New Zealand Women will take on Ireland Women Friday in the fifth encounter of the Women's T20 World Cup 2016 at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
New Zealand and Ireland are clubbed with Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka in the Group A of 10 nation cricket tournament. Australia will face South Africa in another Group A match on Friday at Vidharbh Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, the West Indies and host India are part of Group B.
Watch the live stream of the match here, here and here and the live scores here, here and here. The day night twenty over match starts at 3:30 p.m. local time (10 a.m. GMT/5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT) on March 18.
The NZ women cricket team began its WT20 campaign with an easy win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The Kiwi squad, also known as "White Ferns," chased down a modest target of 110 in 15.1 overs. Skipper Suzie Bates (37) and Rachel Priest (28) shared a 64-run opening stand to guide their side to an impressive seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
"It's really pleasing to get the first win. The way that Sri Lanka came out in the first six and put us under a lot of pressure, it was really pleasing to see our bowlers stick to their plans and come back hold Sri Lanka to a score we knew we could chase down," Bates said in a post-match interaction.
Ireland Women, which failed to register a win in two WT20 warm up games, are looking to get back to winning ways in their opening match. Irish skipper Isobel Joyce believed that her side would face the toughest competition from New Zealand in their group. "They're first-up. There's no point for us looking at our last match (against Australia) for now. Obviously Australia are world champions and are playing very well, but so are New Zealand. For us to come out on top or pull off an upset, we need to start off from the first game against them," she said in a recent interview.
The Probable Squads:
New Zealand Women- Suzie Bates, Erin Bermingham, Sophie Devine, Leigh Kasperek, Felicity Leydon-Davis, Katey Martin, Sara McGlashan, Thamsyn Newton, Morna Nielsen, Katie Perkins, Anna Peterson, Rachel Priest, Hannah Rowe, Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu.
Ireland Women- Catherine Dalton, Laura Delany, Kim Garth, Jennifer Gray, Cecelia Joyce, Isobel Joyce, Shauna Kavanagh, Amy Kenealy, Gaby Lewis, Robyn Lewis, Kate McKenna, Ciara Metcalfe, Lucy O'Reilly, Clare Shillington, Mary Waldron.
