ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Semifinal 2: New Zealand Women vs West Indies Women pitch report and predicted XI

New Delhi: New Zealand will take on the 2016 champions of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the West Indies Women’s cricket team in the second semifinal. The White Ferns who had a decent tournament throughout the group stages will make it to their third final if they manage to beat the West Indies.

Sophie Devine-led New Zealand finished at the second spot in the Group A points table at the end of the tournament’s groups stage. They won three matches while losing only one in their four games. Meanwhile, the West Indies Women’s team were at the top of the Group B standings, winning three matches while losing only one in their campaign’s four matches.

Pitch report: New Zealand Women vs West Indies women

The Second semifinal between New Zealand and West Indies Women’s teams is set to take place at Sharjah. The pitch at Sharjah is a batting-friendly pitch with a lot of spin on offer.

Usually, the spin vs pace ratio stands at 65% vs 35% which makes spin dominant on the pitch of Sharjah. Naturally, both teams need to have quality spinners within their team.

Coming to batting, the average first innings score has been around 125 which makes it one of the high-scoring venues. Moreover, shorter boundaries also help the batters to score plenty of runs.

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New Zealand Women vs West Indies Women: Playing XI

New Zealand XI

IC Gaze (wk), ML Green, SW Bates, BM Halliday, Georgia Plimmer, SFM Devine (C), AC Kerr, F Jonas, LMM Tahuhu, Eden Carson, RA Mair

West Indies XI

Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Chedean Nation, Hayley Matthews (C), DJS Dottin, Chinelle Henry, Q Joseph, Aaliyah Alleyne, Afy Fletcher, Zaida James, K Ramharack, Ashmini Munisar

“I’m a bit of a proud Mum”. Sophie Devine reflects on the team’s past 12-18 months and acknowledges the team’s desire to win the @T20WorldCup. #T20WorldCup #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/YWI2GiHNVL

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New Zealand Women vs West Indies Women: Squads

New Zealand Women Squad

Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

West Indies Women Squad