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Please turn on JavaScript to use this featureExcellent from Carson, who pulls the initiative back – conceding just three singles from her second over.Wolvaardt is the leading scorer in this tournament, with more fours than anyone – and here is another as she picks Tahuhu off her boots and sends her lfying for four. And another! Slammed over deep mid wicket Tahuhu regains control with a final dot ball.Jonas with her slingshot action.
What a fabulous final flourish – 16 from the last over including an beautifully struck up and over six by Green when Khaka misses her yorker, which flies over the rope at midwicket. South Africa huddle on the pitch, but no side has ever chased down that many in a women’s T20 World Cup final.Eleven from the penultimate over -but the big prize in Kerr gone.
Bates dipped like a doughnut by a quicker ball, shuffling around the crease, goes to paddle one round the corner, but loses her stumps. She throws her bat in the air in dismay. Great energy at the top of the innings though.The cameras aren’t quite making it clear how full, or otherwise the ground it. Lots of noise anyway. New Zealand farm seven from the over.A double change as Mlaba replaces Khaka. A striking figure, her short hair dyed blond – a neat nose ring.
Australia’s dominance ends at Women’s T20 World Cup but shock defeat can spark a new era | Megan MauriceThe real news is the rise of New Zealand and South Africa. Both surprise finalists, both on the rise from the “middle group” of women’s cricket teams – who have seemed so far away from the big three. But not so now.
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