wtt9001	North Island Women v South Island Women
	North v South Women's Series 2025/26
Venue	Saxton Oval, Nelson on 20th December 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North Island Women won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Island Women won by 31 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 Knight b Patel	14	11	21	2	-	3	127.27
IR James	st Gaging b Watkin	5	12	15	-	-	9	41.67
J Dean	c Plimmer b Patel	24	16	13	2	2	8	150.00
IG Sharp	c Penfold b Patel	33	22	33	5	1	10	150.00
*+PM Inglis	c Kerr b Penfold	38	19	33	7	-	3	200.00
AS Browning	c Kerr b Watkin	0	4	3	-	-	4	0.00
P Watkins	run out (Penfold)	26	21	27	2	-	5	123.81
LM Tahuhu	c Armstrong b Patel	13	7	10	1	1	2	185.71
MJ Banks	not out	12	9	13	-	1	2	133.33
AG Hotton	did not bat
LM Kotkamp	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 87 minutes, 20 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (James, 3.2 ov), 2-29 (Anderson, 4.5 ov), 3-46 (Dean, 6.5 ov), 4-115 (Sharp, 12.3 ov), 5-116 (Browning, 13.2 ov), 6-120 (Inglis, 14.1 ov), 7-141 (Tahuhu, 16.3 ov), 8-171 (Watkins, 19.6 ov)

North Island Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Kerr	4	0	31	0	-	-	11	5	-	-	7.75
Penfold	4	0	29	1	2	-	10	4	-	24.00	7.25
Watkin	4	0	30	2	-	-	7	2	1	12.00	7.50
Patel	4	0	30	4	-	-	12	1	3	6.00	7.50
Knight	3	0	29	0	1	-	5	3	1	-	9.67
Devonshire	1	0	20	0	-	1	-	4	-	-	20.00

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North Island Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
GE Plimmer	c Sharp b Banks	5	7	4	1	-	5	71.43
*JM Watkin	c Tahuhu b Watkins	8	7	21	2	-	5	114.29
P Catton	c James b Hotton	39	39	48	5	-	19	100.00
FDM Devonshire	c Tahuhu b Kotkamp	19	18	18	3	-	9	105.56
EMA McLeod	c Tahuhu b Hotton	2	3	14	-	-	1	66.67
BG Armstrong	b Tahuhu	17	8	10	2	1	2	212.50
JM Kerr	not out	12	9	16	-	1	3	133.33
NH Patel	run out (James)	1	1	1	-	-	0	100.00
MM Penfold	c Anderson b Kotkamp	0	1	3	-	-	1	0.00
+KJ Gaging	b Kotkamp	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
KA Knight	not out	3	2	2	-	-	0	150.00
Extras	(1 lb, 3 w)	4
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 72 minutes, 16 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Plimmer, 1.1 ov), 2-38 (Watkin, 5.1 ov), 3-65 (Devonshire, 9.6 ov), 4-76 (Catton, 12.1 ov), 5-77 (McLeod, 12.3 ov), 6-102 (Armstrong, 14.2 ov), 7-104 (Patel, 14.4 ov), 8-106 (Penfold, 15.2 ov), 9-106 (Gaging, 15.3 ov)

South Island Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Watkins	3	0	15	1	1	-	11	2	-	18.00	5.00
Banks	4	0	40	1	-	-	9	4	2	24.00	10.00
Tahuhu	3	0	23	1	-	-	10	5	-	18.00	7.67
Hotton	3	0	14	2	-	-	7	-	-	9.00	4.67
Kotkamp	3	0	17	3	1	-	9	2	-	6.00	5.67

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Notes
--> North Island Women target was 142 runs in 16 overs
--> South Island Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (38/2)
--> North Island Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (42/2)
--> South Island Women innings: 50 in 7.3 overs
--> South Island Women innings: 100 in 11.1 overs
--> South Island Women innings: 150 in 18.1 overs
--> North Island Women innings: 50 in 7.4 overs
--> North Island Women innings: 100 in 14.1 overs
--> P Watkins passed her previous highest score of 20 in Women's Twenty20 matches
--> LM Kotkamp achieved her best innings bowling analysis in Women's Twenty20 matches when she dismissed FDM Devonshire in the North Island Women innings (previous best was 0-12)
--> IG Sharp (18) and PM Inglis (34) added 50 in 26 balls for the South Island Women 4th wicket

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