Women’s World Cup- New Zealand set a target of 228:Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday score fifties; Rabeya Khan scalps 3 wickets for Bangladesh

The 11th match of the Women’s ODI World Cup is being played between New Zealand and Bangladesh. New Zealand chose to bat at Guwahati’s Barsapara Stadium. The team scored 227 runs, losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. At one point, New Zealand had lost 3 wickets for just 38 runs. From there, Brooke Halliday and captain Sophie Devine scored fifties to take the team to a strong total. Rabeya Khan scalped 3 wickets for Bangladesh. New Zealand’s poor start Batting first after winning the toss, the New Zealand team had a poor start. The team lost 3 wickets for 38 runs. Georgia Plimmer was out for 4 and Amelia Kerr for 1 run. Both were sent back to the pavilion by Rabeya Khan. Suzie Bates was run out after scoring 29 runs. After losing 3 wickets in the 11th over, captain Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday steadied the team. Both made a fifty-run partnership and took the team past 100 runs. Halliday also scored a half-century. Halliday out after century partnership Halliday was out after scoring 69 runs off 104 balls. She made a 112-run partnership with Devine. After her, Devine also returned to the pavilion after scoring 63 runs. Finally, Maddy Green scored 25, Isabella Gaze 12, and Lea Tahuhu also scored 12 runs to take the team to 227. For Bangladesh, Rabeya Khan took 3 wickets. Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter, Nishita Akter Nishi and Fahima Khatun got 1 wicket each. Shorna Akter could not take any wickets. New Zealand lost both matches in the tournament New Zealand team’s performance in the tournament so far has been quite disappointing. After an 88-run loss against Australia in the first match, New Zealand faced a 6-wicket defeat against South Africa in the second match. On the other hand, Bangladesh started well by defeating Pakistan in the first match but faced a 4-wicket loss against England in the second match. In the points table, New Zealand are at the 7th position, while Bangladesh remain at 5th position. Facing each other for the second time in the World Cup 4 Women’s ODIs have been played between New Zealand and Bangladesh. New Zealand won 1 of these, while 2 matches could not produce a result. 1 match has been played between them in the ODI World Cup. New Zealand won this match, played in 2022, by 9 wickets. Sobhana scored the most runs for the team Bangladesh’s Sobhana Mostary, Rabeya Khan and Fahima Khatun have performed very well in this low-scoring match and gave a good fight to England in the previous match. Sobhana Mostary is the team’s top scorer in the tournament. Lea Tahuhu top bowler Except for New Zealand captain Sophie Devine, all other batters have flopped. Sophie scored a century against Australia in the first match and a half-century against South Africa in the second. Meanwhile, Lea Tahuhu is the top bowler for the White Ferns.