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Suzie Bates and Maddy Green keep New Zealand hopes alive
After two ducks in the previous two matches, Suzie Bates turned her form around to help New Zealand post the fourth highest total in Women’s T20 World Cups, and keep their hopes of making the semi-final alive.
Bates scored an unbeaten 81 off 61 balls to help New Zealand to 189 for 3 before a strong bowling performance restricted Bangladesh to 118 for 8. In the process, she also became the first player to reach 1000 runs in T20 World Cups.
Brief scores:
New Zealand 189 for 3 (Suzie Bates 81*, Maddy Green 44*,Bernadine Bezuidenhout 44, Fahima Khatun 2-36) beat Bangladesh 118 for 8 (Shorna Akter31, Murshida Khatun 30, Eden Carson 3-18, Hannah Rowe 2-15) by 71 runs