South Africa vs New Zealand Highlights Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Mair, Kerr shine as NZ beat SA by 32 runs

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: The pressure was increasing on Wolvaardt! Kerr tosses it up, outside off. Wolvaardt tries to go over cover, but directs it to Bates in the ring, catch! OUT!!!

Wolvaardt c Bates b Kerr 33 (27)

SA: 59/2 (9), Target: 159

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Kerr keeps it tight, leaks only six runs. Wolvaardt (32*) and Bosch (5*) will look to build a partnership now.

SA: 58/1 (8), Target: 159

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: OUT!!! NZ GET THEIR BREAKTHROUGH! Jonas tosses it up, outside off. Brits goes ahead and smacks it directly to Green in the deep for a catch! OUT!!

Brits c Green b Jonas 17 (18)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A full delivery by Tahuhu, into middle and leg. Wolvaard glances it between mid-on and mid-wicket for a four. Then she pulls her over midwicket for another four!

SA: 34/0 (3.5), Target: 159

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A poor delivery by Jonas, and Wolvaardt smacks her for a four through extra cover. Then a dot, and single to end the over.

SA: 24/0 (3), Target: 159

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: The run chase begins with a single, then a dot, and then a wide. Then Brits edges Mair over the infield on the offside, three runs. Another wide, followed by a dot, and then another wide. Then a dot to end the over.

SA: 7/0 (1), Target: 159

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: The run-chase begins! Wolvaardt and Brits will open for SA, and Mair will bowl the first over for NZ!

Target: 159

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A good inswinging yorker by Khaka, on middle. Gaze directs it to short third man for a single. Then it is three wides in the second ball. Then it is back-to-back singles, followed by a double. Then Green smacks her for a six between mid-wicket and long-on. Green ends it with a double to long-on.

NZ: 158/5 (20)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Kerr begins the over with back-to-back fours! Then it is a dot, followed by a double. Then Mlaba sends it full, on fifth stump. Kerr pulls it to deep midwicket for a catch!

Kerr c Brits b Mlaba 43 (38)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: They needed to break the partnership, and they manage to do it! Good catch! A length delivery by Tryon, on middle. Halliday pulls, but sends it directly to deep backward square leg for a simple catch!

Halliday c Bosch b Tryon 38 (28)

NZ: 127/4 (17.2)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Kapp sends a good length delivery, into leg stump. Halliday guides it to deep square leg, no ball, one run. For the free hit, Kerr directs it to deep extra for a single, 50-run partnership!

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Luus tosses it up, on middle. Halliday slog sweeps it wide of deep midwicket for a four! SHOT! then she smacks it wide of long-on for another four!

NZ: 97/3 (14)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Luus tosses it up, full on off. Kerr directs it back to the bowler, no run. Then Kerr guides it through midwicket for a single, followed by back-to-back singles. Then Halliday takes a double, and a dot to end the over.

NZ: 79/3 (12)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A good length delivery by De Klerk, Devine tries to pull, misses, and lbw appeal! SA review and big gap between bat and pad, three reds! BIG MOMENT! OUT!

Devine lbw b De Klerk 6 (10)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: 8 runs conceded in this over and we are halfway in this innings, with Devine (6*) and Kerr (14*) taking a cautious approach.

NZ: 70/2 (10)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A length delivery by Mlaba, on off and middle. Bates misses and it hits the stumps, too much of shuffling! BIG WICKET!

Bates b Mlaba 32 (31)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: 7 runs leaked in this over as Bates (31*) and Kerr (9*) look to build a partnership. Bates is looking good and will hope to get a fifty soon!

NZ: 50/1 (7)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A short of length delivery by Khaka, outside off. Bates pulls it wide of the fielder at deep midwicket for a four! SHOT!

NZ: 34/1 (4)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A full delivery by Kapp, wide outside off. Bates toe-ends it to extra cover, no ball. For the free hit, Kerr gets an inside edge, hits ler leg, and then strikes the wickets, safe though. The next delivery is a dot.

NZ: 24/1 (3)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A full delivery by Khaka, and Plimmer goes big, but comes off the bottom of her bat! It goes to long-on for a simple catch!

Plimmer c Luus b Khaka 9 (7)

NZ: 16/1 (1.5)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: A length delivery by Kapp, outside off to begin with. Bates directs it towards backward point for a single. The next delivery goes past the outside edge, dot, followed by another dot, past inside edge this time. Then Plimmer clobbers Kapp over midwicket for a four, followed by a dot, and then pulls for another four!

NZ: 9/0 (1)

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Bates and Plimmer walk in to open the innings for New Zealand. Kapp to bowl the first over for SA!

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Wolvaardt leads SA, Devine brings NZ as both teams come for their respective national anthems!

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Alastair Cook, Neetu David walk in with the trophy, and place it on the podium.

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: SA - Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Sinalo Jafta(w), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka

NZ - Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine(c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze(w), Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Fran Jonas

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Speaking after the toss, SA captain Wolvaardt said, "We gonna have a bowl firts, it worked really well for us in the tournament and we are gonna stick to that. New venue, new opponents and new day, so we gotta work really hard. Same eleven. Credit to our medical staff as well for getting us on the pitch."

Meanwhile, NZ skipper Devine said, "We were gonna have a bat anyway, so it has worked out well for both teams. Looks like a good surface and we want to put runs on the board in a final. We have really embraced those changes that come with being in the final, extra media attention and extra crowd and what not, such an awesome opportunity and privilege to be here, so we are just soaking it all in. We are playing the same eleven. Tom and the boys did a fantastic job in India."

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: SA captain Wolvaardt wins toss, opts to field vs NZ!

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Toss is scheduled for 7:00 PM IST folks! Stay tuned! We will have come the captains come in soon!

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: New Zealand cancelled their pre-match training session, and have a fully fit squad available.

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: South Africa had a complete day's rest, and then a full-blown training session on the eve of the title clash. They have a fully fit squad.

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: In Dubai, 7 out of 11 matches have been won by chasing sides. Meanwhile, four out of those results were in the five most recent fixtures played in Dubai. They were also all night matches.

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: NZ star Kerr needs only two more wickets to become the highest wicket-taker in a single edition of the Women's T20 World Cup.

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Speaking ahead of the match, NZ's Bates said, "Obviously, we're the grandmas of the team. And yeah, we're still standing, I think. Leah [Tahuhu] with her bionic knee, Sophie just having dealt with a lot of stuff as captain over the last few years and me just keeping on going and going. So yeah, it's just a really special moment when you know there's been some tough times and the three of us in particular have been through the ups and downs and to have that moment and knowing we'd made the semifinals which gives yourself a chance was really special."

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: SA all-rounder Tyron is expecting 'a lot of fight' in the summit clash.

Speaking ahead of the final, she said, "A lot of fight, a lot of character. If you look at how they've played this whole tournament, they haven't really won a lot of games coming into this World Cup and to turn things around and start on the high like that against India. They showed resilience, a lot of character shown. It's going to be a good fight on Sunday and we expect that, so we're really excited for it."

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: NZ - Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine(c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze(w), Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Fran Jonas, Molly Penfold, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Leigh Kasperek

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: SA - Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Sinalo Jafta(w), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Ayanda Hlubi, Seshnie Naidu, Mieke de Ridder

South Africa vs New Zealand Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of today's Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final, in Dubai. Both SA and NZ weren't predicted to be in this position, but here were are and they have proved everyone wrong! This time it is a different scene, we don't have Australia in the final! So stay tuned folks! It is going to be a thriller tonight!