Friday, October 10

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has notched up her third half-century of the tournament as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 100 runs for their first win at the Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Devine, who scored 112 and 85 in losing causes against Australia and South Africa, this time scored 63 off 85 balls on Friday to help rescue the White Ferns from another shaky start.

Brooke Halliday top-scored with 69 off 104 balls and took the player-of-the-match award as New Zealand recovered from 3-38 to post 9-227 in tough hot, humid conditions.

When they came together, the 36-year-old skipper Devine and Halliday had to battle hard, putting on 112 for the fourth wicket to extricate NZ from their tricky spot.

Devine smiled that it hadn’t been her “prettiest” innings and she’d been running low on sugar but added: “It’s really pleasing for this side to finally get on the board, in tough circumstances.”

In reply, Bangladesh were bundled out for 127 in 39.5 overs with medium pacers Rosemary Mair, Jess Kerr and Lea Tahuhu sharing eight wickets between them and only Fahima Khatun showing much resistance for Bangladesh with her 34.

New Zealand’s first win moved them up one spot to sixth in the standings, before they play co-hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.

Bangladesh stayed fifth in the table with a second loss in three games, and will next play South Africa in Visakhapatnam.

Australia still top the table on five points from their three matches, but also unbeaten England could go top on six points should they beat their hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/cricket/another-devine-knock-as-white-ferns-finally-blossom-c-20311707

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