Summary

  • New Zealand beat South Africa by 32 runs to win their first T20 World Cup

  • White Ferns were on a 10-game losing streak coming into tournament

  • South Africa have been beaten in successive finals

  • Proteas scramble up to 126-9 - Kerr 3-24 & Mair 3-25

  • New Zealand post 158-5 - Kerr 43, Halliday 38 and Bates 32

  • Mlaba pick of SA bowlers with 2-31

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

Live Reporting

Mike Peter

  1. SA 42-0

    Mair also changes ends and Wolvaardt absolutely powers the New Zealand seamer through mid-on for four.

    Her fourth boundary of the innings, the South Africa captain is leading from the front.

  2. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is probably the best wicket we've seen in this tournament.

  3. SA 37-0

    Eden Carson changes ends and the off-break bowler has better luck in her second over, conceding just three singles.

    One more over left in the powerplay.

  4. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This isn't even bad bowling from Lea Tahuhu. Laura Wolvaardt is batting so nonchalantly, everything is finding the middle of the bat.

  5. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Laura Wolvaardt is looking a million dollars here, she's batting superbly.

  6. SA 34-0

    Having replaced seam with spin for their third over, New Zealand swap spin with seam in their fourth as Lea Tahuhu lines up in place of Eden Carson.

    But no matter what they do, Laura Wolvaardt is looking at ease - she nonchalantly flicks the medium pacer for consecutive fours through mid-wicket.

  7. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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    South Africa have begun really well on this pursuit of what seemed like a daunting total.

  8. SA 24-0

    An immediate change in the bowling as New Zealand bring on left-arm spinner Fran Jonas.

    She drags her fourth ball down and Wolvaardt laps that up, expertly firing the ball through a gap in the cover ring for four.

  9. SA 14-0

    A brief pause as Melie Kerr at mid-wicket gets her knee stuck in the turf fielding another powerful Wolvaardt shot.

    She's seemingly fit to continue and Carson delivers a dot ball to close the over.

  10. SA 12-0

    A first four of the innings for South Africa as Wolvaardt picks Eden Carson's delivery and dispatches it to the square-leg ropes.

  11. SA 7-0

    A rather ugly swipe from Tazmin Brits brings South Africa three at backward point.

    Wolvaardt then delivers a classic cover drive that goes straight to the fielder - that's the way it goes sometimes.

    Mair sends down three leg side wides in the over, although the second of those comes pretty close to Wolvaardt's leg and elicits a big appeal from Izzy Gaze behind the stumps.

    No movement from the umpire.

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  13. SA 0-0

    A short-ish ball from New Zealand's seamer Rosemary Mair to get us going.

    South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt punches the ball into the ground and it's collected at short mid-wicket.

  14. South Africa openers Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits are making their way out to the middle in Dubai.

    The New Zealand team are already out there waiting for them.

    We're about 90 minutes away from one of these sides being named world champions.

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    A steep hill for South Africa to climb, but they have plenty of batting firepower to call upon.

    An interesting chase awaits...

  16. WinViz has New Zealand as heavy favourites at the halfway stage.

    South Africa will need to pull off the highest run chase in this tournament for victory.

    Here's Mike Peter to guide you through it.

    WinViz has it 29-71 in New Zealand's favour against South AfricaBBC Sport/CricViz

  17. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It is probably 10 runs too many for South Africa to catch. But Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits are the leading run-scorers in this tournament so they will have to get it together. This is as good a chance as they are going to get, so they won't want to throw it away.

  18. NZ 158-5

    Well, well, well.

    Sune Luus drops Green at long-off from the final ball and they scamper two more.

    It's a shocking final over from Khaka and Laura Wolvaardt calls in her players for a group huddle before they walk off. They need to put that innings behind them now.

    South Africa need 159 runs to win the Women's T20 World Cup.

  19. 6 runs

    NZ 156-5

    Oh no!

    Ayabonga Khaka can't believe it.

    A filthy full toss is begging to be hit for six and Maddy Green obliges.

    Green smashes Khaka for six

  20. NZ 144-5

    A wide!

    South Africa have been quite sloppy today.