Fourty three runs with the bat and three essential wickets with the ball. Amelia kerr’s all-round present sealed the victory for New Zealand towards South Africa within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup ultimate on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday.
New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine lauded the 24-year-old through the presentation ceremony, who bagged each participant of the ultimate and participant of the match awards.
“Everyone knows she’s a once-in-a-generation participant. Bodily to do what she did with the bat, I feel she will be able to’t really feel her legs. She will not be a foul cricketer however the person who she is, the world is her oyster and is nice,” stated Devine.
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Kerr with 15 wickets, grew to become probably the most profitable bowler in a single version of the match. She surpassed England’s Anya Shrubsole and Australia’s Megan Schutt, who had taken 13 wickets in 2014 and 2020, respectively. Curiously, the Proteas’ Nonkululeko Mlaba, who has taken 12 wickets in 2024, is subsequent on the listing.
“I’m a bit of bit speechless and I’m simply so stoked to get the win, contemplating what this group’s been via and yeah, it’s what goals are fabricated from,” Kerr stated through the publish match presentation.
New Zealand, which gained the ODI World Cup again in 2000, clinched its first-ever ICC T20 title with the 32-run win over South Africa.
“Laborious to place into phrases what it means, not simply to me however to this group of gamers. And for New Zealand Cricket as nicely. It’s been a very long time between drinks. The beauty of this group is we’ve identified what we’ve been making an attempt to realize the final 18 months. Outcomes haven’t gone in our favour however we all know we’ve been constructing in the fitting path,” Devine stated.