ICC Womens WC T20, 2009

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Women's T20: NZ down India New Zealand skipper Aimee Watkins issued a rallying cry to rivals England and Australia after guiding her side past India and into the World Twenty20 women's final on Thursday. ?We're really stoked to be able to play at Lord's in the final.. . . . More... Women’s T20: NZ down India AFP Published:Jun 18, 2009 New Zealand skipper Aimee Watkins issued a rallying cry to rivals England and Australia after guiding her side past India and into the World Twenty20 women’s final on Thursday. “We’re really stoked to be able to play at Lord’s in the final. It’s the home of the cricket so watch out for us,” said Watkins, who hit an unbeaten 89 as the Black Ferns eased past India by 52 runs. “It was a complete performance by the team. It was one of those days where everything seemed to fall into place. The cricket gods were with me and I’m loving it. “The pitch was slow off the top but generally it was pretty good." India were 93-9 after their 20 overs in a match where they struggled to match the big-hitters of the New Zealand team. “We didn’t get a good start and we’ve been lacking that,” admitted India skipper Jhulan Goswami. “But the girls generally played superbly and I think we will learn many things for the future." The women’s final takes place at Lord’s on Sunday. Match Bulletin New Zealand 145 for 5 (Watkins 89*) beat India 93 for 9 (Ruck 2-18, Satterthwaite 2-20) by 52 runs Aimee Watkins' innings was in contrast to the Indian innings and was the perfect appetiser to the main event of the day © Getty Images Player/Officials: Aimee Watkins Matches: India Women v New Zealand Women at Nottingham Series/Tournaments: ICC Women's World Twenty20 Teams: India | New Zealand New Zealand made it to their second World Cup final in three months with an emphatic win against India, who struggled while chasing an imposing target at Trent Bridge. Aimee Watkins, the New Zealand captain, played the innings of the tournament - an unbeaten 89 off 58 balls - and made the job easier for her bowlers. Not that they appeared to need much help. The seamers were frugal and conceded only seven boundaries in the entire innings, five less than what Watkins hit herself. India started off slow and lost their first wicket in the second over when Poonam Raut edged an inswinger from Sian Ruck to square leg. But that brought out Mithali Raj, India's most successful batsman, to the crease, to join their most experienced batsman, Anjum Chopra. Their partnership would have been the key but they hit only two boundaries in their 23-run stand - the highest for India. Watkins' innings was in contrast to the Indian innings and was the perfect appetiser to today's main event - the men's semi-final between Pakistan and South Africa. She slogged and cut with ease but also had luck on her side. An edge was missed by the keeper and went for four to third man and she was also beaten at times. Despite that it was an entertaining Twenty20 innings and Watkins was clearly enjoying herself, smiling after every boundary. The best of those was a square drive off Harmanpreet Kaur in an over that cost 14 runs. When she hit the first six of the match in the 17th over, slogging it over square leg, Watkins equalled Claire Taylor's 75 - then the highest score of the tournament. She hit a second six off the last ball of the innings to take New Zealand past 140. India were virtually out of the game by the start of the eighth over of their innings when they lost two wickets in two balls. Chopra mistimed a pull from Kate Pulford and Suzie Bates came running in from midwicket to take a diving catch. Ruck came on to bowl her final over on the trot, pitched the first ball on middle and flattened the legstump to send Kaur back first-ball. Ruck, New Zealand's leading wicket-taker in the tournament, repeatedly got the ball to swing in to the right-handers and though she gave away three fours, there were no doubles or triples in her spell. When Kaur had departed, India had collapsed to 30 for 3 and the occasional boundaries just weren't enough. They even failed to dispatch the short and wide deliveries for fours. Though, to be fair, there were hardly any to exploit. New Zealand's seamers were very disciplined, bowling full, yorker-length deliveries and giving no room to slog. Reema Malhotra was run out after Raj refused a single in an over that yielded just one run. Amy Satterthwaite got Raj in her next over when she tried to hit over the field and was caught by Sara McGlashan. The required run-rate had climbed to more than 11 an over and with their main batsmen gone, it was just a question of whether India would last 20 overs. The only six of the innings came too late - in the 16th over - and India will wonder whether they should have brought Amita Sharma in earlier than No. 6. The only time they looked to be on par with New Zealand was in the first ten overs of the match when Sharma and Rumeli Dhar picked up three wickets. As a curtain-raiser, the match wasn't the best advertisement of women's cricket. But New Zealand certainly were.

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yahaan bhi out:(( i bet nobody will burn Jhulan Goswami's effigy though ;)

[punjabi_khota]

Chalo ab sab kitchen mein vaapis :hahaha:

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Chalo ab sab kitchen mein vaapis :hahaha:

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[DomainK]

Chalo ab sab kitchen mein vaapis :hahaha:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: But the chicks did better than our men.:eyedance:

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bluddy kiwis :mad:

[Guest Hiten.]

Women did not take advantage of (Indian) men's sacrifice :hitler:

[CricketGirl]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: But the chicks did better than our men.:eyedance:

we made it to the semis!! thats a huge acheivement for our girls Khota this ones for :finger:u!!

[yoda]

Chalo ab sab kitchen mein vaapis :hahaha:

mean but :hysterical:

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The English gals are tuff maaan! :alienbooty:

[CricketGirl]

The English gals are tuff maaan! :alienbooty:

how do u know :sherlock:

[flamy]

cuz they just completed an awesome chase! :whack:

[CricketGirl]

cuz they just completed an awesome chase! :whack:

thank god that was a cricket based comment! lol!

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England choose to field in WC T20 final New Zealand bat first after England win the toss at Lord's in the Women's World Twenty20 final - a repeat of March's World Cup final. More... England v New Zealand, Women's World Twenty20 final, Lord's England choose to field in final part II The Bulletin by Nishi Narayanan June 21, 2009 Things are eerily similar to Sydney in March at Lord's this Sunday afternoon after Charlotte Edwards won the toss and put New Zealand in. On that Sunday three months ago, New Zealand had chosen to bat first but they will certainly hope their total today will be defendable. The two sides went in unchanged after strong performances in the semi-finals. Home advantage isn't a big factor in Twenty20 but England can claim to have a slight edge over New Zealand. England's strength is their batting, led by world No. 1 Claire Taylor - whose unbeaten 76 off 53 balls took her side into the final - and captain Edwards. New Zealand, on the other hand, have a very tight bowling unit, with 25-year-old Sian Ruck emerging as a great future talent. New Zealand's batting, however, hinges somewhat on the hard-hitting Suzie Bates and captain Aimee Watkins. If they fail, the team looks very fragile. England: 1 Sarah Taylor (wk), 2 Claire Taylor, 3 Charlotte Edwards (wk), 4 Beth Morgan, 5 Lydia Greenway, 6 Jenny Gunn, 7 Caroline Atkins, 8 Nicki Shaw, 9 Katherine Brunt, 10 Holly Colvin, 11 Laura Marsh. New Zealand: 1 Lucy Doolan, 2 Suzie Bates, 3 Aimee Watkins (capt), 4 Amy Satterthwaite, 5 Nicola Browne, 6 Sara McGlashan, 7 Sophie Devine, 8 Rachel Priest (wk), 9 Kate Pulford, 10 Sian Ruck, 11 Sarah Tsukigawa

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NZ 85 all out England will walk over that score

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Katherine Brunt leads attack as England restrict New Zealand to 85 • New Zealand's captain Aimee Watkins falls for only two • Brunt's yorkers help put England in strong position More... Katherine Brunt leads attack as England restrict New Zealand to only 85 • New Zealand's captain Aimee Watkins falls for only two • Brunt's yorkers help put England in strong position guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 June 2009 11.59 BST England's Laura Marsh is congratulated by teammate Sarah Taylor after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Suzie Bates during the Women's ICC World Twenty20 final. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA England restricted New Zealand to 85 to put themselves in a great position to win the World Twenty20 women's title. The early wickets of Suzie Bates and the captain Aimee Watkins took the sting out of the New Zealand attack and England's bowlers kept up the pressure, Katharine Brunt taking two wickets in the seventh over and Nicky Shaw and Jenny Gunn mopping up the tail. Bates went first, stumped by Sarah Taylor off the fifth ball of the match, but the real breakthrough came when Brunt bowled Watkins in the third over. She restricted the other opener Lucy Doolan to mostly dot balls with a series of yorkers, and Doolan's frustration showed when she scooped a catch to Sarah Taylor. Brunt then had Rachel Priest caught and bowled for a duck to leave New Zealand on 23 for four. Brunt finished with figures of 4-1-7-3 as England were especially strong in the field, with Claire Taylor, Sarah Taylor and Lydia Greenway all taking fine catches as New Zealand tried to push on in the latter overs.

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England's women cruise to World Twenty20 final win over New Zealand England defeated New Zealand by six wickets to secure the women's World Twenty20 crown at Lord's. Charlotte Edwards' team were set just 86 after blitzing the New Zealand batting and were taken home by star batter Claire Taylor in the 17th over. More... Women's World Twenty20England's women cruise to World Twenty20 final win over New Zealand *New Zealand 85 *England 86-4 *England won by six wickets guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 June 2009 13.18 BST England's captain, Charlotte Edwards, second from left, leads her team in celebration after their victory over New Zealand. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images For the second time in the space of three months England's women have won a world championship. In March they beat New Zealand by four wickets to take the 50-over title; today at Lord's in the World Twenty20 final the margin was greater still, England winning by six wickets and with three overs spare. It was an utterly authoritative performance, especially with the ball. England were outstanding, New Zealand underwhelming, their technique against the swinging ball badly exposed by the skilful English attack. Having won the toss and chosen to field, England's opening bowlers Laura Marsh and Katherine Brunt destroyed the New Zealand order, removing their two best batters within the first three overs. Brunt, sporting a shiny black eye after an accident during fielding practice, was superb. Her spell of 4–2–6–3 essentially decided the match inside the first powerplay. Marsh dismissed Suzie Bates in the fifth over of the day, having her superbly stumped by Sarah Taylor. It was Brunt's spell, though, which was decisive. Bowling with immaculate control and extracting impressive swing under the overcast skies, she removed the tournament's top run-scorer, Aimee Watkins, with the first ball of her second over. She then produced a maiden, pinning Amy Satterthwaite back in the crease with a string of perfect yorkers. The pressure told in her final over, a double-wicket maiden. Lisa Doolan, a touch too clever for her own good, contrived to scoop the ball straight into Taylor's gloves, and Rachel Priest top-edged a pull shot, Brunt following through to take the catch herself. New Zealand were 23 for four after only eight overs. Already scuppered, they spent the rest of the innings slowly sinking. Amy Satterthwaite endured long enough to scrape together 19 from 42 balls, but with the team combining to score only four boundaries between them, they never looked like setting a total which would challenge England. Attempts at late-order hitting only prompted a rash of late wickets. The chase was slow and steady, befitting what was at stake and while there was the odd hiccup the two Taylors, Sarah and Claire, batted with calm conviction. Sarah Taylor's 23 included two fine fours, but it was Claire Taylor who saw the team through to the target, taking her time over a stately 39. Fittingly for the captain she hit the winning runs, crashing four through mid-off.

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My Brunt :heart: