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Having pummelled arch-rivals Pakistan in a one-sided lung-opener, India will face an infinitely tougher challenge in hosts New Zealand and would endeavour to put up an improve batting show in their second ICC Women's World Cup league stage game in Hamilton on Thursday.
Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami on Wednesday backed teen batting sensation Shafali Verma to overcome her poor form in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup sooner than later, saying that the swashbuckler is hitting the ball quite well during net sessions. Verma was dismissed for a duck in the opening game against Pakistan that Indian won and hasn't exactly done well for the past few games. The 18-year-old's form is expected to be crucial to the team's chances of landing a first ever ICC title. "Shafali has already proved herself. She is a very exciting cricketer. But these things happen with every cricketer," Goswami said in a virtual press conference ahead of the game against New Zealand here on Thursday.
Indian women's cricket team will take on hosts New Zealand on March 10 at the Seddon Park in Hamilton in Match 8 of the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup. India will be looking to build on from the momentum gained after their comprehensive 107-run win in their first match against arch-rivals Pakistan. New Zealand, on the other hand, won a rain-curtailed match against Bangladesh women by nine wickets in their second game of the tournament, having lost the tournament opener against West Indies women by 3 runs.
Hosts New Zealand registered their first win of the tournament as they inflicted a nine-wicket defeat on Bangladesh in a rain-curtailed ICC Women's World Cup match on Monday. New Zealand bowlers first restricted Bangladesh to 140 for 8 after a long rain delay before Suzie Bates hit a strokeful unbeaten half-century to power the hosts to a victory with 42 balls to spare in the match that was reduced to 27 overs apiece. The win earned New Zealand, who lost to West Indies in the tournament opener, two valuable points as they rose to the third place while, Bangladesh remain winless from their two matches and are in seventh spot.
ICC Women's World Cup 2022, New Zealand Women vs Bangladesh Women, live cricket score and updates: New Zealand and Bangladesh face off in a 2022 ICC Women's World Cup match at the University Oval in Dunedin on Monday. Both sides began their respective campaigns with defeats and will look to notch a victory in this campaign to move up the standings. Hosts New Zealand suffered a heartbreaking three-run loss to the West Indies in their opening game on Friday. Bangladesh, on the other hand, were beaten by South Africa by 32 runs in their opener. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Batter Richa Ghosh on Tuesday recorded the fastest fifty by an Indian batter in women's ODI cricket. She achieved the feat in the ongoing fourth ODI against New Zealand at the John Davies Oval, Queenstown. Ghosh brought up her fifty off just 26 balls with the help of four 4s and four 6s. She departed after playing a knock of 52 runs. The ongoing fourth ODI was curtailed to 20-overs per side after rain played spoilsport.
Amelia Kerr's 68-run knock was followed up by a dominant bowling performance as New Zealand defeated India by 63 runs in a rain-curtailed fourth ODI of the five-match series at the John Davies Oval, Queenstown on Tuesday. With this win, New Zealand has gained a 4-0 lead in the five-match series. The final ODI will now be played on Thursday. The fourth ODI was curtailed to 20-overs per side after rain played spoilsport. Chasing 192, India got off to the worst start possible as the side lost Shafali Verma (0), Yastika Bhatia (0) and Pooja Vastrakar (4) in quick succession and they were reduced to 12/3 in the third over. Soon after, Smriti Mandhana (13) was sent back to the pavilion by Hayley Jensen and India was in a spot of bother at 19/4 in the fifth over.
The fourth women's ODI between India and New Zealand on Tuesday had to be reduced to a 20-over game following a rain delay. But the shortened the game immediately saw some high-octane action after India won the toss and put hosts New Zealand into bat at the John Davies Oval in Queenstown. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine looked in ominous touch and smashed the Indian bowlers to all parts of the ground. But her stay at the crease ended thanks to a stunning diving catch from Smriti Mandhana at backward point.