2024 Women's T20 World Cup final

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2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final
Dubai Stadium 2019.jpg
The Dubai International Cricket Stadium (pictured in 2019), hosted its first Women's T20 World Cup final.
Event 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
New Zealand South Africa
Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of South Africa.svg
158/5126/9
20 overs20 overs
New Zealand won by 32 runs
Date20 October 2024
Venue Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Player of the match Amelia Kerr (NZ)
Umpires Nimali Perera (SL)
Claire Polosak (Aus)
Attendance21,457
2023
2026

The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final was a Women's Twenty20 International cricket match that was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 20 October 2024 to determine the winner of the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [1] [2] It was played between New Zealand and South Africa. [3]

Contents

New Zealand defeated South Africa by 32 runs to win their maiden T20 World Cup title. [4] Amelia Kerr was named as the Player of the Match for her all round performance of 43 (38) and 3/24 as well as the Player of the Tournament for taking 15 wickets and scoring 135 runs. [5] [6]

Background

In August 2024, after relocating the ICC Women's T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates, the ICC announced that Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai will be hosting the final on 20 October. [7] [8]

South Africa qualified for their second consecutive final losing the 2023 to Australia. [9] [10] New Zealand on the other hand reached their third final, having lost on both previous occasions, to England in 2009 and to Australia in 2010. [11] Previously, the teams have played each other five times in ICC Women's T20 World Cup with South Africa winning twice (2014, 2023) and New Zealand winning thrice (2009, 2012, 2016). [12] This will also be the first time that either of the teams has won the ICC Men's or Women's T20 World Cup trophy. [13] [14] [15]

Road to the final

Overview

South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svgVSFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
OpponentDateResultPointsMatchOpponentDateResultPoints
Group B Group stage
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 4 October 2024 Won21Flag of India.svg  India 4 October 2024 Won2
Flag of England.svg  England 7 October 2024 Lost22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8 October 2024 Lost2
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 9 October 2024 Won43Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12 October 2024 Won4
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 12 October 2024 Won64Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 October 2024 Won6
Semi-final 1 Knockout stage Semi-final 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 October 2024 Won SF WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 18 October 2024 Won
2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final

South Africa

South Africa began their T20 World Cup campaign with a victory over West Indies by 10 wickets. [17] They lost their match to England on 7 October by 7 wickets. [18] On 9 October, they defeated Scotland by a huge margin of 80 runs. [19] In their final group match, they defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets, [20] and qualified to the semi-finals as runners-up in Group B.

South Africa then defeated Australia by 8 wickets in the semi-final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai to earn their place at a second consecutive T20 World Cup final. [21]

New Zealand

New Zealand began their T20 World Cup campaign with a victory over India by 58 runs. [22] They lost their second match to Australia on 8 October by 60 runs. [23] On 9 October, they defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. [24] In their final group match, they defeated Pakistan by 54 runs, [25] and qualified to the semi-finals as runners-up in Group A.

New Zealand then defeated West Indies by 8 runs in the semi-final at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah to earn their place at the final. [26]

Match

Match officials

On 19 October 2024, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Sri Lanka's Nimali Perera and Australia's Claire Polosak as the on-field umpires, along with England's Anna Harris as the TV umpire, West Indies' Jacqueline Williams as the reserve umpire, and India's GS Lakshmi as match referee. [27]

Team and toss

Both teams remained unchanged from their semi-final matches. South Africa's captain Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and elected to field first. [3]

New Zealand innings

Suzie Bates started the innings with taking a single on the very first ball. Then, Georgia Plimmer hit two fours in the first over before getting dismissed in the next over by Ayabonga Khaka. Then Bates and Amelia Kerr steadied the scoring with a 37 run partnership before Nonkululeko Mlaba bowled out Bates. Then Nadine de Klerk in her first over, got the wicket of New Zealand's captain Sophie Devine for just 6. Then Kerr was joined by Brooke Halliday, and they had a 57 run partnership. Halliday was dismissed by Chloe Tryon for 38, and Kerr was later dismissed for 43 by Mlaba. Maddy Green hit a six in the last over, and the New Zealand innings ended at 158/5 after 20 overs. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

South Africa innings

Amelia Kerr was awarded with the player of the match award in the final for her all round performance of 43 (38) and 3/24 2020 ICC W T20 WC NZ v SL 02-22 A Kerr (01).jpg
Amelia Kerr was awarded with the player of the match award in the final for her all round performance of 43 (38) and 3/24

Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits provided South Africa with a solid start, powering South Africa to 47/0 in the powerplay. Then, Brits was dismissed in the 7th over by Fran Jonas for 17. In the 10th over, Kerr struck twice, first dismissing Wolvaardt for 33 in the first ball, and followed by Anneke Bosch for 9 in the last ball. Marizanne Kapp was the next to be dismissed by Eden Carson for 8 and in the very next ball Rosemary Mair dismissed Nadine de Klerk for 6 reducing South Africa to 77/5. Then, South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals, with Suné Luus dismissed for 8, Annerie Dercksen for 10, and Tryon for 14 ending their innings at 126/9 from 20 overs and loosing the match by 32 runs. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

Match details

20 October 2024
18:00 (N)
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
158/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
126/9 (20 overs)
Amelia Kerr 43 (38)
Nonkululeko Mlaba 2/31 (4 overs)
Laura Wolvaardt 33 (27)
Amelia Kerr 3/24 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 32 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Amelia Kerr (NZ)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was New Zealand first ICC Women's T20 title. [33] [34]

Match scorecard

1st innings

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand batting [35]
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Suzie Bates b Mlaba 323130103.22
Georgia Plimmer c Luus b Khaka 9720128.57
Amelia Kerr c Brits b Mlaba 433840113.15
Sophie Devine (c)lbw b de Klerk 6100060.00
Brooke Halliday c Bosch b Tyron 382830135.71
Maddy Green not out12601200.00
Izzy Gaze (wk)not out3300100.00
Rosemary Mair did not bat
Lea Tahuhu did not bat
Eden Carson did not bat
Fran Jonas did not bat
Extras(lb 2, nb 3, w 10)
15
Total
(5 wickets; 20 overs)
158121RR: 7.90

Fall of wickets: 1/16 (Plimmer, 1.5 ov), 2/53 (Bates, 7.4 ov), 3/70 (Devine, 10.2 ov), 4/127 (Halliday, 17.2 ov), 5/141 (Kerr, 18.5 ov)

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa bowling [35]
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Marizanne Kapp 402506.2512
Ayabonga Khaka 4044111.0010
Chloe Tyron 402215.5010
Nonkululeko Mlaba 403127.7530
Nadine de Klerk 201718.5001
Suné Luus 201708.5000

2nd innings

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa batting [35]
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Laura Wolvaardt (c)c Bates b Kerr 332750122.22
Tazmin Brits c Green b Jonas 17181094.44
Anneke Bosch c †Gaze b Kerr 9131069.23
Marizanne Kapp c Plimmer b Carson 8810100.00
Nadine de Klerk c Kerr b Mair 670085.71
Chloe Tryon c Green b Mair 14161087.50
Suné Luus c Bates b Halliday 890088.88
Annerie Dercksen c Bates b Kerr 10900111.11
Sinalo Jafta (wk)b Mair 6410150.00
Nonkululeko Mlaba not out450080.00
Ayabonga Khaka not out4400100.00
Extras(b 2, w 5)
7
Total
(9 wickets; 20 overs)
126100RR: 6.30

Fall of wickets: 1/51 (Brits, 6.5 ov), 2/59 (Wolvaardt, 9.1 ov), 3/64 (Bosch, 10 ov), 4/77 (Kapp, 12 ov), 5/77 (de Klerk, 12.1 ov), 6/97 (Luus, 15.1 ov), 7/111 (Dercksen, 17.3 ov), 8/117 (18.1 ov), 9/120 (Jafta, 18.5 ov)

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand bowling [35]
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Rosemary Mair 402536.2530
Eden Carson 402215.5000
Fran Jonas 402817.0010
Lea Tahuhu 302107.0000
Amelia Kerr 402436.0000
Brooke Halliday 10414.0010

Broadcasting

The T20 World Cup streamed on ICC.tv for free to 116 territories in Afghanistan, Continental Europe, the Pacific Islands, and South-East Asia. [36]

Broadcasters for the 2024 WT20WC [36]
RegionCountry/Sub-regionTelevision BroadcasterRadio
Asia Bangladesh Nagorik
India Star Sports
Disney+ Hotstar
All India Radio (AIR)
Pakistan PTV Home
PTV National
PTV Sports
Ten Sports
Singapore StarHub
Sri Lanka TV 1
Europe Ireland Sky Sports
United Kingdom BBC Radio
Americas Canada Willow
United States
Caribbean ESPN Caribbean
Oceania Australia Amazon Prime ABC Sport
New Zealand Sky Sport NZ
Pacific Islands Sky Pacific
Africa Middle East and North AfricaCricLife WomenTalk 100.3 FM
Big 106.2
African Union Super Sport

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