New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr on her way to a century during the White Ferns vs Zimbabwe Women T20 match.
Photo: PhotoSport / DJ Mills
The White Ferns have defeated Zimbabwe by 92 runs in their Twenty20 International series-opener in Hamilton.
The White Ferns posed an imposing score of 202/1, with captain Amelia Kerr top scoring with 101 – reaching her century in just 51 balls.
Isabella Gaze was also not out on 66 off 50 balls, while Georgia Plummer scored a rapid 32 runs.
After losing several early wickets, the Zimbabwe team were unable to lift the run rate and fell well short of NZ’s total, reaching 110/4. Beloved Biza top scored with 49 not out.
New Zealand are playing the tourists in three T20 matches – all in Waikato – before the three-match ODI series gets underway in Dunedin on 5 March.
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