Suzie Bates stars as New Zealand takes 1-0 series lead against India

Suzie Bates’ eleventh ODI hundred laid the stage for New Zealand’s 1-0 lead as they beat India by 62 runs in the five-match ODI series opener in Queenstown on Saturday (February 12). Falling from 220/3 after 40 overs to 275 all out with in excess of 11 conveyances in excess, New Zealand returned unequivocally with the ball civility Jess Kerr’s’ four-fer to package out India for 213 in answer.

Put in to bat first, New Zealand were looking strong so far given by the fifty opening organization. Bates, specifically, took on the short balls and kept a flawless striking rate in the powerplay. Notwithstanding, the presentation of twist cut down the scoring rate and Deepti Sharma struck not long after to excuse Maddy Green for a 28-ball 17. At one-down, Amelia Kerr took eight conveyances to get moving however compensated for it well with five limits in her short 39-ball stay for 33.

Bates proceeded to raise her century off 107 balls on the way the 98-run stand with Amy Satterthwaite as the pair stayed proactive all through the center overs stage. Anyway the festivals were brief as Bates fell in the exceptionally next finished, attempting to trudge clear Deepti Sharma.

The wicket was just the beginning of a parade where the home side lost their last-eight for an expansion of only 71 runs. Dropped on four off Pooja Vastrakar, White Ferns’ skipper Sophie Devine couldn’t benefit as much as possible from the relief, in contrast to Bates, and hit one directly to her Indian partner at profound cover to gift her wicket to a similar bowler an over later. Satterthwaite held one end momentarily, contacting her fifty off 51 conveyances prior to tumbling to veteran Jhulan Goswami in the 46th over after an important 67-ball 63. Notwithstanding, the batting imploded around the two previous skippers as the home side neglected to use their full standard of 50 overs and missed the mark concerning the 300-run mark that appeared to be well inside handle.

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Batting with another initial pair India immediately slipped to 17 for 2 inside six overs after Lea Tahuhu sent back debutant Meghana Sabbhineni for 4 and Devine caught the risky Shafali Verma lbw on 12. A 88-run stand resulted among Raj and Yastika Bhatia that momentarily gave India trust. The pair took India past the 100-run mark in the pursuit in the 23rd over, however Hayley Jensen shut down that fightback with a short ball in the 25th over. Bhatia, in her endeavor to pull, sent it straight down profound square leg’s throat to miss the mark regarding her fifty. Raj raised her’s off 63 conveyances, yet her wicket not long after demonstrated lethal with asking rate scaling to more than 7.5.

Richa Ghosh (22 off 27) and Pooja Vastrakar (23 off 29) both got begins however neglected to find abundant help from the lower-request at the opposite finish to set up a late battle. Standard strikes, where Jess Kerr returned figures of 4 for 35, saw India breakdown to 213 with two balls to go.

Brief scores : New Zealand 275 all out in 48.1 overs (Suzie Bates 106, Amy Sattetrthwaite 63; Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2-28) beat India 213 all out in 49.4 overs (Mithali Raj 59, Yastika Bhatia 41; Jess Kerr 4-35) by 62 runs

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