Aotearoa's White Ferns are in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa after defeating West Indies in the semi-final, so here are a bunch of last minute notes to set the table.

T20 World Cup Results

vs India

NZ: 160/4

India: 102

vs Australia

Australia: 148/8

NZ: 88

vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 115/5

NZ: 118/2

vs Pakistan

NZ: 110/6

Pakistan: 56

vs West Indies

NZ: 128/9

West Indies: 120/8

White Ferns T20I Record vs T20 World Cup Opposition

• vs India: 10-4

• vs Australia: 21-29

• vs Sri Lanka: 13-1

• vs Pakistan: 10-2

• vs West Indies: 16-5

• vs South Africa: 11-4

White Ferns T20 World Cup Stats

Batting

• Georgia Plimmer: 141 runs @ 28avg/118sr

• Suzie Bates: 118 runs @ 23avg/91sr

• Sophie Devine: 108 runs @ 36avg/112sr

• Amelia Kerr: 92 runs @ 23avg/82s

• Brooke Halliday: 58 runs @ 14avg/118sr

• Izzy Gaze: 25 runs @ 25avg/132sr

• Maddy Green: 18 runs @ 6avg/106sr

• Lea Tahuhu: 17 runs @ 8avg/94sr

Bowling

• Amelia Kerr: 12w @ 7avg/4.6rpo

• Eden Carson: 8w @ 15.6avg/6.5rpo

• Rosemary Mair: 7w @ 13avg/4.8rpo

• Lea Tahuhu: 5w @ 18.6avg/7.1rpo

• Brooke Halliday: 2w @ 8avg/8rpo

• Leigh Kasperek: 2w @ 13.5avg/6.7rpo

• Fran Jonas: 2w @ 27avg/6rpo

• Suzie Bates: 1w @ 6avg/6rpo

16 batters have scored 100+ runs in the T20WC and New Zealand has three in Georiga Plimmer, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine. Plimmer is one of six batters who have scored 140+ runs and she has the third highest strike-rate of these batters.

Plimmer's strike-rate of 118.48 is ranked 12th in the T20WC. She is joined by Brooke Halliday (118.36sr) and Devine (112.5sr) in the group of 19 batters who have strike-rates over 110. Plimmer has hit two sixes in the tournament and she is in a group of eight batters who have hit two or more sixes.

Here is how Plimmer has progressed in T20I batting...

• 2022: 7.28avg/85sr

• 2023: 15.75avg/84sr

• 2024: 19.5avg/104.19sr

13 bowlers have taken 6+ wickets and six bowlers have taken 8+ wickets. White Ferns have Amelia Kerr and Eden Carson with 8+ wickets, with Kerr the leading wicket-taker in the tournament on 12 wickets. Kerr is the only bowler with 11+ wickets and Megan Schutt is the only other bowler with 8+ wickets who averaged less than 10. Schutt and Deandra Dottin are the only bowlers who have similar efficieny stats as Kerr...

• Amelia Kerr: 18.4ov, 12w @ 7.1avg/4.6rpo/9.3sr

• Megan Schutt: 17.ov, 8w @ 9avg/4rpo/13.2sr

• Deandra Dottin: 7ov, 5w @ 13avg/5.4rpo/8.4sr

Here is how Kerr's T20I career looks with the ball...

• 2017: 15.6avg/4.2rpo

• 2018: 29.5avg/6.3rpo

• 2019: 21.2avg/7rpo

• 2020: 15.5avg/5.3rpo

• 2021: 67.5avg/7.1rpo

• 2022: 22.8avg/5.7rpo

• 2023: 19avg/5.4rpo

• 2024: 16.4avg/6.8rpo

Here is Carson’s yearly breakdown of T20I bowling…

• 2022: 11.81avg/5.2rpo

• 2023: 18.66avg/6.22rpo

• 2024: 16.8avg/7.2rpo

White Ferns have a strong record against South Africa, but like their mahi against most opponents, this stems from a better phase of White Ferns cricket. Aotearoa was 9-2 in T20Is vs South Africa prior to the pandemic and then 2-2 from 2022 onwards. The last four games were all overseas with a win in the Commonwealth Games, then a loss in South Africa during the T20 World Cup last year, followed by a win and a loss in South Africa later in 2023.

White Ferns vs South Africa in T20Is

Batting

• Suzie Bates: 48.7avg/128.5sr

• Georgia Plimmer: 12avg/70.5sr

• Amelia Kerr: 42avg/127.2sr

• Sophie Devine: 69.9avg/138.4sr

• Brooke Halliday: 4avg/66sr

• Maddy Green: 20.5avg/105sr

• Izzy Gaze: 3avg/37.5sr

Bowling

• Amelia Kerr: 25avg/5.9rpo

• Eden Carson: 27avg/6.7rpo

• Lea Tahuhu: 31.5avg/7rpo

• Rosemary Mair: 20.3avg/7rpo

• Fran Jonas: 10ov @ 8.5rpo

• Leigh Kasperek: 16.8avg/6.5rpo

• Jess Kerr: 24.5avg/7rpo

• Sophie Devine: 18.6avg/8rpo

• Suzie Bates: 37.6avg/6.2rpo

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