Cape Town: The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 was won by New Zealand who defeated South Africa by 32 runs in the last match and got their hands on the trophy for the first time ever. A headline Kiwi side even though the Kiwis enjoyed the lion’s share of that success due to the all-round performace of Amelia Kerr who was a crucial player with both bat and ball.
Blake Kerr’s sister, Amelia Kerr has been excellent all through the tournament
Amelia Kerr was the gem of the show in this match who scored match-winning innings that helped New Zealand to achieved the first title of their careers. Kerr was able to bat first, which helped her score 43 runs from 38 balls, which helped the total clear 158. Her hostile overtures that determined aggressive innings provided the New Zealand’s good show.
In the bowlingdepartment, the skipper followed a similar line and length, keeping South Africa on a tight leash as she took three wickets for only 24 runs in her four overs. This specific talent was handy when she waded down the South African batting order and set her team up for a big win.
Kerr was not only performing at his best, but he continued his excellent work all the way to the end of the game. Overall she scored 135 runs and took 15 wickets and that put her as the highest run gettter as well as highest wicket taker of the tournament. This great feat made her to be the only player In Women’s T20 World Cup history to be awarded Player of the Match in the final and Player of the Tournament award in the same tournament.
Setting New Records
In the final, Kerr created the record for most number of runs for a female player and minimum three wickets in a T20 knockout match. Also, the total wickets in the tournament reached 15 a new record for any single bowler which was earlier set at 13 by Anya Shrubsole of England in the 2014’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and Megan Schutt of Australia in the 2020’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
This was the first time that New Zealand could celebrate one of their own boats in a world championship event.
The success story in the final match is a monumental win for New Zealand women cricket team. This mixture of functional teamwork and tactical astute as well as moments of sheer brilliance enabled the team to finally win the Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time. Kerr with both bat and ball proved to be quite an asset to her team and established herself as one of the leading all round players in the women’s cricket.
New Zealand has assiduously prepared for, and expertly contributed to, the victory in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup. In this respect, as they celebrate this achievement, the team plans to work harder in the Subsequent international tournaments. Besides creating new records, what Amelia Kerr has done to bat and to bring her team to victory has established benchmarks for women’s T20 cricket.
This historic victory has placed New Zealand on the global map and has told the young ones that sleeping is not an option, women cricket has arrived and is here to stay.
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