group. 2016 was the last semi-final we made and it has been a long time. We will celebrate tonight but we are looking forward to the next phase of this tournament. Results have not gone our way leading into this tournament. But the thing I am most proud of is we stuck to the processes. When we get it right, we can beat any team in the world. To do that in the World Cup, I am incredibly proud. Eden was outstanding again tonight and to see them (the youngsters) step up is amazing. (On the conditions) They (Pakistan) were incredibly clever. The wicket was not as bad but with the lack of pace
you have to access different areas. (On their score) 140 would be nice (we said after the powerplay). You always want more but we knew that (110) had to be enough. We knew they were going to have a crack. Was always going to be an exciting game and about who held their nerve better. We get a day off tomorrow, then a couple of days of training and then going in with open eyes and enjoying it. I just want them to lap up the experience. It is going to be a big occasion but it is also a huge part of their career. We will be soaking it up. There will be pressure, it will be nerve-racking but that is why you play cricket. We are just going to go out there and enjoy ourselves.

Fatima Sana, Pakistan captain: (On the game) We were good with the ball but we have to improve our batting and fielding. We were not up to the mark. I think our seniors should step up in these kinds of matches. As a bowling unit, we were up to the mark but we need to improve our batting, otherwise we cannot survive in women's cricket. That is the main thing (that we will take back from this tournament).

Eden Carson, Player of the Match: I have no words. Pretty intense at the start but glad we got it over the line. (Chat at the innings break) We looked at how they bowled and tried to do what they did, and bowl to our plans. Came on top today, very happy (with that). Having Dar and Sana out there, both were quality batters and we knew we needed to get them out, and thankfully we did.

8:37pm New Zealand are in. Pakistan are out. India are out. And that is perhaps the easiest summation of this evening. Pakistan may have made it slightly easier for NZ with their gung-ho shot selection, but they deserve a bit of credit for actually trying to step out of their comfort zone and daring the improbable (which ultimately became the impossible). All they have now is the second-lowest all-out total in Women's T20 World Cup history, and their lowest total at this competition, which given the courage and bravery they tried to show, seems a little unfair.

As for New Zealand, well, their bowlers and their fielders turned up. They held onto almost everything that came their way, and pulled off two run-outs as well. Kerr was again their most successful bowler, with Carson bagging two. Mair, Jonas and Tahuhu, meanwhile, picked up a wicket apiece, and they will now have a shot at making the final, which they have not done since the 2010 edition in the Caribbean.

11.4
W
Kerr to Sadia Iqbal, OUT, there it is - New Zealand will now visit surroundings they have not seen since 2016! Into the semi-finals and on a day where they needed to get the job done, they have done so very, very handsomely! Heartbreak for Pakistan, and heartache for India! Teased up full on middle and leg, and Iqbal gives in to the temptation. Has a heave at it but all she manages is a tame lob to mid on. Embraces, smiles and handshakes all around in the NZ camp. They needed to win tonight. And they have won tonight. At a canter really. And they now move to the semi-final, and will contest the games that matter at this year's T20 World Cup!

Sadia Iqbal c Bates b Kerr 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

11.3
0
Kerr to Sadia Iqbal, no run, googly on a full length just outside off. Iqbal dangles her bat out in hope and is beaten on the outside

Iqbal is the last batter in. Sandhu is at the other end and she has not faced a ball yet either

11.2
W
Kerr to Fatima Sana, OUT, Sana bites the dust too, and NZ are on the brink of qualification now. They can see it, and they can feel it! Flighted up full outside off and Sana, knowing she is running out of partners, decides to take on the inside-out lofted stroke. Does not get it out of the middle and cuts across it too much. Bates judges it well, back-tracks and sends the Pakistan skipper on her way!

Fatima Sana c Bates b Kerr 21 (31m 23b 2x4 0x6) SR: 91.30

11.1
W
Kerr to Fatima Sana, 1 run, OUT, safe on the catch. Just! But not on the run out! It is all happening here in the ring of fire! Angled in full on leg stump. Sana clears her front leg and swings at it with all her might. Slices it up and luckily for her, the ball lands just in front of Green, running to her right at long on. But wait. The drama is not over. Far from it. Aroob wanted to come back to keep her captain on strike but despite the dive, she is caught inches short of her crease. Superb work by Green, and another nail into the coffin has been hammered!

Syeda Aroob Shah run out 0 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Tautoru: "As long as Fatima Sana is there, Pakistan (and India) can believe. Pakistan need a run a ball. " -- Don't think the run-rate is the problem. The wickets are...

END OF OVER:
11 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | PAK-W: 55/7 (56 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.00, RRR: 6.22)

  • Syeda Aroob Shah0 (3b)
  • Fatima Sana20 (21b)
  • Eden Carson3-1-7-2
  • Amelia Kerr2-0-13-1
10.6
0
Carson to Syeda Aroob Shah, no run, flighted up full on off. Aroob comes forward and pokes it back to the bowler
10.5
0
Carson to Syeda Aroob Shah, no run, fired in on a length outside off. Goes on with the arm and sneaks past the outside edge of Aroob's prod

PAK Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7Aliya RiazMuneeba Ali
2nd12Iram JavedMuneeba Ali
3rd2Iram JavedSadaf Shamas
4th2Iram JavedFatima Sana
5th5Sidra AminFatima Sana
6th24Nida DarFatima Sana
7th3Omaima SohailFatima Sana
8th1Fatima SanaSyeda Aroob Shah
9th0Nashra SandhuFatima Sana
10th0Nashra SandhuSadia Iqbal