Summary

  • New Zealand beat Pakistan to reach semi-finals for first time since 2016

  • They finish second in Group A, behind defending champions Australia

  • White Ferns will face winners of Group B, which could be England, South Africa or West Indies - see full permutations

  • New Zealand's win means India and Pakistan are eliminated

Live Reporting

Tom Mallows & Ffion Wynne

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

    Pakistan are going to swing it. They will keep swinging until they can't do it anymore. That's my guess.

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    Sadaf b Jonas 2 (Pak 21-3)

    Fran Jonas jumps for joy as she gives one a bit of air and tempts Sadaf Shamas to dance down the track. But it is you miss, I hit time as the ball smashes into the stumps.

  3. Pak 21-2

    A maiden in the powerplay! Eden Carson has a huge smile on her face and for good reason.

    Pakistan are a little frantic out there, looking to leather every delivery out of the ground.

  4. It's tight after three overs.

    How key could those two early wickets be?

    Worm after three overs of Pakistan's chase against New ZealandBBC Sport/CricViz

  5. Pak 21-2

    Pakistan are mixing up their order as Sadaf Shamas comes in next. She helps herself to a fortunate two courtesy of a misfield by the fielder a short third.

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

    Back on the money from Lea Tahuhu after getting hit for four. It's a brilliant bit of bowling. She's not someone who normally swings that new ball, but she's managed to perfectly shape it in to Muneeba Ali.

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    Muneeba b Tahuhu 15 (Pak 19-2)

    Muneeba Ali had smacked Lea Tahuhu for four the previous ball. But Tahuhu responds with a beauty that shapes back into Muneeba and clatters into her stumps.

    Tahuhu is pumped!

  8. Pak 13-1

    Lovely shot from Muneeba Ali, who pummels Eden Carson back over her head for four.

    They are not going to go down without giving it a real go.

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

    New Zealand will be delighted with that first wicket, but you can't blame Aliya Riaz because she has been send out there to go for it. It's a simple catch for Sophie Devine and Eden Carson continues her good form in this tournament.

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    Riaz c Devine b Carson 0 (Pak 7-1)

    With aggression comes risk and Aliya Riaz pays the price with her wicket.

    She skips down the track and attempts to heave Eden Carson's to the rope but it skews off the outside edge and is pouched by Sophie Devine at mid-off.

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

    We love to see this from Pakistan. Muneeba Ali has not had a good tournament, but this might be the kind of situation that frees her up.

    They need to make sure they go after these New Zealand fast bowlers when it will be easier to score runs.

  12. Pak 7-0

    This is going to be fun. Pakistan are going to go for it if this first over is anything to go by.

    Plenty of aggression from Muneeba Ali, including a heave over mid-on that does not have quite enough power to reach the rope.

    Rosemary Mair is going at a fair lick though and very nearly takes out Muneeba's leg stump after she stepped across to give herself some room in the leg-side.

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

    New Zealand will hope that Pakistan will be looking to wrap up this chase quickly. It could actually help them pick up those early wickets.

  14. Quick turnaround here. The players are already out there ready to go.

    Aliya Riaz has been bumped up the order to open with Muneeba Ali.

    Rosemary Mair will open the bowling for New Zealand.

  15. Thanks, Ffion.

    What a curious innings that was. Pakistan did extremely well to tie the New Zealand batters down - they went eight overs and then four overs without scoring a boundary at one stage.

    But it could have been so much better had they held on to some of those EIGHT dropped catches. One of those was a tough chance for Muneeba Ali behind the stumps, but the others should have been routine takes in the outfield.

  16. Not the most convincing performance from New Zealand, but the pitch did seem slow and they have a variety of spinners that they can also rely on. None of their batters looked comfortable or confident throughout a chaotic 20 overs.

    Remember, they are guaranteed a semi-final place with a win but defeat brings both Pakistan and (more favourably) India back into contention.

    Pakistan's batting has not been their strength throughout this tournament though, so they will also have to apply themselves well.

    Which way is this one going? Here's Tom Mallows to take you through it.

  17. New Zealand all-rounder Brooke Halliday: "It was hard work. The way Pakistan bowled with their slower bowlers was really effective on that pitch. It was really hard to get boundaries. Me and Sophie put a little partnership together but it probably a little below par.

    "We tried to get at least seven an over to get to around 120-130, but the harder we tried, the harder it got."

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

    New Zealand will not be happy with that total at all. There were long periods after the powerplay where they didn't score boundaries and also another five overs towards the end of their innings.

    It's not been a good effort all round. We saw some really bad fielding from Pakistan who will look back and think they could have bowled out their opponents for something like 80 or 85.

  19. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Nida Dar finally does get the wicket to her name that her efforts have deserved.

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    Green c Sana b Dar 9 (NZ 110-6)

    Three dropped catches in the over, but Fatima Sana holds on to the fourth.

    New Zealand crawl to 110 with plenty of help from a frankly woeful Pakistan fielding effort, with eight dropped catches to take the shine off their very promising bowling performance.

    The White Ferns are going to have to bowl very, very well to defend this and book their place in the semis.