Preview: New Zealand vs West Indies – Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 semifinal
Al Jazeera
West Indies won the tournament in 2016, while New Zealand will be hoping to enter their first final since 2010.
Who: New Zealand vs West IndiesWhat: Second semifinal, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024When: Friday, October 18, 6pm (14:00 GMT)Where: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesHow to follow: Al Jazeera’s live text coverage begins at 10:30 GMT
West Indies and New Zealand meet in a semifinal befitting of a tournament that has defied the odds.
Australia, the record six-time winners and current holders, were eliminated on Thursday by a South Africa side given little hope of exacting revenge on the team that defeated them on home soil in the final of the last edition. The Australians had been on a 14-game winning streak at T20 World Cups. The three teams most fancied to stop Australia’s defence, England, India and Asia Cup winners Sri Lanka didn’t even make it out of the group stage.
New Zealand had lost 10 T20 internationals in a row before their shock 58-run victory against India in their opening game. A result the Indians, arguably, never recovered from. West Indies, meantime, have one of the stars of the tournament in their captain Hayley Matthews, but they, like their Kiwi opponents, were regarded as long shots to make it out of their group.
“No one had us to get to this stage,” Matthews said ahead of the semifinal. “So, we’re all pretty happy that we’ve made it here, but … the job’s just not finished. We’re … hopefully ready to play a really big game because we don’t want to just come to this World Cup to say, ‘Hey we’ve made the semifinals and we’re happy with that’.”
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