Potcepstroom: India beat New Zealand by 8 wickets in the first semi-final match. In the 2nd semi-final, England defeated Australia by 3 runs to enter the final.
In South Africa…
The inaugural Women’s Junior 20 Over Cricket World Cup (Under 19) is underway in South Africa. India-New Zealand teams clashed in the first semi-final match held yesterday in Potcepstroom.
Rolled out on 101 runs…
Shabali Verma, captain of the Indian team won the toss and chose to field. After that, the New Zealand team, who batted first, was unable to attack the Indian players’ tremendous bowling. The team was restricted to 107 for 9 in 20 overs. Georgia Philmer scored 35 runs and Isabella scored 26 runs. On the Indian side, spinner Parshavi Chopra took 3 wickets, Didas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap, Shabali Verma and Archana Devi took one wicket each.
India win…
India continued to play by scoring 110 runs for 2 wickets in 14.2 overs to win by 8 wickets and advance to the final. Opener Shabali Verma was bowled for 10 and Sowmiya Tiwary for 22 was lost off the bowling of Anna Browning. Opener Swetha Sherawat remained unbeaten on 61 runs (45 balls, 10 boundaries) and Trisha on 6 runs. Parshavi Chopra bagged 3 wickets and won the man of the match award.
Eng., Batting…
Australia-England teams met in another semi-final. After winning the toss and batting first, England were all out for 99 runs in 19.5 overs. Alexa Stonehouse scored 25 runs, Captain Grace scored 20 runs, Josie Groves scored 15 runs and Serene Small scored 10 runs. Other players did not cross single digits.
Eng., win…
Australia, who bowled later, could not take even this simple target. The team was bundled out for 96 runs in 18.4 overs. Thus the England team won by 3 runs and entered the final. England spinner Hannah Bagher shone as the hero of the match with 3 wickets. India-England will clash in the final today (Sunday).