Gisborne's Kayley Knight can hold her head up high.
Northern Brave Knight’s 12 off 11 balls with one boundary batting at No.10 — and three wicketless overs for 20 runs — in New Zealand’s eight-wicket semifinal loss to India at the inaugural ICC under 19 Women’s T20 World Cup overnight,
constitutes a tough day at the office.
And so it was at JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom, after India won the coin toss and chose to bowl. NZ reached 107-9, Knight being run out off the last ball of the first innings. First-drop Georgia Plimmer (35) and fourth in to bat Izzy Gaze (26) were NZ’s best in the first innings.
India got home two balls into the 15th over in pursuit of 108, their No.1 Shweta Serawat forcing the ball through the off-side for 4 to send her team into Monday’s 1.15am final with England at the Oval.
Knight took 0-20 from four overs in a 10-wicket caning of Indonesia to kick off, 1-11 off 3.1 in the nine-wicket win v Ireland, 1-6 off 3.2 overs in the 10-wicket win v the West Indies, did not play against Rwanda and took 0-22 from three overs in the 103-run win v Pakistan prior to the semifinals.
