{"id":21152,"date":"2026-06-14T07:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/womens-t20-world-cup-shemaine-campbelle-stars-as-west-indies-stun-defending-champions-new-zealand-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T07:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:00:51","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-shemaine-campbelle-stars-as-west-indies-stun-defending-champions-new-zealand-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/womens-t20-world-cup-shemaine-campbelle-stars-as-west-indies-stun-defending-champions-new-zealand-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup: Shemaine Campbelle stars as West Indies stun defending champions New Zealand | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131714570,imgsize-176018,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/new-zealand-vs-west-indies.jpg\" alt=\"Women's T20 World Cup: Shemaine Campbelle stars as West Indies stun defending champions New Zealand\" title=\"West Indies' Shemaine Campbelle, left, and Jahzara Claxton celebrate after hitting the winning runs. (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"West Indies' Shemaine Campbelle, left, and Jahzara Claxton celebrate after hitting the winning runs. (AP Photo)\">West Indies&#8217; Shemaine Campbelle, left, and Jahzara Claxton celebrate after hitting the winning runs. (AP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>West Indies pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup on Saturday, avenging their 2024 semifinal heartbreak with a thrilling seven-wicket victory over defending champions New Zealand in Southampton.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>A magnificent unbeaten 90 from veteran Shemaine Campbelle and a superb four-wicket haul from Aaliyah Alleyne guided the 2016 champions to a memorable win with just one ball to spare in their tournament opener.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Chasing 163 without injured stars Chinelle Henry and Stafanie Taylor, West Indies rode on Campbelle&#8217;s career-best knock to overhaul the target at 163\/3 and stun the holders.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Aaliyah&#8217;s four-for derails New Zealand<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Asked to bat first, New Zealand made a promising start before Alleyne turned the match on its head.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The medium-pacer removed Georgia Plimmer for eight to break a 49-run opening stand and then struck twice in one over, dismissing <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/amelia-kerr\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Amelia Kerr<\/a> for five and wicketkeeper Isabella Gaze, who had made a fluent 39 off 29 balls with eight boundaries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Reduced to 56\/3 in 7.4 overs, New Zealand rebuilt through Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday. Devine struck 22 off 15 balls before Halliday anchored the innings with 40 from 32 deliveries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Maddy Green&#8217;s unbeaten 35 off 22 balls helped the defending champions post a competitive 162\/6, but Alleyne&#8217;s outstanding figures of 4\/27 proved decisive.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Campbelle scripts a remarkable comeback<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>West Indies suffered an early setback when Qiana Joseph was run out for two, but skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hayley-matthews\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Hayley Matthews<\/a> counterattacked brilliantly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The captain survived several reprieves and hammered 48 off 37 balls, sharing a 74-run stand with Campbelle to wrest back control. After Matthews departed, Campbelle continued her masterclass, adding 40 runs with Deandra Dottin and an unbeaten 37-run partnership with Jahzara Claxton.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>The Guyanese batter reached her maiden T20I half-century in her 123rd innings and never looked back, finishing with seven fours and three sixes in a composed 62-ball 90 not out.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>&#8220;I just backed my skills,&#8221; Campbelle said after the match. &#8220;I know I&#8217;m the calibre of player I can go and change the situation.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>New Zealand endured a forgettable outing in the field, dropping six catches and struggling behind the stumps. Jess Kerr was the lone bright spot with figures of 2\/17.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-womens-t20-world-cup\/womens-t20-world-cup-campbelles-stunning-90-powers-west-indies-to-shock-defending-champions-new-zealand\/articleshow\/131714572.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Indies&#8217; Shemaine Campbelle, left, and Jahzara Claxton celebrate after hitting the winning runs. (AP Photo) West Indies pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup on Saturday, avenging their 2024 semifinal heartbreak with a thrilling seven-wicket victory over defending champions New Zealand in Southampton.A magnificent unbeaten 90 from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}