New Zealand won their maiden Women's T20 World Cup title after beating South Africa in the final while India suffered a rare defeat at home in the first Test against the Black Caps in Bengaluru after the visitors clinched a win after 36 years. Here's a look at top 10 sports stories on October 21.
Women's T20 World Cup 2024 award winners list: New Zealand registered a dominating 32-run win over South Africa to clinch their first T20 World Cup title. Amelia Kerr claimed the Player of the Tournament award for taking 15 wickets and scoring 135 runs.
Women's T20WC 2024 Prize Money: New Zealand defeated South Africa in the final to clinch their first-ever T20 World Cup title and also walked away with a whopping prize money of Rs 21.40 crore. Team India also bagged Rs 3.74 crore for winning two group-stage games.
New Zealand's trio of 'grandmas' - Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Lea Tahuhu realised their dream of winning the T20 World Cup after string of defeats and heartbreaks over the years. It was a disappointing end for South Africa as the required run rate got too steep for them to chase in the end.
South Africa are up against New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup final in Dubai on Sunday, October 20. As the veteran Kiwi cricketer Suzie Bates took the field in the final, she achieved a world record surpassing Mithali Raj.
SA-W vs NZ-W, Women's T20 World Cup Final: The star all-rounder Amelia Kerr top-scored with 43 runs to help New Zealand post a big total of 158 and then picked three wickets to restrict the Proteas to just 126 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
New Zealand women's cricket team will take on South Africa in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final in Dubai on Sunday. Both teams are looking to clinch their first-ever T20 World Cup title after a series of heartbreaks in the finals.
New Zealand and South Africa will be having a crack at each other in the final of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Here is how the pitch at the Dubai-based venue is expected to play on the day of the final.
SA-W vs NZ-W Live Streaming: Laura Wolvaardt-led South Africa women will be looking to make up for their 2023 final loss while the White Ferns will enter the final having lost two consecutive summit clashes in the tournament history.
SA-W vs NZ-W: The White Ferns are set to play their third ICC Women's T20 World Cup final. They had lost to England in the final of the inaugural edition in 2009 and had suffered another heartbreak during the 2010 edition at the hands of Australia.
New Zealand hit India with a truck skittling them out for a paltry 46 in the first innings in the Bengaluru Test while Australia suffered only a second loss in the T20 World Cup semi-finals as South Africa made their second straight final. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 18.
West Indies will take on New Zealand in the second semi-final of the Women's T20 World Cup in Sharjah. West Indies will be on cloud nine after beating England in a must-win clash, however, the White Ferns will be quietly confident too having won a couple of games from tough situations.
Captain Laura Wolvaardt and her South Africa team beat Australia in the semi-finals to qualify for their second consecutive Women's T20 World Cup final. Wolvaardt scored a steady 42 but the star of the match was Anneke Bosch, who scored an unbeaten 71 off 48 balls.
Beth Mooney wasn't at her fluent best against South Africa in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup semifinal on Thursday, October 17. The southpaw scored 44 runs off 42 balls at a strike rate of 104.74 and helped Australia post 134 on the board.
Ayabonga Khaka and Marizanne Kapp shone with a ball to restrict Australia to just 134 total while bowling first and then Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch scored brilliant knocks to lead South Africa women to the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final.
Australia are still unbeaten in the tournament and eyeing their seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup title. They finished the group stage with four wins in as many games and will take on South Africa who finished Group B in the second position.
Alyssa Healy was unavailable for selection against India in Australia's last group-stage encounter. The wicketkeeper-batter was forced to warm the bench and allrounder Tahlia McGrath led the team in her absence.
The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 may have begun with a muted buzz, however, as it progressed, it has gone on to become one of the closely-fought tournaments with as many as seven teams in contention for a place in the top four until the last two days before West Indies handed a shocker to England.
Australia, West Indies, New Zealand and South Africa have made it to the semifinals of the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup in the UAE. Despite promising a lot in the lead-up, none of the Asian teams have managed to qualify for the knockouts.
West Indies defeated England for the first time in T20Is since 2018. The Windies outclassed the Three Lions in the virtual knockout clash in Group B of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. With this all the four semifinalists of the tournament have been confirmed.
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