New Zealand have saved their hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals alive as Suzie Bates impressed them to an emphatic 71-run victory over Bangladesh.
Opener Bates crashed an unbeaten 81 from 61 balls in Cape Town on Friday as New Zealand powered to 3-189, a goal Bangladesh by no means threatened to problem as they had been restricted to 8-118.
The victory left New Zealand needing to defeat Sri Lanka closely, whereas additionally hoping group one rivals South Africa are defeated by each Bangladesh and Australia if they’re to succeed in the semi-finals.
New Zealand posted the largest first-innings whole within the match to date and, after two geese on this match, Bates blasted again to her greatest at Newlands the place she grew to become the primary lady to go previous 1000 runs in girls’s T20 World Cups.
Opening companion Bernadine Bezuidenhout cracked 44 of their stand of 77 in 8.4 overs whereas Maddy Green additionally smashed 44, off simply 20 deliveries, on the demise.
NZ captain Sophie Devine suffered her second first-ball duck of the match when she was bowled by Fahima Khatun.
Shorna Akter (31) and Murshida Khatun (30) had been Bangladesh’s main scorers.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
