Summary

  • 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

  • Dottin pick of Windies bowlers with 4-22

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

Live Reporting

Tom Mallows

  1. Eden Carson has taken three key wickets to put New Zealand in the driving seat, including that of Stafanie Taylor.

  2. WI 52-4

    Aaliyah Alleyne is the new batter to join Deandra Dottin.

    By the way we have not yet had an update on Chinelle Henry, who was hit on the forehead by the ball while attempting a catch during New Zealand's innings. If she is cleared to bat it might be further down the order.

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

    New Zealand celebrate the wicket of Hayley MatthewsGetty Images

    Hayley Matthews has gone and that's a huge wicket! It was a pretty filthy hack. She didn't get anywhere near the ball, she lost all of her shape. This is not what West Indies wanted at all.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Matthews c Kerr b Tahuhu 15 (WI 51-4)

    That is out though.

    Hayley Matthews, perhaps feeling the pressure to keep up with the heave, goes for an ugly hoick that is pouched by Melie Kerr on the mid-wicket boundary.

  5. dropped catch

    Deandra Dottin dropped on 2

    It will go down as a drop, but that was a wonderful effort from Suzie Bates.

    Deandra Dottin skews one into the air, Bates runs back from cover and dives full stretch, but the ball just evades her grasp.

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

    This pair is really the last that West Indies have got, so it will be a crucial partnership. Chinelle Henry will not be batting so it's the two youngsters up next Aaliyah Alleyene and Ashmini Munisar. So young with this responsibility and little experience would not be positive.

  7. WI 48-3

    WinViz has it 67-33 in New Zealand's favour against West IndiesBBC Sport/CricViz

    That's a mighty shot from Hayley Matthews, who powerfully sweeps the ball through the on-side and to the rope.

    That is just about keeping West Indies in touch at the halfway stage.

  8. WI 42-3

    Deandra Dottin can hit the ball very, very hard. West Indies will need plenty of big hits if they are to escape this ever-deepening hole they find themselves in.

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

    Stafanie Taylor is bowled by Eden CarsonGetty Images

    Just when West Indies were finding a little bit of rhythm, it is snatched away from them. Their all-rounder Deandra Dottin needs to come to the middle now and do something very special.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Taylor b Carson 13 (WI 41-3)

    Eden Carson responds!

    After being hit for those two fours, Carson now has three wickets!

    She tossed one up and Stafanie Taylor looked to heave it over deep mid-wicket, but the ball instead clattered into the stumps.

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

    This game is far from done. That four was a little remainder of just how powerful this batting duo can be. Suddenly, the dynamic of this match rather shifts.

  12. WI 40-2

    Lovely shot from Stafanie Taylor, who shows neat footwork before driving Eden Carson through the covers.

    An uppish drive from Hayley Matthews then loops just over the mid-off and runs away to the rope.

    West Indies are fighting back.

  13. WI 31-2

    New Zealand have been superb so far. Melie Kerr sends down four dots and when Hayley Matthews does middle it, the ball is clawed back by the fielder on the mid-wicket boundary.

    Just two off the over. The run-rate is slowly creeping up.

  14. WI 28-2

    Well, that forward defensive I was telling you about? Turns out it hit Stafanie Taylor's pad first AND it was going on to hit the stumps.

    A dream start for New Zealand could have been even better.

    Meanwhile, that's another miserly over from Fran Jonas, who is 0-11 from her three so far.

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

    Hayley Matthews is getting a little bit frustrated. West Indies have had the best strike right out of any team in this tournament, so they are used to getting off to fast starts. It's a different situation completely for them to deal with tonight.

  16. New Zealand are bowling to a plan and so far it is yielding results.

  17. WI 25-2

    West Indies are behind New Zealand on the worm after six oversBBC Sport/CricViz

    We have just seen a forward defensive in a powerplay, which shows just how much New Zealand are on top currently.

    A frustrated Hayley Matthews then skews a front-foot drive that loops up and falls just short of the extra cover fielder.

    This just the start New Zealand wanted.

  18. Here is the first wicket to fall. It was a cracking delivery from Eden Carson to bowl Qiana Joseph.

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

    Hayley Matthews is going to have to score the bulk of these runs now if West Indies are going to chase this total down. New Zealand are making sure they are not giving her many easy singles because they know that is her game.

  20. New Zealand are now favourites on WinViz.

    A reminder it was 67-33 in Windies favour at the start of the chase.

    WinViz has it 59-41 in New Zealand's favour against West IndiesBBC Sport/CricViz