Sports News Live Updates: Twin triumphs underline memorable day for New Zealand cricket

New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr, whose match-winning performance guided the White Ferns to their first T20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, said teammates Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates had so inspired her when she was at school that she wrote stories about winning the trophy with them.

The 24-year-old leg-spinner top-scored with 43 in the New Zealand total of 158-5 and then took 3-24 as South Africa fell short by 32 runs.

Kerr finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 15 and collected both the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament Awards.