The women’s team of New Zealand has won the 2024 T20 World Cup. South Africa faced New Zealand in the final match. South Africa elected to bowl after winning the toss, but they failed to find the target.
The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 championship has been won by New Zealand. For the first time, the Kiwi team was successful in taking home this prize. In cricket history, this is New Zealand’s first T20 World Cup win. The men’s team has not yet taken home the T20 World Cup championship. South Africa lost to New Zealand by 32 runs in the final match. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. Teams are usually asked to bat first in important games, but in this particular case, South Africa went first. To New Zealand’s 158 runs scored. In return, South Africa lost wicket after wicket and was finally limited to 126 runs. For the second time in the past two seasons, South Africa has lost the Women’s T20 World Cup final. In June of this year, South Africa lost in the Men’s T20 World Cup final.
Amelia Kerr became the player of the match
In this critical game, senior Amelia Kerr played well for the team in total. “Player of the Match” Kerr dominated the game, taking three wickets in along with scoring the highest run total of 43 from the bat. By joining with Brooke Halliday (38), for a fourth wicket partnership of 57 runs in 44 balls, she set the stage for a massive score. Halliday smashed three fours in her aggressive 28-ball inning, while Kerr hit four in her 38-ball inning. Suzie Bates also scored 32 runs for the team in 31 balls, with three fours.
South Africa did not hold up after a strong start
Laura Wolvaardt, who was chasing the target and in top form, smashed four fours in the first four overs to keep up the team’s run pace. Tejmin Brits extended the team’s lead to 47 runs without a loss in the power play against Rosemary Myers with a four in the sixth over. After the power play, New Zealand started to exert more control over the game. In the seventh over, Fran Jonas finished the British innings with 17 runs in 18 balls, ending the 51-run partnership for the first wicket.
The tournament’s top wicket-taker, Amelia Kerr, entered the field in the ninth over and, after blowing Wolvoort, the tournament’s top run scorer, to the pavilion, she caught Anneke Bosch (four runs) over wicketkeeper Gage. The side of South Africa was put on the back foot after losing two wickets in an over. Laura Wolvoort, the captain of South Africa, scored 33 runs in 27 balls, but the other batsmen on the team were not successful as well.