On one hand, the New Zealand men’s cricket team is busy competing to win the title in the T20 World Cup 2026, while the New Zealand women’s team is busy preparing for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. In connection with this preparation, the Kiwi team made a strong start to the T20 series against Zimbabwe and registered a big win by 92 runs in the very first match. The star of this victory was the team’s star all-rounder and new captain Amelie Karr, who scored a brilliant century in the very first match as captain and then also took wickets.
Along with the first match of the T20 series played on Wednesday 25 February in Hamilton. New Zealand A new era has started in women’s cricket. After the retirement of Sophie Devine, Emily Carr was appointed the new captain of New Zealand in all formats. Even before this, Amelie had commanded the team in some matches but this was her first match after becoming the full-time captain and the Kiwi star made it memorable for herself forever.
Amelie’s havoc as soon as she becomes captain
New Zealand batted first here and the team made a big score of 202 runs. The reason for this was also Captain Emily Karr. However, before that, Georgia Plimmer and Isabella Gage gave a fast start to the team and made a partnership of 43 runs in 5.2 overs. After Plimmer’s dismissal, Ameli took charge and then thrashed the Zimbabwean bowlers. She completed her half-century in 29 balls and then came close to her century in the last over of the innings.
Amelie completed her first century in T20 International by taking 2 runs on the last ball of the 20th over. Amelie scored 101 runs in 51 balls, in which 19 fours came from her bat. In this way he scored 76 runs only from boundaries. Whereas Isabella Gage returned unbeaten after scoring 66 runs.
beat zimbabwe easily
This target would be difficult for Zimbabwe, it already seemed decided but it was a big blow for the team as both the openers returned to the pavilion without opening their account in the first 7 balls. To recover from this, Zimbabwe’s entire innings ended and the team could score only 110 runs in 20 overs. The reason for this was also captain Karr, who took maximum 2 wickets for just 14 runs in 4 overs and gave the team a 1-0 lead in the series.