New Zealand beat West Indies by eight runs to reach final
White Ferns, who will be in first final since 2010, will face South Africa on Sunday (15:00 BST) - both would be first-time winners
South Africa were beaten finalists in 2023
NZ defend 128-9 with Carson taking 3-29 and Kerr 2-14
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Nation b Jonas 0 (WI 97-7)
Chedean Nation - a concussion sub for Chinelle Henry - goes for a five-ball duck, bowled by a beauty from Fran Jonas.
New Zealand are nearly home and dry.
New Zealand's Fran Jonas bowls a beauty to get Chedean Nation out
The New Zealand players were starting to look a little nervous, but that wicket has transformed the mood.
Melie Kerr ends with figures of 2-14.
That wicket has had a 20% swing in New Zealand's favour.
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Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Melie Kerr has gone mad; Deandra Dottin is absolutely devastated.
Dottin c Jonas b Kerr 33 (WI 96-6)
'Massive' - New Zealand's Melie Kerr takes the wicket of Deandra Dottin for 33
Massive.
Deandra Dottin had no choice but to keep going for the big hits but eventually her luck runs out. She goes for a huge swing and top-edges the ball into the sky and Fran Jonas has safe hands at fine leg.
At the third time of asking New Zealand hold on and Dottin has to go.
WinViz is closing in...
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Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Deandra Dottin is living on the edge, she has to. Now, you're looking at this as West Indies' game. There are roars of delight from the West Indies dugout.
'That's gone so far' - Dottin smashes three sixes in over
Three in the over! Incredible hitting from Deandra Dottin, who has powered three huge sixes through mid-wicket.
23 off the over and suddenly West Indies are right back in it.
And again! Deandra Dottin has heaved this over mid-wicket and into the stands for another six!
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It will need the innings of a lifetime from Deandra Dottin for West Indies to win. You have to work hard for your boundaries here, so your money is with New Zealand all the way. But, anything could happen.
Deandra Dottin has well and truly joined the party. She has absolutely nailed a cross-batted, baseball-style pull that fizzes into the crowd for six.
Wonderful shot.
Afy Fletcher is the new batter and I imagine she will try and let Deandra Dottin have as much of the strike as possible.
Having just said that, she smashes the final ball of Rosemary Mair's back over her head for four - the first boundary in 31 deliveries.
Shows what I know.
Back to the ridiculous. Eden Carson has fumbled another routine catch on the square leg boundary.
New Zealand have now dropped Deandra Dottin THREE TIMES.
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That is a superb catch! We have seen some horrible drops in the deep, but today we have seen some absolute beauties and that is one of them. Aaliyah Alleyne wasn't doing anything spectacular for West Indies, but wickets are wickets.
Alleyne c Green b Kerr 4 (WI 63-5)
Great take! From the ridiculous to the subline. After Rosemary Mair's drop the previous over Maddy Green has just taken a worldie on the long-off boundary.
Aaliyah Alleyne just never got going. The pressure on Deandra Dottin grows.
That probably would have been curtains if Deandra Dottin had gone there.
As it is, West Indies still have a chance.
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Rosemary Mair - have you just dropped the World Cup?
Another poor drop, a common theme this tournament.
Deandra Dottin perfectly picks out Rosemary Mair on the deep square leg boundary, but Mair fumbles the catch and it falls to the ground.
How pivotal could that be?
Firdose Moonda
Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Some very pensive faces in the West Indies dugout. Deandra Dottin needs to face about 30 of these last 48 balls and she needs to make sure that she doesn't take as many risks because there aren't any batters to come.
Target 129
Just two runs from Rosemary Mair's latest over, pushing the rate well over nine. West Indies are sinking here.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bates,bowled Ramharack Bates, bowled Ramharack | 26 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 92.86 |
Plimmer,stumped Campbelle, bowled Fletcher Plimmer, stumped Campbelle, bowled Fletcher | 33 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 106.45 |
Kerr,caught Ramharack, bowled Dottin Kerr, caught Ramharack, bowled Dottin | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 63.64 |
Devine,caught Ramharack, bowled Fletcher Devine, caught Ramharack, bowled Fletcher | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 100.00 |
Halliday,bowled Dottin Halliday, bowled Dottin | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 200.00 |
Green,caught Campbelle, bowled Dottin Green, caught Campbelle, bowled Dottin | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 75.00 |
Gaze,not out Gaze, not out | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 142.86 |
Mair,leg before wicket, bowled Dottin Mair, leg before wicket, bowled Dottin | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.67 |
Tahuhu,caught Joseph, bowled Alleyne Tahuhu, caught Joseph, bowled Alleyne | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 75.00 |
Carson,run out Alleyne Carson, run out Alleyne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Jonas,not out Jonas, not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 1 Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 1 | ||||||
Total,128 for 9 20.0 overs Total,128 for 9 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 |
James | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 |
Matthews | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
Fletcher | 3.0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7.66 |
Ramharack | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5.50 |
Alleyne | 4.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 |
Dottin | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
48 for 1 (8.2 overs) | Bates |
65 for 2 (11.2 overs) | Kerr |
69 for 3 (12.1 overs) | Plimmer |
96 for 4 (14.4 overs) | Halliday |
98 for 5 (15.1 overs) | Devine |
102 for 6 (16.1 overs) | Green |
104 for 7 (16.4 overs) | Mair |
127 for 8 (19.4 overs) | Tahuhu |
127 for 9 (19.5 overs) | Carson |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthews,caught Kerr, bowled Tahuhu Matthews, caught Kerr, bowled Tahuhu | 15 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 71.43 |
Joseph,bowled Carson Joseph, bowled Carson | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 100.00 |
Campbelle,caught Bates, bowled Carson Campbelle, caught Bates, bowled Carson | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.00 |
Taylor,bowled Carson Taylor, bowled Carson | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 65.00 |
Dottin,caught Jonas, bowled Kerr Dottin, caught Jonas, bowled Kerr | 33 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 150.00 |
Alleyne,caught Green, bowled Kerr Alleyne, caught Green, bowled Kerr | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 36.36 |
Fletcher,not out Fletcher, not out | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 113.33 |
Nation,bowled Jonas Nation, bowled Jonas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
James,bowled Bates James, bowled Bates | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 175.00 |
Munisar,not out Munisar, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 8 | ||||||
Total,120 for 8 20.0 overs Total,120 for 8 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mair | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 |
Jonas | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
Carson | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7.25 |
Kerr | 4.0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 |
Tahuhu | 3.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11.00 |
Bates | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
16 for 1 (2.4 overs) | Joseph |
20 for 2 (4.1 overs) | Campbelle |
41 for 3 (8.5 overs) | Taylor |
51 for 4 (10.5 overs) | Matthews |
63 for 5 (13.4 overs) | Alleyne |
96 for 6 (16.3 overs) | Dottin |
97 for 7 (17.3 overs) | Nation |
118 for 8 (19.3 overs) | James |
