Women's world Cup: New Zealand Kiwis aim to take flight against erratic West Indies
Led by an in-form captain Suzie Bates, former champions New Zealand will start favourites against the inconsistent West Indians in their Super Six match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium here tomorrow.
With the top two teams from the Super Six stage ensuring themselves a place in the finals, 2000 champions New Zealand would try to stay atop to play in their second consecutive World Cup final.
The last edition's runners up have been consistent so far with three convincing wins in four games. Captain and opener Suzie Bates has been in menacing form and is the top run scorer with 277 under her belt so far.
She notched up 102 against Australia, 73 against South Africa and 65 not out against Pakistan, and made 37 off 41 balls during their chase of a paltry 103 against Sri Lanka.
But the middle-order hasn't been clicking that well for the Kiwis, and they would expect Sophie Devine, who cracked 145 to set her side's easy win over South Africa, to come up with a similar knock against the Caribbean side.
The White Ferns would also depend on their bowlers to dismiss the opposition cheaply like they did against Sri Lanka (103), South Africa (170) and Pakistan (104).
The pace attack looks formidable with Sian Ruck (three wickets against Sri Lanka and four wickets against South Africa), Rachael Candy (a five-wicket haul against Pakistan) and Lea Tahuhu (four wickets against Sri Lanka)
With odds stacked against them, after three losses and one no result
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