New Zealand has won the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 title. The team performed well throughout the tournament and lost just one match, that too to a strong team like Australia. Amelia Kerr performed well for New Zealand in the final.
List of all award winners of Women T20 World Cup 2024
The New Zealand team has won the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 title by defeating South Africa by 32 runs. After being invited to bat first, the New Zealand team scored 158 runs. Later the African team could not chase this target and could score only 126 runs. In this way, New Zealand has won the Women's T20 World Cup trophy for the first time. Earlier in 2009 and 2010, New Zealand made it to the finals of the Women's T20 World Cup. Then the Australian team shattered their dream of winning the title.
In the final match, Amelia Kerr proved to be the biggest match winner for New Zealand. She batted well and bowled brilliantly in the match. She scored important 43 runs while contributing in the first batting. After this, she did wonders with the ball and took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. She was given the Player of the Match award for her brilliant performance in the final. In the entire tournament, she scored a total of 135 runs and took 15 wickets. For this reason, she also received the Player of the Series award. Amelia has single-handedly won the title for New Zealand.
South Africa lost in the second consecutive final:
Captain Laura Wolvaardt scored the highest 33 runs for South Africa. Apart from her, no other player was able to bat strongly in the match. This is why the team had to face defeat. In the last edition of the Women's T20 World Cup, South Africa had also made it to the final, but was defeated by Australia.
List of award winners at Women's T20 World Cup 2024:
- Winner- New Zealand, got Rs 196,722,470.
- Runner-up- South Africa, Rs 115,676,347.
- Player of the Tournament - Amelia Kerr (135 runs and 15 wickets)
- Player of the Match in the Final - Amelia Kerr (43 runs and 3 wickets)
- Most Runs - Laura Wolvaardt (223 runs in 6 innings)
- Highest Batting Average - Harmanpreet Kaur- 150
- Most Wickets - Amelia Kerr (15 wickets in 6 innings)
- Best Bowling in a Match - Karishma Ramharack (4 wickets for 17 runs against Bangladesh)
- Highest Score - Anneke Bosch (74 vs Australia in Semi-final)
- Highest Strike Rate - Deandra Dottin (162.16)
- Most Sixes - Deandra Dottin (9 sixes in 5 innings)
- Most Fours - Laura Wolvaardt, 24 fours
- Most 50+ Scores - Harmanpreet Kaur (2 in 4 innings) Fifties)
- Most catches - Suzie Bates (7 catches in 6 innings)
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