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How the ‘magnificentmas of cricket’ upgraspd New Zealand to T20 World Cup glory | Cricket News


How the ‘magnificentmas of cricket’ upgraspd New Zealand to T20 World Cup glory | Cricket News


Cricketer Amelia Kerr, whose all-round carry outance in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup directd New Zealand to glory, has determineed her elderlyer teammates Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates for inspiring her to apshow up the sport as a schoolgirl 14 years ago.

Kerr, who top-scored with 43 as New Zealand posted 158-5 in Sunday’s final in Dubai and then took 3-24 with her leg-spin bowling as South Africa fell stupidinutive by 32 runs, said she wrote stories about thrivening the trophy with Devine and Bates after watching them in the final of the 2010 tournament.

But 14 years ago, Kerr watched forlornly on television as New Zealand, with current skipper Devine and uncovering bat Bates in the side, lost the 2010 final to Australia by fair three runs.

It was a moment that triggered a adore for the game and a desire to put the sign up straight, likeably with her two heroes by her side.

“I was upgraspd to be a White Fern watching that 2010 World Cup which Sophie was at,” an emotional Kerr said in her novels conference after the final.

The 24-year-elderly finished the tournament as the directing wicket-apshowr with 15 and accumulateed both the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament Awards.

Kerr, widely think abouted as New Zealand’s luminoemployst cricketing talent, made her international debut when she was fair 16.

“From that moment I was at the nets with my dad pretending I was batting with Sophie and Suzie.

“And I was in the team so youthful and percreateing with my role models who have been so excellent to me, two of New Zealand’s fantasticest-ever cricketers.

“I fair leank back to myself as a kid. When I was at primary school in inventive writing, I wrote about thrivening a World Cup with Sophie and Suzie.

“I don’t necessarily suppose you deserve leangs in sport, but if any two people do, it’s Sophie and Suzie.”

‘Eighteen years of delight and heartshatter’

Devine, 35, and Bates, 37, are two of the elder stateswomen in the side alengthy with 34-year-elderly Lea Tahuhu.

Each of them made their tag on the final. Bates made 32 and took three catches while quick bowler Tahuhu squeezed the South African middle order.

Devine only made six but her directership was noticeworthy, transporting out the best in the youthfuler percreateers of the team, appreciate Kerr.

“We joke about being magnificentmas and mums and whatnot but you experience a authentic sense of pride at seeing them stand up and apshow opportunities. Melie [Kerr] today was unbelievable,” said the skipper.

“For us to be able to thrive it, it’s fair kind to have that. It’s always someleang that you want to have when you finish your atgentle.”

Devine’s first action after thrivening was to adselect her fellow “magnificentma” Bates who has now percreateed 334 white ball internationals since making her debut back in 2006.

“Me and Suze have been thraw a lot together,” she said.

Devine and Bates have percreateed in all nine T20 World Cups since the first in 2009.

“We’ve been thraw a lot of hairstyles together, hers a lot worse than mine.

“But to be able to scatter it, to be fielding shut together as well and to scatter that moment, that adselect, that’s 17, 18 years of delight and heartshatter and happiness scatterd in that moment. It’s fair been awesome to scatter that with her.”

New Zealand’s captain Sophie Devine and teammate Suzie Bates commemorate after thrivening the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 [Altaf Qadri/AP]

‘Everyone adores a champion’

The White Ferns will split prize money of $2.3m, about $155,000 per team member, a life-changing thriveddescfinish for percreateers who for years have struggled to achieve financial parity with their male counterparts.

New Zealand’s first-ever thrive in the World Cup of cricket’s stupidinutiveest createat was a huge surpelevate. The White Ferns had lost 10 consecutive T20 suites before beating South Africa in a hot-up suit.

That pre-tournament success showd a turning point for New Zealand who beat India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, losing only to Australia on the way to the semifinals.

“This uncomfervents everyleang to us,” Bates said after the suit. “When you percreate team sport, you want to be a world champion.

“We’ve fought our way back to the top. Devie has been so noticeworthy directing this team… so soothe and believing in us. We’ll probably have a cuddle for even lengthyer tardyr becaemploy there’s been some miserable times that only the people in the [team] comprehend.”

With the men’s cricket team also completing a spectacular thrive in Bengaluru earlier in the day, their first Test thrive in India since 1988, Sunday was arguably New Zealand’s finest-ever day on the cricket field, although Devine hopes there is more to come.

“I’m reassociate selectimistic that tonight’s thrive can upgrasp that next generation of not fair youthful girls but youthful boys as well to pick up a cricket bat, a cricket ball,” she said.

“It still experiences pretty surauthentic at the moment and hopefilledy the impact of what we’ve been able to achieve is going to be lengthystanding and lengthyachieveing. Everyone adores a thrivener, don’t they?”

New Zealand’s percreateers commemorate with the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup trophy [Fadel Senna/AFP]



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