Australian star Perry congratulates New Zealand's trio of Suzie, Divine, Tahuhu for T20 World Cup win

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It was a memorable Sunday for the White Ferns' three most experienced star players as they ended a 15-year wait for their maiden ICC Women's T20 World Cup title. The hard work, pain, blood, sweat and tears put in over 410 T20 Internationals finally paid off as he contributed significantly to this historic title win. Perry posted a story on Instagram in which she wrote that she could not think of a group of players more deserving of success for their country and congratulated them.

Notably, Australia's title defense ended in the semi-finals after losing to South Africa by eight wickets. This was the first T20 World Cup since 2009 in which Australia was not in the final. New Zealand reached the final after a thrilling eight-run win over West Indies in the other semi-final.

The White Ferns' stalwarts made important contributions throughout the tournament. Bates was the fourth-highest run-scorer with 150 runs in six innings at an average of 25.00, with a strike rate of around 93 and a best score of 32. Despite not scoring a half-century, he made important contributions down the order in every match. He also took one wicket.

Captain Devine scored 114 runs in six innings at an average of 28.50 with a strike rate of 107.54. His best score was 57* which he made in the first match against India and thus the Kiwi team performed brilliantly in the tournament.

Tahuhu took five wickets at an average of 22.80 in six matches, with his best bowling performance being 3/15 against India. These three stars have many memorable statistics and records in their names in Women's T20 International cricket. Bates is the leading run-scorer in this format, with 4,584 runs in 171 matches at an average of 29.38 and a strike rate of 108.39, including one century and 28 fifties. His best score has been 124*. He has also taken 59 wickets with a best performance of 4/26.

Devine is the sixth-highest run-scorer in Women's T20Is and the second-highest run-scorer for the White Ferns, with 3,391 runs in 143 matches and 139 innings at an average of 28.25, with a strike rate of 120.93. He has scored one century and 21 fifties, with his best score being 105. He has also taken 117 wickets with best figures of 4/22.

Tahuhu is also an established veteran with 96 T20I matches in which he has taken 93 wickets at an average of 19.79 with best figures of 4/6. Talking about the match, South Africa won the toss and decided to field first. Bates played an important inning of 32 runs in 31 balls with the help of three fours. After being reduced to 70/3, a 57-run partnership between Amelia Kerr (43 runs from 38 balls, four fours) and Brooke Halliday (38 runs from 28 balls, three fours) took New Zealand to 158/5 in 20 overs. Played an important role in. Nonkululeko Mlaba (2/31) was the best of the bowlers for the White Ferns.

Despite a fast start from captain Laura Wolvaardt (33 runs from 27 balls, five fours) and a 51-run partnership with Tajmin Brittas (17 runs from 18 balls, one four), South Africa, chasing the target of 159 runs, They lost wickets in quick succession and were never able to regain momentum after the dismissal of their openers. They were restricted to 126/9 in 20 overs, with Kerr (3/24) and Rosemary Mair (3/25) top bowling for New Zealand. Kerr was awarded the 'Player of the Match' award for his all-round performance. (ANI)