New Zealand Women will take on West Indies Women in the second semi-final of Women' T20 World Cup 2016 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Australia and New Zealand have qualified for semi-finals form Group A of 10-nation global twenty20 tournament, while, England and West Indies have qualified from Group B. Sri Lanka, South Africa and Ireland from Group A and Pakistan, India and Bangladesh from Group B were eliminated at group stage.
Watch the live stream of the match here, here and here and get live scores here, here, and here. The day-night twenty over match starts at 2:30 p.m. local time (9 a.m. GMT/4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT) on March 31.
The title-favorite White Ferns stormed into semifinal by winning all four of their group stage matches. They thrashed South Africa by seven wickets in their final Group A encounter on Saturday.
"We were very confident coming into the tournament. We had a very good series against Australia which we won 2-1. The balance of the side was good, so I knew we would go far if we played good cricket," New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates said. "It has worked so far, there is no need to change that. I am happy the way the group is playing and everyone is happy to contribute to that."
The West Indies, on the other hand, advanced to the semifinal with a thrilling three-wicket victory over India on Sunday. It first made 114 for eight in 20 overs and then restricted India to 111 for nine in twenty overs. The Stafanie Taylor-led side now faces the title-favorite Kiwis in a world twenty20 semifinal encounter.
The Probable Squads:
New Zealand: 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 and Lea Tahuhu.
West Indies: Merissa Aguilleira, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Britney Cooper, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Stacy-Ann King, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Hayley Matthews, Anisa Mohammed, Shaquana Quintyne, Shakera Selman, Tremayne Smartt and Stafanie Taylor.
Australia faces England in the first semifinal of World T20 at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Wednesday.
