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Andrew Alderson: White Ferns pinpont poor batting as reason for World Cup woes
The ifs, buts and maybes will haunt the White Ferns.
Stand-in captain Amy Satterthwaite admitted as much while poring over the immediate aftermath of New Zealand's agonising one-wicket defeat to England at Eden Park on Sunday, a result that all but ends their World Cup semifinal hopes.
Three tight pool matches – the tournament-opening three-run loss to the West Indies; two-wicket defeat against South Africa and this latest near miss – will prove costly in the quest to reach the knockouts.
The White Ferns could have reversed each of those defeats but they all carry the familiar theme of…
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