00:00Well, the journey is over for Caribbean cricket fans, as despite a spirited fight from D'Andrea
00:17Dutton, the West Indies fell eight runs short of a place in the Women's World Cup Finals.
00:21Well, that's when they were beaten by New Zealand in today's semi-final.
00:25The White Ferns looked in trouble after Dutton took four wickets to restrict them to 128
00:31for nine, but the total proved just out of the reach of the battling Windies.
00:38New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat against the West Indies in the second semi-final
00:42of the Women's T20 World Cup in Georgia.
00:44Susie Bates and Georgia Plimmer were the openers for the White Ferns.
00:50They put on a partnership of 48 and 8.2 overs.
00:56Bates would fall for 26, while Plimmer was gone for a top score of 33.
01:01D'Andrea Dutton was brilliant with white leather in hand.
01:07Affie Fletcher also bowled well and picked up two wickets.
01:12But Dutton would go on to grab four for 22 from her four overs.
01:18Isabella Gaze chipped in with an unbeaten 20 for her team.
01:26Two wickets fell in the final over as New Zealand were restricted to 128 for 9 from
01:3120 overs.
01:33When West Indies responded, they were soon in trouble at 20 for 2 with Eden Carson doing
01:38the damage.
01:39Made that 41 for 3 when star player Stefani Taylor was dismissed for 13 with Carson taking
01:45all the wickets.
01:47Half the side was gone with 63 on the board in the 14th over.
01:55Dutton was the only player to make a score of significance getting 33 with 3 maximums.
02:01She was dismissed by Amelia Kerr who was cheese pairing with 2 for 14 from 4 overs.
02:10With 15 to get of the last over, Zeta James struck a 4 of the first ball.
02:20But she was bowled by Bates for 14 and it was all over.
02:25In the end, it was a hard break for the Caribbean ladies as they were restricted to 120 for
02:298 and lost by 8 runs.
02:32It means New Zealand will meet South Africa in Sunday's final.
02:35Vinod Naumani keeps export.
02:39Despite the knock on the chin, Windy's captain Hayley Matthews was full of praise for her
02:43bowlers while pinpointing the cause of her team's downfall.
02:50We bowled really well up front and we did have them within a really good run rate while
02:55we were playing.
02:56Probably just got away a bit at the end but I think we can't blame it on the bowlers here.
03:02At the beginning of the day, I think we would have taken 127 no doubt and yeah, I think
03:06with the bat, we probably just weren't able to get going very early on and that put us
03:09under a bit of pressure.
03:10Yeah, well we actually felt based on the wicket, there were probably a few runs short and we
03:15just wanted to stay really positive.
03:16Same thing with Kiana Joseph up at the top of the order but yeah, like I said, we just
03:20really never got it going.
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