http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women’s World T20 2012 – Synopsis – Part III
Continued from Part II...
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 Women v South Africa Women (New Zealand Women won by 22 runs)
After crushing the hosts by six wickets in the curtain raiser, the Proteas women failed to keep the momentum, losing their second match of the tournament against New Zealand women by 22 runs.
After putting the White Ferns into bat, the South African bowlers conceded 151 runs while claiming just five wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Susanna-Maria-Benade-c92039 was the pick of the Proteas bowlers with startling figures of 2 for 15 in her spell of four overs, while the rest of the bowlers conceded runs at an economy of 6.50 and above.
While chasing the competitive 152-run target, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Niekerk’s late assault (34 off 28) was not enough to see the side home, as they could amass 129 for 9 from their stipulated twenty overs.
Sri Lanka Women v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Women (Sri Lanka Women won by 5 runs (D/L method)
The home side opened up its account with a five-run win in a rain curtailed match against West Indies women.
A delayed start due to rain meant the match was reduced to 17 overs per side. But Sri Lankan women were 50 for 3 in 10.3 overs before rain stopped the match. The extended spell of downpour forced the match umpires to close Sri Lankan innings and set a revised target of 48 off 8 overs for the Caribbean side. But the tourists were 42 for 8 at the end of eight overs, losing the match by five runs.
South Africa Women v West Indies Women (West Indies Women won by 10 wickets)
The women from Caribbean thrashed their South African counterparts by ten wickets in their third and final match to confirm a place in the tournament semi-finals.
After being put into bat, the Proteas women posted a paltry 70 for 8 in twenty overs and the target was convincingly chased down by Stafanie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Juliana-Barbara-Nero-c69633 (30) in 9.4 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Women v New Zealand Women (New Zealand Women won by 8 wickets)
White Ferns struck back in a style in their final league match, defeating hosts Sri Lanka by eight wickets to sign off on a high.
After restricting the home batting line-up to 89 all out, the Kiwi women rode on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sophie-Frances-Monique-Devine-c90726’s 27-ball 23 to win the match by eight wickets with more than four overs to spare.
Semi-finals:
The first semi-final of the tournament saw New Zealand women clashing with Group A http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Donald-Topley-c93395 England. Charlotte Edward’s women extended their unbeaten run crushing the White Ferns by seven wickets to confirm a place in the grand finale.
The second semi-final of the marquee tournament saw eventual champions Australia women taking the better of the women from Caribbean by 28 runs. Batting first, the Aussie women set a middling total of 115 for 7, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Julie-Lauren-Hunter-c69645 scythed through the west Indies batting line-up, to bundle them out for just 87 in 19.2 overs.
The Final:
Australia women v England women (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 Women won by 4 runs)
Australian women won the nerve-jangling 2012 World T20 final by just four runs to win the title for the second successive time. Chasing 143 to clinch the trophy, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 women could manage only 138 for 9 in their quota of 20 overs.
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