wtt8997	North Island Women v South Island Women
	North v South Women's Series 2025/26
Venue	Saxton Oval, Nelson on 19th December 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Island Women won the toss and decided to bat
Result	North Island Women won by 2 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Umpires	JM Dempsey, TS Semmens
Scorers	BF Byrne, EP West

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South Island Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
KG Anderson	c Armstrong b Watkin	6	6	10	1	-	3	100.00
IR James	c McLeod b Patel	41	32	43	6	1	15	128.12
ON Gain	b Illing	2	6	6	-	-	4	33.33
IG Sharp	c Kerr b Watkin	0	2	2	-	-	2	0.00
J Dean	c Patel b Knight	16	11	15	3	-	4	145.45
*+PM Inglis	c Kerr b Watkin	50	30	45	5	3	10	166.67
AS Browning	c Patel b Illing	24	17	21	4	-	6	141.18
P Watkins	not out	20	13	18	4	-	5	153.85
EJ Black	c Kerr b Watkin	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
AG Hotton	b Watkin	2	2	2	-	-	1	100.00
LM Kotkamp	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 w)	8
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 83 minutes, 20 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Anderson, 2.2 ov), 2-27 (Gain, 3.6 ov), 3-28 (Sharp, 4.4 ov), 4-63 (Dean, 8.4 ov), 5-70 (James, 10.3 ov), 6-133 (Browning, 15.5 ov), 7-167 (Inglis, 19.3 ov), 8-167 (Black, 19.4 ov), 9-169 (Hotton, 19.6 ov)

North Island Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Jetly	3	0	27	0	-	-	7	5	-	-	9.00
Illing	4	0	21	2	3	-	15	3	-	12.00	5.25
Watkin	4	0	34	5	-	-	10	3	2	4.80	8.50
Devonshire	2	0	25	0	1	-	1	4	-	-	12.50
Knight	4	0	35	1	-	-	12	6	1	24.00	8.75
Patel	3	0	23	1	-	-	6	2	1	18.00	7.67

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North Island Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
P Catton	not out	32	26	34	5	1	14	123.08
*JM Watkin	run out (Watkins)	13	14	17	1	1	9	92.86
EMA McLeod	b Black	0	2	4	-	-	2	0.00
FDM Devonshire	not out	13	7	11	2	-	0	185.71
JM Kerr	did not bat
BG Armstrong	did not bat
NH Patel	did not bat
+KJ Gaging	did not bat
XAR Jetly	did not bat
KA Knight	did not bat
BG Illing	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 w)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 33 minutes, 8.1 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Watkin, 4.5 ov), 2-32 (McLeod, 5.4 ov)

South Island Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Watkins	2	0	13	0	-	-	7	1	1	-	6.50
Black	3	0	22	1	3	-	10	2	1	18.00	7.33
Kotkamp	2	1	12	0	1	-	7	2	-	-	6.00
Hotton	1	0	11	0	-	-	1	2	-	-	11.00
Browning	0.1	0	4	0	-	-	-	1	-	-	24.00

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Notes
--> When play was halted North Island Women needed to have scored 63 runs to win
--> South Island Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (42/3)
--> North Island Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (37/2)
--> South Island Women innings: 50 in 6.3 overs
--> South Island Women innings: 100 in 12.5 overs
--> South Island Women innings: 150 in 17.4 overs
--> North Island Women innings: 50 in 7.1 overs
--> LM Kotkamp made her debut in Women's Twenty20 matches
--> IR James passed her previous highest score of 40 in Women's Twenty20 matches
--> PM Inglis 50 in 29 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes
--> P Watkins passed her previous highest score of 16 in Women's Twenty20 matches
--> PM Inglis (31) and AS Browning (20) added 50 in 26 balls for the South Island Women 6th wicket

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