{"id":445582,"date":"2026-02-25T22:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/445582\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:56:09","slug":"captain-kerrs-record-ton-powers-new-zealand-ahead-of-t20wc-icc-womens-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/445582\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Kerr\u2019s record ton powers New Zealand ahead of T20WC | ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her contributions weren\u2019t solely with the bat. Kerr, who had finished the leading wicket-taker at the previous Women\u2019s T20 World Cup, bagged figures of 2\/14 to seal a comprehensive 92-run victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/womens-t20-worldcup-2026\/news\/full-fixtures-for-icc-women-s-t20-world-cup-2026-unveiled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FULL FIXTURE LIST FOR WOMEN&#8217;S T20 WORLD CUP 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kerr recently took over as the all-format captain from White Ferns legend, Sophie Devine, who had announced her ODI retirement at the end of last year\u2019s ICC Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand will be hoping for their captain and ace all-rounder to continue her form as they head into the first-ever 12-team T20 World Cup in June-July.<\/p>\n<p>Slotted in Group B, alongside hosts England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Scotland and Ireland, they will play their first match on June 13 at the Hampshire Bowl against the Windies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.womens.t20worldcup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GRAB YOUR ICC WOMEN&#8217;S T20 WORLD CUP 2026 TICKETS NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her contributions weren\u2019t solely with the bat. Kerr, who had finished the leading wicket-taker at the previous Women\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,67813,67811,67817,67827,67823,67826,67824,16326,67825,67822,67828,67834,67833,67814,6518,67832,67816,67815,67810,67820,67821,67830,101,67829,67831,67819,67812,67818,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-445582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-sports","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}