New Zealand won a crushing victory over Bangladesh by 100 runs women's world cup The match, thanks to brilliant fifties from Brooke Halliday and captain Sophie Devine, followed by strong bowling performances.The White Ferns chose to bat first and recovered from early setbacks through a crucial 112-run partnership between Halliday and Devine to post 227 for nine.New Zealand's innings got off to a bad start, losing Georgia Pimmer for 4 in the first 10.5 overs, Suzie Bates for 29 and Amelia Kerr for 29 in the first 10.5 overs, leaving them at 38 for three.Devine scored 63 while Halliday contributed 69 as they carefully rebuilt the innings with a fourth-wicket partnership.Bangladesh's batting response was inadequate, resulting in them being bowled out for 127 runs in 39.5 overs, well short of the target.Bangladesh's innings struggled from the beginning and by the 14th over, five wickets fell for just 30 runs.Several Bangladesh batsmen, including Rubia Haider, Sharmin Akhtar, Nigar Sultana, Shobhana Mostari, Sumaiya Akhtar and Shoma Akhtar, failed to make an impact against the New Zealand bowlers.The biggest partnership of Bangladesh's innings Fahima Khatoon and Rabeya Khan, who added 44 runs for the eighth wicket. Khatoon scored 34 runs while Khan scored 25 runs.New Zealand's bowling attack was led by Jess Kerr and Lee Tahuhu, who took three wickets each for 21 and 22 runs respectively. Rosemary Mair took two wickets for 20 runs.The early collapse of New Zealand's innings began when Georgia Plimmer was caught by wicketkeeper Nigar Sultana off the bowling of Rabeya Khan, who finished with three wickets for 30 runs.Halliday brought up her half-century with a four over mid-on off Nishita Akhtar and later hit a six over wide long-on off Shorna Akhtar.Devine played a more measured innings and hit his first boundary in the 38th over.Halliday's innings of 69 runs included five fours and a six off 104 balls before he was caught behind the wicket off Sultana.Devine reached his third consecutive fifty-plus score of the tournament by hitting a six over long-on, followed by another six on the next ball.Her innings ended on 63 runs off 85 balls, which included two fours and two sixes, when she was bowled by Nishita while attempting another big shot.New Zealand's innings ended with contributions from Maddy Green and the early dismissals of her and Jess Kerr on consecutive balls.
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