{"id":182839,"date":"2026-06-19T19:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182839"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:38:51","slug":"new-zealand-stays-alive-in-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-with-narrow-ireland-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182839","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand stays alive in Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 with narrow Ireland win"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

New Zealand kept alive slim hopes of defending the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup title by beating Ireland by four runs in a thriller to the last ball on Friday.<\/p>\n

Ten dropped catches cost New Zealand its first two games against the West Indies and Sri Lanka, and it faced elimination with two group games remaining if it didn\u2019t beat Ireland, also winless.<\/p>\n

New Zealand recovered from 10-3 to post 140-6 on a last-ball six by Suzie Bates, the storied all-rounder making her first appearance in the tournament only after fellow retiree-to-be Sophie Devine became ill.<\/p>\n

New Zealand pacer Bree Illing bowled out with a sterling 1-18 but Ireland captain Gaby Lewis and Orla Prendergast played around her and Jess Kerr (0-23) in a partnership of 110 into the 18th over.<\/p>\n

They put Ireland in sight of an historic first World Cup win after 19 defeats but Prendergast was caught near the boundary on 59. Lewis was still there on 58, though, until the next and 19th over when she gave Bates a catch at cover.<\/p>\n

\"Ireland's<\/p>\n
Ireland’s Orla Prendergast celebrates bowling out New Zealand’s Maddy Green.
\n | Photo Credit:
\n AP\n <\/p>\n

\"lightbox-info\"\/<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\n

Ireland’s Orla Prendergast celebrates bowling out New Zealand’s Maddy Green.
\n | Photo Credit:
\n AP\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That left Ireland needing 15 runs from the last over to win and Bates conceded only 10 and restricted the Irish to 136-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a disappointing start to the tournament so today was just about body language and turning up,\u201d said New Zealand captain Melie Kerr, the player of the match. \u201dWe need to turn and believe we can still win games of cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ireland chose to bowl first and Prendergast and Aimee Maguire reduced New Zealand to 10-3 in the fourth over.<\/p>\n

Melie Kerr picked up the pace with 30 and Brooke Halliday and Izzy Sharp combined for 62 in 50 balls. Bates came in at No. 7 for the first time in her T20 career and contributed with a cameo 19 off 12 balls, including a last-ball six that cleared long leg and ultimately proved decisive.<\/p>\n

Published on Jun 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Zealand kept alive slim hopes of defending the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup title by beating Ireland by four runs in a thriller to the last ball on Friday. Ten…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ireland_New_Zealand_Womens_T2__World_Cup_Cricket_715_2.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179006,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179006","url_meta":{"origin":182839,"position":0},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 warm-ups day 3: Commanding wins for White Ferns, Reality checks for Asian nations","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New Zealand gave an early reminder of their strength as they saw off South Africa in the warm-up match ahead of the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 on Tuesday. Sri Lanka were also on the winning side as they cruised to a victory over the Netherlands. In the other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280707524.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280707524.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280707524.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280707524.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280707524.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":179784,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179784","url_meta":{"origin":182839,"position":1},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Danni Wyatt-Hodge scores century for England against Sri Lanka","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England\u2019s Danni Wyatt-Hodge scored a remarkable century against Sri Lanka in the opening fixture of the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday. The 35-year-old became the second English player after Heather Knight and the seventh player overall to score a T20 World Cup ton. This is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image204.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image204.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image204.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image204.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image204.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":174446,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=174446","url_meta":{"origin":182839,"position":2},"title":"Sri Lanka squad for Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026\u2014Full list of players announced","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Veteran allrounder Chamari Athapaththu will lead Sri Lanka in the upcoming Women\u2019s T20 World Cup with the island nation announcing its 15-member squad for the showpiece. A number of new names feature in the squad named for this edition. The squad features plenty of new names from the one that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780129318_image202.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780129318_image202.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780129318_image202.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780129318_image202.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780129318_image202.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":179997,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179997","url_meta":{"origin":182839,"position":3},"title":"WI vs NZ, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 LIVE streaming info: When, where to watch West Indies vs New Zealand?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New Zealand will begin its title defence with a tough encounter against West Indies at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton on Saturday, June 13. New Zealand enters the tournament as defending champion after beating South Africa in the 2024 final in Dubai to secure its first Women\u2019s T20 World Cup\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781345277_GettyImages-2179902518.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781345277_GettyImages-2179902518.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781345277_GettyImages-2179902518.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781345277_GettyImages-2179902518.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781345277_GettyImages-2179902518.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":182443,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182443","url_meta":{"origin":182839,"position":4},"title":"West Indies beats Scotland by 7 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The West Indies overcame Scotland by seven runs and stayed unbeaten at the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup after a madcap match at Headingley. Scotland needed 154 to win, a record chase, and was in it at 132-5 with two overs left. Then medium-pacer Aaliyah Alleyne came to the West Indies\u2019\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Womens_Cricket__9_8_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Womens_Cricket__9_8_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Womens_Cricket__9_8_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Womens_Cricket__9_8_.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Womens_Cricket__9_8_.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":178851,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178851","url_meta":{"origin":182839,"position":5},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Wolvaardt demands sharper Proteas response ahead of Australia clash","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt has urged her team to sharpen its strategies after the warm-up defeat to New Zealand, stressing it cannot afford to \u201cgo through the motions\u201d against powerhouse Australia in Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s T20 World Cup game here. The Proteas followed a narrow win over Ireland with a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_TH10-LAURA_2_1_0SG3FJEV.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_TH10-LAURA_2_1_0SG3FJEV.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_TH10-LAURA_2_1_0SG3FJEV.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_TH10-LAURA_2_1_0SG3FJEV.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_TH10-LAURA_2_1_0SG3FJEV.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-Lz1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/182840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}