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Guwahati New Zealand opened its relationship successful the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 variation with a facile 100-run triumph against Bangladesh astatine the Barsapara Stadium connected Friday (October 10, 2025).
Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday added 112 for the 4th wicket earlier pacers Jess Kerr and Lea Tahuhu and picked up 3 wickets apiece to dismantle the opponent’s chase.
Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana didn’t caput losing the flip arsenic Rabeya Khan removed Georgia Plimmer and Amelia Kerr cheaply. While the spinner constricted the tally flow, gait sensation Marufa Akter (one for 58 successful 7 overs) had a forgettable evening.
Suzie Bates, who scored her archetypal runs successful the tournament, deposited Marufa’s wider deliveries astir the tract arsenic the bowler couldn’t manufacture the prodigious plaything she usually gets. But, Bates’ vigil was chopped abbreviated astatine 29 aft ball-watching got her tally retired successful the PowerPlay.
It was the large basal betwixt Devine (63) and Halliday (69) which rescued New Zealand earlier the second was sent backmost by Fahima Khatun.
Skipper Devine, who notched up her 3rd consecutive 50-plus people this tournament, looked bushed successful the decease overs. A Type 1 diabetic, the 36-year-old ate what looked similar gummy bears to revive glucose levels. Fuelled up, she smacked consecutive sixes successful the 44th implicit disconnected Nishita Akter Nishi earlier the spinner castled her.
Tahuhu and Eden Carson mustered up 16 runs successful the past implicit to instrumentality their broadside to 227 for nine.
If Bangladesh was to propulsion disconnected its second-highest pursuit successful the format, it would person needed a decent start. But the Tigresses slumped to 22 for 3 astatine the extremity of the PowerPlay with Jess and Rosemary Mair striking with their plaything and denying boundaries. In the adjacent 4 overs, Bangladesh mislaid 3 much wickets for 11 runs. Fahima and Rabeya’s 44-run concern for the eighth wicket tried to instrumentality the pursuit heavy but the broadside was bundled retired successful 39.5 overs to endure its 2nd nonaccomplishment successful a row.
The scores: New Zealand 227/9 successful 50 overs (Brooke Halliday 69, Sophie Devine 63, Rabeya Khan 3/30) bt Bangladesh 127 successful 39.5 overs (Fahima Khatun 34, Jess Kerr 3/21, Lea Tahuhu 3/22); Toss: NZ; PoM: Halliday.
