India vs New Zealand – ICC Women’s T20 World Cup cricket match
- India face New Zealand in Group A of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE.
18 overs. New Zealand 139-3
Devine charges down the track before short-arm pulling into the gap at cow corner for four.
New Zealand collect 16 useful runs off the over as they look to post a challenging total.
Halliday on the charge
Deepti is into her final over. Halliday, initially looking to go reverse, switches back to an orthodox sweep which finds the fine leg boundary.
She follows it up with a well-timed reverse sweep which races to the rope at deep third.
17 overs. New Zealand 123-3
Arundhati is asked to bowl her final over. She is up to the task as she holds the batters to just six runs, finishing with figures of 1 for 28.
New Zealand will be looking to get to 160-170 from this stage, especially with seven wickets in hand.
Review for LBW
Shreyanka strikes Halliday in front as she looks to paddle away through the leg side. The spinner convinces Harmanpreet to go upstairs.
Replays show that the ball was going to bounce over the stumps, so India lose the review as the 16th over ends with New Zealand 117 for 3.
Halliday survives run out chance
Devine reaches for a leg-side ball, pulling it towards deep fine leg to find the boundary. She thens look to tonk over midwicket, but is lucky to get away with a top-edge over the same area.
There is a review for a possible run out after as Halliday grounds her bat at the striker’s end, with replays confirming she had made her crease.
WICKET! Kerr caught. New Zealand 99-3
After that short interlude, we are finally getting on with play as Renuka is handed the ball.
Kerr, who survived the runout before on a technicality, finally perishes as she ends up lofting a straightforward chance to Vastrakar at extra cover. Halliday is the new batter.
