Amy Satterthwaite scores 75 and Amelia Kerr 50 as New Zealand post first in batting 260-9; India, in response, is eliminated by 198 in the 47th, despite a good and unbeaten 71 of 63 balls from Harmanpreet Kaur.
Amy Satterthwaite hit nine limits on her 75-for-84 ball for New Zealand
New Zealand put on a performance to catch the eye of their main rivals in the Women’s World Cup by beating India by 62 runs in their third group match in Hamilton on Thursday.
New Zealand lost their opening match of the tournament against the West Indies, then beat Pakistan, but the emphatic nature with which they dispatched India has the hosts seemingly back on track for a semi-final spot.
Amy Satterthwaite scored 75 and Amelia Kerr added 50 as New Zealand made it 260-9, having been forced to bat first. India, in response, was eliminated by 198 in the 47th, despite a good and unbeaten 71-for-63 ball from Harmanpreet Kaur.
Kerr’s fifty, his sixth in one-day internationals, came from 63 submissions, although he fell alongside Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2-46). Satterthwaite, meanwhile, raised his fifty from 60 balls and was the mainstay of multiple major partnerships: adding 67 for the third wicket with Kerr, 54 for the fourth with Maddy Green (27) and 49 for the fifth with Katey Martin (41).
“Certainly there were times where I really struggled, but I tried to build an inning with whoever I was batting with and dug it as deep as possible,” said Satterthwaite, who was eventually sacked in the over 43rd, one of four Pooja victims. . Vastrakar (4-34).
Vastraka and Gayakwad combined to hold New Zealand’s score between overs 40 and 47, with the tournament hosts adding just 30 runs for the loss of four wickets (Vastrakar took it 3-19 in his second spell of six) and 49 total runs in the last 10 overs.
Still, India needed a record Women’s World Cup run to win and the New Zealand bowlers immediately tightened at the start of their innings, with Smriti Mandhana (6) and Deepti Sharma (5) starting early.
Captain Mithali Raj (31) did her best to rebuild, first with Yastika Bhatia (28) and then with Harmanpreet, but when she and Richa Ghosh fell to back-to-back deliveries from Kerr (3-56) in the 30th, hopes of India had vanished. faded
Harmanpreet hit six bounds and two sixes and continued his outstanding singles innings until 44, when he also got rid of Kerr.
Watch every Cricket Women’s World Cup match live on Sky Sports Cricket, with India next in action against the West Indies from 1 am on Saturday, while New Zealand‘s crucial clash against Australia is at 10pm on Saturday.
Englandafter two defeats in the opening of the tournament, he faces South Africa in an essential duel on Monday from 1 am
