New Zealand Women defeated Pakistan Women by 6 runs in the third and final T20 match. Due to bad weather, the match was decided under the Duckworth-Louis law.
Batting first, Pakistan Women scored 137 runs for 5 wickets, and New Zealand Women scored 101 runs for 2 wickets in 15 overs when rain started and the match was abandoned.
Third and final T20 match
In this way, this series of three T20 International matches has been won by Pakistan Women 1-2. The Green Shirts won the first match by 7 wickets and the second match by 10 runs to become the first Asian team to win the T20 series in New Zealand.
New Zealand Women won the toss and decided to field first in the 3rd T20 International played at the John Davis Oval yesterday. Amin, Sadaf Shams, Waheeda Akhtar, and Natalia Parvez were included in the team, it was captain Nida Dar’s 141st T20I match, thus becoming the most capped T20I player for Pakistan.
Batting first, Pakistan Women scored 137 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, Muniba Ali and Sidra Amin provided the start of 64 runs, Sidra Amin scored 43 with the help of four boundaries, and Muniba Ali with the help of two fours.
scored 27 runs, but after these two other batsmen added 73 runs to the total score, Nida Dar scored 25 runs with the help of two fours and a six, and Fatima Sana scored 17 runs with the help of two fours, New Zealand’s Captain Emilia Kerr dismissed 3 players and Aidan Carson dismissed 2 players.
Chasing the target, New Zealand Women scored 101 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 15 overs when rain started and the match was stopped. Due to continuous rain and water accumulation in the ground, the match could not be restarted, New Zealand was declared the winner by 7 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, Suzy Bates played an unbeaten innings of 51 runs with the help of 5 fours.
Emilia Kerr was the second-leading batsman with 35 runs. Sadia Iqbal and Nashera Sindhu took one wicket each, Suzy Betts was adjudged player of the match while Fatima Sana received the player of the series award.
