Women’s World Cup Live: Amelia Kerr was out for 50 runs.© AFP
ICC Women’s World Cup, India Women vs New Zealand Women, Live Cricket Score, Live Updates: Amelia Kerr scored a splendid 50 but lost her wicket soon after to Rajeshwari Gayakwad as India claimed their third wicket of the day. Sophie Devine was the second wicket to fall as Pooja Vastrakar contributed yet again in an early dismissal. Vastrakar’d direct hit helped India get an early breakthrough as she found Suzie Bates short of the crease while attempting a run. India captain Mithali Raj won the toss and elected to bowl against Sophie Devine-led New Zealand in Match 8 of the ongoing Women’s World Cup at the Seddon Park, Hamilton. Recently, the Mithali Raj-led side faced New Zealand in a bilateral ODI series with the White Ferns coming out on top with a 4-1 win. India will be hoping to prevent a repeat of that display and put in a superior performance from all departments. India defeated Pakistan in their opener, winning by 107 runs. Pooja Vastrakar top-scored with a knock of 67 runs off 59 balls and Rajeshwari Gayakwad took four wickets off 10 overs. New Zealand defeated Bangladesh in their previous game, winning by nine wickets. Suzie Bates was in brilliant form with an unbeaten knock of 79 runs off 68 balls. Meanwhile, Amy Satterthwaite took three wickets. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Sophie Devine, New Zealand captain at the toss: “We would have batted first anyway. We did play India well in the recent series, we were able to put together complete performances and that’s something we’ve been speaking about for a while. It’s now about replicating it today. Same team for us.”
Mithali Raj, India captain at the toss: “We’ll have a bowl. Looks a good wicket and later on, there could be dew which will make batting easier. Also we depend a lot on spinners, so better to bowl first. One change – Yastika replaces Shafali at the top.”
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India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
New Zealand Women (Playing XI): Sophie Devine(c), Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Amy Satterthwaite, Maddy Green, Frances Mackay, Katey Martin(w), Hayley Jensen, Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe
India Women vs New Zealand Women, ICC Women’s World Cup, Live Cricket Score, Live Updates, Seddon Park, Hamilton
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07:48 (IST)
Amelia Kerr is rebuilding the NZ innings after two early wickets
Amelia Kerr is playing superbly as she inches closer towards her half-century
NZ-W 93/2 after 18 overs
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07:27 (IST)
Wicket – Pooja Vastrakar gets Sophie Devine
Pooja Vastrakar is having a great start to the game. She has been involved in both the wickets now
NZ-W 52/2 after 11 overs
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07:10 (IST)
End of 9 overs – NZ try to recover from a bad start where they lost Bates early
Looks like a promising start for Devine, who would look to make it big here after the early fall of Bates
NZ-W 47/1 after 9 overs
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06:55 (IST)
Devine looks like she is on a mission here
Captain Sophie Devine has already hit five fours in her innings of 22 runs
She takes Goswami to cleaners as NZ try to recover
NZ-W 31/1 after 5 overs
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06:50 (IST)
Wicket – Suzie Bates is run-out for 5 runs, NZ in trouble
Pooja Vastrakar helps India get an early breakthrough
Her direct hit found Suzie Bates short of the crease while attempting a run as India started on a positive note
NZ-W 9/1 after 2.1 overs
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06:39 (IST)
Four – Bates is lucky to get her first boundary over the slips
Meghna almost get India a wicket as Bates rashly flashes to get an outside edge over the slips for a boundary
NZ-W 9/0 after 1.4 overs
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06:35 (IST)
Four – Devine cuts a short ball outside off for a boundary
Sophie hits a sublime boundary on the off-side to get going against pacer Goswami, who bowls a decent over with tight lines and lengths
NZ-W 5/0 after 1 over
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06:31 (IST)
Match 8 between India-W and NZ-W begins
NZ openers Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates are in the middle
Pacer Jhulan Goswami starts proceedings for India women
NZ-W 0/0 after 0.1 overs
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06:19 (IST)
Both teams’ playing XI – India make 1 change, NZ go in unchanged
India go in with one chance. Yastika Bhatia replaces Shafali Verma
NZ go in with the same team
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
New Zealand Women (Playing XI): Sophie Devine(c), Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Amy Satterthwaite, Maddy Green, Frances Mackay, Katey Martin(w), Hayley Jensen, Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe
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06:18 (IST)
Captains Mithali Raj, Sophie Devine at the toss
Here’s what the skippers had to say at the toss
Sophie Devine, New Zealand captain at the toss: “We would have batted first anyway. We did play India well in the recent series, we were able to put together complete performances and that’s something we’ve been speaking about for a while. It’s now about replicating it today. Same team for us.”
Mithali Raj, India captain at the toss: “We’ll have a bowl. Looks a good wicket and later on, there could be dew which will make batting easier. Also we depend a lot on spinners, so better to bowl first. One change – Yastika replaces Shafali at the top.”
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06:13 (IST)
Toss : Mithali wins toss, opts to bowl vs New Zealand
Indian captain Mithali Raj wins toss, opts to bowl vs New Zealand in Hamilton
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05:45 (IST)
Looking at the squad and options that both teams have for this game
It will be interesting to see what team combinations both captains opt for
Squads:
New Zealand Women Squad: Sophie Devine(c), Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Amy Satterthwaite, Maddy Green, Frances Mackay, Katey Martin(w), Hayley Jensen, Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Rosemary Mair, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Georgia Plimmer
India Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Taniya Bhatia, Renuka Singh, Yastika Bhatia
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 9, 2022
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05:31 (IST)
Here it is then – India women take on New Zealand women in Match 8 of the WC
New Zealand Women take on India Women in match number 8 of the tournament
NZ fell just short in the final over of the opening match against the Windies but a commanding performance against Bangladesh has seen them soar up the table
India on the other hand have just played the one match so far that too against arch-rivals Pakistan which they won comprehensively
The middle order disappointed but the tailenders and then the spin bowlers did the job for the team
So stay tuned for the live action as we bring to you the Live Blog of India’s 2nd match
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