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India (W) vs NZ Women, 9th Match, Group A at Melbourne, T20 World Cup, Feb 27 2020 - Match Result

RESULT
9th Match, Group A, Melbourne, February 27, 2020, ICC Women's T20 World Cup
(20 ov, T:134) 130/6

India (W) won by 3 runs

Player Of The Match
46 (34)
shafali-verma
Match centre 
Scores: Chandan Duorah
Scorecard summary
India Women 133/8(20 overs)
2/21 (4)
New Zealand Women 130/6(20 overs)
end of over 2012 runs • 1 wicket
NZ-W: 130/6CRR: 6.50 
Amelia Kerr34 (19b 6x4)
Shikha Pandey 4-0-21-1
Poonam Yadav 4-0-32-1

From the cracker in Melbourne, we move to Canberra for another crucial Group A game between hosts Australia and Bangladesh. Alex and Peter Della Penna wait for you there. This is Ankur Dhawan signing off.

Harmanpreet Kaur: It's a great feeling when your team performs day in day out. Still we made the same mistakes after a good first ten overs, we got a good start but couldn't carry the momentum. We can't make silly mistakes with harder games coming up. Shafali is giving us good starts, her initial runs are crucial for us.

Sophie Devine: I thought we did a fantastic job to restrict them after Shafali's start. We adapted to the conditions, adjusted our lines and lengths, tied them down. The way the team nearly closed out the game was fantastic, Amelia Kerr did a fantastic job to nearly win it for us in the end. We certainly can't dwell on this or sulk about it for too long, we have Bangladesh next.

Shafali Verma is the player of the match: Feeling good, very happy with the performance, want to continue doing this. I waited for the loose balls and converted those. Credit goes to my father and academy to have helped me get here

India just hang on by 3 runs!. They might have some middle-order problems to address but this win takes them into the semi-finals, the first team to do so. Bowlers to the party again as India defend another lowish total, narrowly this time. Amelia Kerr brought New Zealand within touching distance taking 18 from the penultimate over and kept them in the game till the very last ball, but couldn't quite get a well executed yorker away.

19.6
1lb
Pandey to Amelia Kerr, 1 leg bye, OUT

Pandey nails the yorker! Kerr stepped outside off to scoop again, Pandey followed and jammed the yorker under the bat, it hits the pad and all they get is a leg bye. Jensen strangely tried to run for a second and was run out while Kerr was looking away at the other end distraught having not got bat on ball. The throw came to the keeper and Jensen didn't try to get back. It matters little

Hayley Jensen run out (Pandey) 11 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 157.14
19.5
4
Pandey to Amelia Kerr, FOUR runs

a scoop over short third man! Incredible shot! Stunning. It was full outside off, she shaped to scoop early, Pandey went wide and she scooped it the other way over short third man!

Two boundaries for a super over

19.4
1
Pandey to Jensen, 1 run

yorker length on middle, she digs this out to midwicket

19.3
1
Pandey to Amelia Kerr, 1 run

104kph, low full toss, she skips out and drives straight to Mandhana at midwicket for just one

19.2
1
Pandey to Jensen, 1 run

full outside off, she drills it flat and it goes through the hands of Pandey! That was a tough chance above her head. They get one

19.1
4
Pandey to Jensen, FOUR runs

thick inside edge runs fine for four! Fine leg was up. It was full on off, she cleared the front leg, swung hard and got a thick inside edge, it runs past leg and away for four!

Shikha Pandey will bowl the final over

end of over 1918 runs
NZ-W: 118/5CRR: 6.21 RRR: 16.00
Amelia Kerr29 (16b 5x4)
Hayley Jensen5 (4b)
Poonam Yadav 4-0-32-1
Deepti Sharma 4-0-27-1

Just 16 needed off the last over now

18.6
4
Poonam to Amelia Kerr, FOUR runs

thumped over cover! What batting from Kerr! Tossed up, she skipped down and lofted inside out over cover to find the rope!

18.5
4
Poonam to Amelia Kerr, FOUR runs

full toss, she advances and square drives past point! Brilliant batting. Poonam Yadav under pressure for the first time in the tournament

18.4
Poonam to Amelia Kerr, no run

wrong un, she stepped outside off to pull fine again but missed this one. It was too full

Deep square goes back now

18.3
4
Poonam to Amelia Kerr, FOUR runs

shorter length, she steps way inside the line and pulls up and over short fine leg again! Clever batting. Just sitting back and waiting and clubbing it over short fine

18.2
2
Poonam to Amelia Kerr, 2 runs

she drives powerfully wide of long off, Sharma has to work hard on the rope to make the save

18.1
4
Poonam to Amelia Kerr, FOUR runs

shorter on middle, she stepped inside the line and pulled up and over short fine leg!

end of over 186 runs
NZ-W: 100/5CRR: 5.55 RRR: 17.00
Amelia Kerr11 (10b 1x4)
Hayley Jensen5 (4b)
Deepti Sharma 4-0-27-1
Radha Yadav 4-0-25-1
17.6
1
Sharma to Amelia Kerr, 1 run

two run out chances missed! It was drilled back to the bowler, Jensen had backed up too far Sharma just had to turn around and underarm and she missed from metres away, then Jensen ran and there was a chance at the keeper's end but the throw hit Jensen and she got home!

17.5
Sharma to Amelia Kerr, no run

attempts to sweep but gets a thick inside edge onto pad

17.4
3
Sharma to Jensen, 3 runs
17.3
1
Sharma to Amelia Kerr, 1 run
17.2
1
Sharma to Jensen, 1 run
17.1
Sharma to Jensen, no run

length outside off, tries to work it leg side and misses

end of over 178 runs • 1 wicket
NZ-W: 94/5CRR: 5.52 RRR: 13.33
Amelia Kerr9 (7b 1x4)
Hayley Jensen1 (1b)
Radha Yadav 4-0-25-1
Deepti Sharma 3-0-21-1
16.6
2
Yadav to Amelia Kerr, 2 runs

73kph, tossed up, she advances and lofts this back over the bowler's head for a couple

16.5
1
Yadav to Jensen, 1 run

drifting into leg, she clips this against the turn through midwicket

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
Shafali Verma
46 runs (34)
4 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
on drive
13 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
62%
AC Kerr
34 runs (19)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
square drive
8 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
68%
Best performances - bowlers
AC Kerr
O
4
M
0
R
21
W
2
ECO
5.25
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
RA Mair
O
3
M
0
R
27
W
2
ECO
9
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Junction Oval, Melbourne
TossNew Zealand Women, elected to field first
Series
Season2019/20
Player Of The Match
Match numberWT20I no. 854
Hours of play (local time)14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-15.50, Second Session 15.50-17.20
Match days27 February 2020 - day (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsIndia Women 2, New Zealand Women 0
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ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
IND-W44080.979
AUS-W43160.971
NZ-W42240.364
SL-W4132-0.404
BAN-W4040-1.908
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SA-W43072.226
ENG-W43162.291
WI-W4123-0.654
PAK-W4123-0.761
THI-W4031-3.992