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T20 Women’s World Cup 2024/25, NZ-W vs PAK-W 19th Match, Group A Match Report, October 14, 2024
Throw it New Zealand he chose to hit vs Pakistan
Sophie Devine called it right at the toss in Dubai and New Zealand elected to bat against Pakistan in their final league match of the Women’s T20 World Cup. A win would be enough for New Zealand to qualify for the semi-finals against India, who will be watching with trepidation and want Pakistan to chase down their target after 10.4 overs, assuming 101 runs or less, to it won for the fourth time in a row.
Pakistan have been boosted by the return of regular captain Fatima Sana, and she has replaced leg-spinner Tuba Hassan in the playing XI. That gives them three seam-bowling options with Aliya Riaz and Iram Javed also in the mix. The last time they played New Zealand, Pakistan beat them for the first time in a bilateral T20I series – a 2-1 comeback in New Zealand in December 2023.
Against a right-arm-heavy Pakistan line-up, New Zealand have picked up left-arm pacer Fran Jonas through the arm of Leigh Kasperek, who played against Sri Lanka with few left-armers. the surface area will be better for hitting he says, “if anything, this area could get worse as the night goes on.”
This game was played in the same row where New Zealand plays against India. One square boundary (63m) is longer than the other (53m) with the cover pocket being the longest hitter at 74m.
New Zealand: 1 Suzie Bates, 2 Georgia Plimmer, 3 Amelia Kerr, 4 Sophie Devine (capt), 5 Brooke Halliday, 6 Maddy Green, 7 Isabella Gaze (wk), 8 Lea Tahuhu, 9 Rosemary Mair, 10 Eden Carson, 11 Fran Jonas
Pakistan: 1 Muneeba Ali (wk), 2 Sidra Amin, 3 Sadaf Shamas, 4 Nida Dar, 5 Omaima Sohail, 6 Aliya Riaz, 7 Iram Javed, 8 Fatima Sana (capt), 9 Syeda Aroob Shah, 10 Nashra Sandhu, 11 Sadia Iqbal
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