08/02Result
Only T20I, India Women tour of New Zealand at Queenstown, Feb 9 2022
NZ Women won by 18 runs
Player of the Match
Lea Tahuhu
Lea TahuhuNew Zealand Women
08/02Result
Only T20I, India Women tour of New Zealand at Queenstown, Feb 9 2022
NZ Women won by 18 runs
Player of the Match
Lea Tahuhu
Lea TahuhuNew Zealand Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs | NZ-W: 155/5 | RR: 7.75

  • Katey Martin9 (3b)
  • Brooke Halliday7 (6b)
  • Poonam Yadav4-0-34-0
  • Pooja Vastrakar4-1-16-2

14:26: A par score on this wicket going by past records. Both sides though will be happy at the halfway stage. Bates and Devine started with a 60-run stand but the Indian spinners pulled things back with tight bowling. But the White Ferns sent in Tahuhu up the order and the move worked as she made a 14-ball 27. Martin got a couple of boundaries in the last over to push the score above 150. Pooja with the ball was outstanding with her stump to stump line. Back for the chase in 10 minutes...

Maddy Green: It's great, had a big summer and it's great to be back home playing cricket again. Got a bit stuck there towards the end but it was nice to contribute. Tahuhu has shown her class with the bat this season, nice long levers and hits the ball a long way. Nice to use her in the floating role. We will take 155 but we know they have a got of lot of power in their batting, so we have to bowl really well and defend it.

19.6
1
Poonam Yadav to Martin, 1 run, punched to extra-cover for a quick single and the White Ferns end on 155

Deep square back now

19.5
4
Poonam Yadav to Martin, FOUR, four more. Katey Martin repeats the previous shot but this time hits it in the air over square leg, deep mid-wicket has a huge chase but fails to get there in time

No change in the field

19.4
4
Poonam Yadav to Martin, FOUR, Katey Martin knows where the fielders are. Walks across and sweeps wide of backward square inside the ring, the ball rolls away to the fence
19.3
1
Poonam Yadav to Halliday, 1 run, this time long-off gets in quickly to keep it to one
19.2
2
Poonam Yadav to Halliday, 2 runs, Another two. Martin pushes her partner for the second, Halliday lofts after coming out and they catch long-off napping

Cameron : "Tahuhu is a known big boundary hitter, especially in the most recent Super Smash. She is in to go hard or go home, which is what you need in the last 3 overs so I think it's well done from NZ "

19.1
2
Poonam Yadav to Halliday, 2 runs, tossed up and Halliday comes down and lofts wide of long-off for two

Three back on the leg-side fence

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ-W: 141/5 | RR: 7.42

  • Brooke Halliday2 (3b)
  • Katey Martin0 (0b)
  • Pooja Vastrakar4-1-16-2
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-26-2
18.6
1
Vastrakar to Halliday, 1 run, good length just outside leg, clipped in the air but in no-woman's land near square leg

Vaishnavi: "This is what Tahuhu can do- she nearly got them over the line against England in September "

18.5
0
Vastrakar to Halliday, no run, stump to stump line, defended to point
18.4
W
Vastrakar to Tahuhu, OUT, Shafali with a smart overhead catch, judged it well and ends Tahuhu's knock. Full on the stumps, lofted across the line, Shafali went bakc a few steps at long-on and took it well

LMM Tahuhu c Shafali Verma b Vastrakar 27 (17m 14b 4x4 1x6) SR: 192.85

Ben: "To be fair, Lea Tahuhu has been used in exactly this capacity for Canterbury in the Super Smash, and she was able to bail them out of a few jams in doing so."

18.3
4
Vastrakar to Tahuhu, FOUR, Tahuhu is playing a blinder, sliding down with short-fine inside the ring, helped away wide of her. Tahuhu is making a real difference here
18.2
4
Vastrakar to Tahuhu, FOUR, dug in on a good length outside off, Tahuhu though goes over mid-off inside the ring, carved away for four
18.1
1
Vastrakar to Halliday, 1 run, good length on the stumps, tapped to the bowler's left for a single

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ-W: 131/4 | RR: 7.27

  • Lea Tahuhu19 (11b)
  • Brooke Halliday0 (0b)
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-26-2
  • Poonam Yadav3-0-20-0
17.6
0
Sharma to Tahuhu, no run, quicker and Tahuhu on the charge flicks to mid-wicket
17.5
4
Sharma to Tahuhu, FOUR, more runs. Tahuhu picks the tossed up delivery outside off and swings it in the air, she has placed it well again, to the left of deep mid-wicket, for consecutive boundaries
17.4
4
Sharma to Tahuhu, FOUR, swept hard and wide of Poonam at short fine, rolls away to the fence, poor ball as it was fired on the pads, Tahuhu got it wide of the fielder
17.3
W
Sharma to Green, OUT, another top-edge and caught at short fine. Tossed up and angled across Green who has to reach to sweep, but gets the edge instead

ML Green c Poonam Yadav b Sharma 26 (25m 20b 3x4 0x6) SR: 130.00

17.2
1lb
Sharma to Tahuhu, 1 leg bye, fired down leg, Tahuhu misses the sweep, is hit on the pad
17.1
1
Sharma to Green, 1 run, Green comes down and swipes to deep square, the batters nearly ran into each other

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | NZ-W: 121/3 | RR: 7.11

  • Lea Tahuhu11 (7b)
  • Maddy Green25 (18b)
  • Poonam Yadav3-0-20-0
  • Deepti Sharma3-0-17-1
16.6
6
Poonam Yadav to Tahuhu, SIX, that's why she has been sent up. Tahuhu comes down the track and swings across the line, flat hit all the way over wide long-on

Matt: "Agreed Dera it is utterly bemusing, they do this regularly with extremely strange batting orders and players out of positions that got them selected. Can't follow it at all."

16.5
1
Poonam Yadav to Green, 1 run, the googly, short and Green pulls to the leg-side

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IND Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st41YH BhatiaShafali Verma
2nd1H KaurShafali Verma
3rd25H KaurS Meghana
4th34S MeghanaRM Ghosh
5th6P VastrakarRM Ghosh
6th13S RanaP Vastrakar
7th2DB SharmaP Vastrakar
8th14DB SharmaSD Bahadur
9th1DB SharmaPoonam Yadav