Eves World 20-20 Cup: White Ferns go through to semifinals

May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

St.Kitts (West Indies), May 12 (ANI): The New Zealand woman’s cricket team – the White Ferns — outclassed Pakistan to enter the semi-finals in the Women”s ICC World T20 at Warner Park, St Kitts.

They now face the West Indies in the semifinals on Saturday.

An economical opening spell by spinner Erin Bermingham and seamer Sian Ruck ensured the White Ferns held a firm grip on the game from the start after Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.

Strike bowler Nicola Browne then ripped out both openers to initiate a collapse that saw Pakistan reduced to 30 for seven.

Browne snared two more wickets to finish with excellent figures of four for 15 while Kate

Broadmore, Lucy Doolan and Sophie Devine chimed in with one apiece.

The White Ferns needed only 8.2 overs to complete the rout but did lose the wickets of Suzie Bates (4), captain Aimee Watkins (15), Sophie Devine (23) and Rachel Priest (2) along the way. (ANI)

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India defeat Sri Lanka by 71 runs to cement semi-final berth in ICC Women’ T20 WC

May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

St.Kitts (West Indies), May 11 (ANI): India registered a resounding 71 run victory over Sri Lanka to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World T20 Championship at the Warner Park here.

India posted a respectable total of 144 for Sri Lanka to chase, Sulakshana Naik and Mithali Raj did the bulk of scoring, both hitting half-centuries.

Naik smashed five boundaries on her way to 59 and was ably supported by Raj, who made 52.

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 73 in their 20 overs.

Diana David the pick of the Indian bowlers taking an impressive 4-12 that included the wickets of top-order batters Suwini de Alwis, Chamari Polgampola and Sripali Weerakkody.

India will now take on Australia in the first semi-final at St Lucia on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, New Zealand pace bowler Nicola Browne led her side’s rout of the Pakistan team in the final game of Group B to secure the top place in the pool.

Browne, who took 4-15, demolished the Pakistan batting line up with Sana Mir’s side finishing its 20 overs for 65-9. Having won the toss and electing to bat only three of Pakistan’s side made it into double figures, Nain Abidi (11), Urooj Mumtaz (14) and Sania Khan (15). (ANI)

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Indian eves beaten by New Zealand in T20 World Cup

May 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Wellington, May 7 (ANI): India suffered defeat at the hands of New Zealand in their first match at the women’s Twenty20 cricket world championship in the West Indies.

Good bowling from Sian Ruck, Lucy Doolan and Aimee Watkins helped New Zealand to a hard-fought 10-run win in their group match at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on Friday morning.

India reached 129 for eight from their 20 overs, unable to overhaul New Zealand’s 139 for eight, headlined by 32 off 30 balls from opener Suzie Bates, Stuff.co.nz reports.

The Indians made a good start with opener Sulakshane Naik scoring 28 runs and Mithali Raj scoring 44.

But Raj’s dismissal left India struggling at six for 91 with less than five overs remaining.

Left-arm seamer Ruck bowled her four overs and took two for 17 while Doolan took two for 18 off four with her off spin.

Nicola Browne and Rachel Priest were the best contributors with knocks of 24 off 17 balls and 20 off 12 respectively. (ANI)

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West Indian-eve makes fastest ever century by man or woman in T20

May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Sydney, May 6 (ANI): West Indies batswoman Deandra Dottin (18) has smashed the fastest ever international century by a man or a woman in the opening game of the women’s World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.

The Barbadian reached three figures in just 38 balls, hitting nine sixes and five fours as the hosts beat South Africa by 17 runs at Warner Park, St Kitts.

Dottin, batting at number six, beat the record held by compatriot Chris Gayle and New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum as her side reached 5-175, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Gayle made a hundred in 50 balls also against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2007 and McCullum did likewise against Australia in Christchurch earlier this year.

Dottin’s first 50 came off 25 balls, but her second 50 took just 13 deliveries.

Her sixth-wicket partnership of 118 with Shanel Daley is also the highest in any male or female match, comfortably beating the record of 77 set by Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey in Auckland in 2005. (ANI)

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