wtt8991	North Island Women v South Island Women
	North v South Women's Series 2025/26
Venue	Saxton Oval, Nelson on 18th December 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Island Women won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Island Women won by 5 wickets
Umpires	JM Dempsey, TS Semmens
Scorers	BF Byrne, EP West

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North Island Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*JM Watkin	st Inglis b Watkins	5	4	3	1	-	2	125.00
GE Plimmer	c Sharp b Browning	26	25	47	3	-	9	104.00
EMA McLeod	lbw b Black	9	8	7	2	-	5	112.50
FDM Devonshire	c Sharp b Black	0	3	2	-	-	3	0.00
P Catton	b Tahuhu	32	27	25	6	-	14	118.52
JM Kerr	b Tahuhu	23	11	17	1	2	2	209.09
BG Armstrong	not out	31	21	30	5	-	6	147.62
+KJ Gaging	c Sharp b Banks	12	21	19	-	-	12	57.14
MM Penfold	did not bat
XAR Jetly	did not bat
BG Illing	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 w)	4
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 77 minutes, 20 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Watkin, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (McLeod, 2.2 ov), 3-16 (Devonshire, 2.5 ov), 4-70 (Catton, 9.6 ov), 5-76 (Plimmer, 11.3 ov), 6-111 (Kerr, 14.3 ov), 7-142 (Gaging, 19.6 ov)

South Island Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Watkins	3	0	20	1	-	-	6	2	-	18.00	6.67
Banks	4	0	28	1	-	-	14	5	-	24.00	7.00
Black	4	0	17	2	1	-	14	2	-	12.00	4.25
Tahuhu	3	0	33	2	-	-	6	5	1	9.00	11.00
Hotton	4	0	28	0	2	-	10	2	1	-	7.00
Browning	2	0	15	1	-	-	3	2	-	12.00	7.50

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South Island Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
KG Anderson	b Kerr	34	15	22	6	1	5	226.67
IR James	c Jetly b Kerr	15	18	25	-	1	11	83.33
ON Gain	lbw b Illing	1	7	7	-	-	6	14.29
IG Sharp	c Armstrong b Kerr	58	34	44	5	4	13	170.59
*+PM Inglis	b Illing	15	8	14	3	-	2	187.50
AS Browning	not out	17	15	28	-	1	5	113.33
P Watkins	not out	2	2	3	-	-	0	100.00
LM Tahuhu	did not bat
EJ Black	did not bat
MJ Banks	did not bat
AG Hotton	did not bat
J Dean	did not bat
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(5 wickets, 73 minutes, 16.3 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Anderson, 5.2 ov), 2-51 (James, 5.4 ov), 3-51 (Gain, 6.6 ov), 4-85 (Inglis, 10.5 ov), 5-136 (Sharp, 15.5 ov)

North Island Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Jetly	2.3	0	24	0	-	-	6	3	1	-	9.60
Kerr	4	0	39	3	-	-	8	5	1	8.00	9.75
Illing	4	1	13	2	1	-	19	-	1	12.00	3.25
Watkin	3	0	36	0	-	-	4	4	2	-	12.00
Penfold	3	0	32	0	1	-	5	2	2	-	10.67

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Notes
--> North Island Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (47/3)
--> South Island Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (51/2)
--> North Island Women innings: 50 in 7.1 overs
--> North Island Women innings: 100 in 13.6 overs
--> GE Plimmer passed 1000 runs in Women's Twenty20 matches when she reached 4
--> BG Armstrong passed 1000 runs in Women's Twenty20 matches when she reached 15
--> IG Sharp passed her previous highest score of 52 in Women's Twenty20 matches
--> GE Plimmer (21) and P Catton (28) added 50 in 40 balls for the North Island Women 4th wicket

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