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. NZ 142-5

    South Africa will be desperate to keep this total to less than 150.

    Ayabonga Khaka will bowl the last over with Maddy Green and Izzy Gaze in the middle for New Zealand.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Kerr c Brits b Mlaba 43 (NZ 141-5)

    Ah! Melie Kerr's fun is over.

    She tries to find the boundary for the third time in the over but chips it straight into the hands of Tazmin Brits at deep mid-wicket.

    Kerr swishes her bat in frustration as she departs, annoyed that she cannot finish the innings after all her hard work.

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

    South Africa's Tazmin Brits stretches to stop the ball during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match between South Africa and New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket StadiumGetty Images

    South Africa will feel that things just aren't going their way. There is a different energy to New Zealand tonight; the twos have been coming, they have been taking singles when they can. There's a license for these two to just hit everything now.

  4. NZ 139-4

    Hello!

    Melie Kerr has had enough of anchoring the innings. She pulls Nonkululeko Mlaba for four before lofting another over mid-off with glorious timing.

    She moves to 41 from 36 balls.

  5. NZ 131-4

    That was a well-deserved wicket for Chloe Tryon too, who finishes her four overs with 1-22.

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

    Anneke Bosch made no mistake. South Africa haven't been great in their disciplines, a few fumbles in the field, but they were never going to drop that. Brooke Halliday was looking extremely dangerous, so what a time to get her out.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Halliday c Bosch b Tryon 38 (NZ 127-4)

    Brooke Halliday's valuable cameo comes to an end.

    She tries to whack the first six of the day but picks out Anneke Bosch at deep square leg, who takes a comfortable catch in the end as it was coming hard and flat towards her.

    Halliday departs for 38 from 28 balls. Could that prove to be a match-winner?

  8. NZ 125-3

    The free hit only costs a single, but it's a rare wicketless day for Marizanne Kapp.

    She finishes her four overs with 0-25.

  9. NZ 119-3

    South Africa are up against it.

    Marizanne Kapp starts her final over with another no-ball.

  10. This is how surprised some of the South Africa players were that the review to dismiss Sophie Devine turned out the way it did.

    Brilliant!

    South Africa players react to a review on Sophie Devine being given outGetty Images

  11. NZ 117-3

    No boundaries from Ayabonga Khaka's third over but New Zealand still take seven from it.

    Melie Kerr is anchoring the innings expertly with a run-a-ball 29 which is taking all of the pressure off Halliday to play her own game - she has 31 from 21.

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

    This is a great cameo from Brooke Halliday, considering we were worried about the batting middle order. I love New Zealand's intent, it is reminding me of their game against India where they just came out and batted freely. It is working today and this partnership has certainly changed things dramatically.

  13. That's a poor over from Nadine de Klerk but she struck with the crucial wicket of Sophie Devine following a solo appeal for this lbw which was eventually overturned.

  14. NZ 110-3

    Melie Kerr lofts the free hit over mid-off for four!

    In an innings full of twists and turns, New Zealand take charge once more.

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

    New Zealand have struggled to find the boundary. It's not their intention, they've just struggled to do it. It is very humid out there so whether that has something to do with it.

    But this game is bubbling up now and New Zealand look like they are on a bit of a charge.

  16. NZ 106-3

    This is turning into a valuable little cameo from Brooke Halliday here.

    She cuts Nadine de Klerk for four more to move to 26 from 17 balls and then the bowler oversteps!

    A free hit...

  17. NZ 99-3

    That's more like it.

    A fantastic bit of relay fielding from Anneke Bosch and Tazmin Brits denies Melie Kerr a precious boundary.

  18. NZ 97-3

    Finally, Brooke Halliday breaks the shackles with a back-to-back fours.

    The left-hander slog sweeps through mid-wicket before Nadine de Klerk misjudges the second at long-on, somewhat gifting the boundary.

    Much-needed momentum for New Zealand.

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

    Sune Luus stops the ballGetty Images

    Laura Wolvaardt is not a formulaic captain at all. She goes off gut feeling and usually just goes with her instincts in the game. I thought we may see Marizanne Kapp bowling again, but it is a good idea to bring Suné Luus on here against Melie Kerr.

  20. NZ 85-3

    Brooke Halliday miscues a sweep but she gets away with it as the ball plops in a vacant gap on the leg side.

    This has been a brilliant middle-overs squeeze from South Africa. The last boundary was 44 balls ago.