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New Zealand Women: A gritty partnership between skipper Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday helped New Zealand Women recover from a shaky start to post 227/9 against Bangladesh Women in their Women’s World Cup 2025 clash at Baraspara Stadium on Thursday.

While Devine and Halliday steadied the innings with a commanding 112-run stand for the fourth wicket, Bangladesh’s young leg-spinner Rabeya Khan starred with the ball, claiming 3/30 to keep her side in the contest.

Opting to bat first, New Zealand got off to a cautious start on a sluggish surface. Suzie Bates finally found form in this edition and provided a solid platform, but her dismissal on 29 — following a mix-up with partner Georgia Plimmer — triggered a mini-collapse.