South Africa Women vs New Zealand Women Match Stats

Tahuhu lands it fuller around off, Chloe Tryon clips it wide of long on and hares back for the second.

FOUR! Drilled away! A welcome boundary for the Proteas! Pace on, full and on the stumps, Chloe Tryon gets the connection right and lofts it over the bowler's head for a cracking boundary.

Lea Tahuhu shortens her length on the stumps. Tryon pulls it towards deep square leg for a single.

On a length, on the stumps, Sune Luus turns it away to the deep mid-wicket region for a single.

Tahuhu bowls to her field, full and right in front of the sticks, Chloe Tryon clips it down the ground to the left of long on for a single.

Short of a good length, angling on the pads, Sune Luus pulls it over the in-field for a single at deep mid-wicket for a single. South Africa Women now need some sort of a heroic from someone as they need 63 off the last 5 overs.

WIDE! A wayward start from Brooke Halliday. Halliday serves it way too short, well wide on off. The second bounce is outside the cut strip but by then, the ball has passed the popping crease. So, it will be a wide and not a No Ball.

OUT! TAKEN! Instant impact for Brooke Halliday! A handy cameo with the bat and now, she has delivered with the ball. Halliday takes pace off and goes fuller, on off, Sune Luus stays deep in the crease and shapes up to go inside out over cover. Fails to get the elevation on the shot as this comes off the toe end of the bat. It lobs tamely towards extra cover where Suzie Bates takes a couple of steps behind from where she is standing on the edge of the ring and stays low to take a reverse cup catch.

Slower one and on a length, on middle, Annerie Dercksen flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

A full toss but Halliday gets away with it! On the stumps, Chloe Tryon sits down and sweeps it straight to short fine.

Missed out! A waist-high full toss, on middle and leg, Chloe Tryon gets inside the line to help it away but picks out the fielder at short fine leg.

Slower one, on off, full in length, worked down to long on for just a single.

100 up for South Africa Women! Short of a good length, tailing back into the batter. Annerie Dercksen rocks back quickly and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for another single. What a sensational over from Halliday, just not only picked up a wicket but also conceded just three singles.

Just wide! Darted in by Jonas, on a length, on the pads, Annerie Dercksen closes the bat face early and gets as leading edge that evades Bates at extra cover, who ran to her right. A single taken.

Pushed through, short and on middle, Chloe Tryon steps out and whips it to deep mid-wicket where Georgia Plimmer is quick to release the throw and hits the stumps at the bowling end. The ball rolls away wide of the bowler but the batters do not run on the overthrow.

Great effort! Flatter and shorter, on middle, Annerie Dercksen thumps it flat and to the right of long on. Maddy Green runs to her right and stretches out her right hand to parry the ball towards the incoming Georgia Plimmer from deep mid-wicket. Plimmer picks up the ball and fires in a throw. Hits the stumps at the bowling end, again. The third umpire is called into action just to be sure but Tryon was safely in. Green looks to be experiencing some cramps after that effort.

Looped up, full and around off, Annerie Dercksen carves it up and over backward point for a brace.

More air on this one by Jonas, full and on off, knocked down to long on for a single by Annerie Dercksen.

Fired in, fuller and around leg, Chloe Tryon gets inside the line for the sweep but misses. No wide signalled by the umpire and Tryon is unhappy with the decision.

Kerr tosses it up, full and around off, Annerie Dercksen goes for a swipe across the line but a bit of extra bounce results in the ball going over the bat and beating the keeper to her right for a couple of byes.

Floated up, full and outside off, Annerie Dercksen winds up to go back over the bowler's head but gets an outside edge that gets past the keeper for a couple of runs.

OUT! TAKEN! Third catch for Bates. Third wicket for Kerr. New Zealand Women are well on their way. Flatter and fuller, on off, Annerie Dercksen stays leg side of the ball and tries to go with the turn over the off side. There is no turn on offer and this hits Dercksen high on the bat. Spoons it towards cover where Suzie Bates moves to her left and there is almost a collision with Brooke Halliday to her left. She keeps her eyes on the ball all the way through and takes it.

Flatter and shorter, on off, Sinalo Jafta goes on the back foot and jabs it to wide long on for a single.

Fuller and slower, on off, Tryon steps out and drills it down to long on for a run.

FOUR! A gift from Kerr, low full toss, on off, Jafta whacks it past cover and picks up a boundary. Kerr ends with figures of 4-0-24-3. South Africa Women need 40 runs in 12 balls.

OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! That should do it for New Zealand Women! Chloe Tryon goes and with her South Africa's hopes. Mair bowls the slower one, on a nagging length, on middle, Chloe Tryon advances down the track to go back over the bowler's head. Flat bats it flat and straight down the throat of Maddy Green at long on who makes no mistake.

On a back of a length, on off, Mlaba pulls it in front of deep mid-wicket and takes a single.

DROPPED! Would you believe it? Suzie Bates of all people has put it down. Mair serves it on a length, on middle and leg, Jafta looks to clip it away but closes the bat face early. Gets a leading edge that lobs in front of cover. Bates runs in from cover and Mair runs to her left to settle under it. Bates settles under it eventually but puts it down.

Short of a good length, around off, Nonkululeko Mlaba pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! BOWLED! Third wicket of the night for Mair. New Zealand inch closer. Pace off by Mair, on a fuller length, at the stumps, Sinalo Jafta skips down the track to go downtown. Fails to get any bat on it as the ball goes past the inside edge and clatters into the stumps.

Full and straight, attacking the stumps, Khaka turns it past mid-wicket and takes a single.

Tossed up, full and on off, Khaka bunts it past the bowler for a single.

Tossed up, full and on off, Mlaba swipes it off the inner half of the bat to long on for one.

Floated up, full and on middle, Khaka gets down the track and lofts it on the bounce to long on.

Another teaser! In the air but lands right in front of long on! Full and around off, Nonkululeko Mlaba lofts it on the bounce to long on for a single.

Fuller in length, around off, Ayabonga Khaka drills it to long on for one.

That's it! New Zealand have done it! The White Ferns are the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup champions. The players gather around their skipper, Sophie Devine in celebrations. Hugs all around in the New Zealand camp. Coming to the delivery, this was fired in by Carson, full and wide on off, Nonkululeko Mlaba fails to squeeze it out on the off side. Heartbreak for the second World Cup in a row for South Africa.