30/09Result
3rd T20I, New Zealand Women tour of Australia at Brisbane, Sep 30 2020
NZ Women won by 5 wkts (3b rem)
Player of the Match
Amelia Kerr
Amelia KerrNew Zealand Women
30/09Result
3rd T20I, New Zealand Women tour of Australia at Brisbane, Sep 30 2020
NZ Women won by 5 wkts (3b rem)
Player of the Match
Amelia Kerr
Amelia KerrNew Zealand Women

New Zealand win by five wickets and make it 2-1 in the series. First win against Australia since February 2017. Amelia Kerr with a superb all-round day. Did Meg Lanning make a tactical error by not bowling Georgia Wareham for her final over? That is a very important result for New Zealand. Australia weren't at their best with the bat but fought very hard in the field. Sets things up nicely for the one-day series which starts on Saturday.

Player of the Match is Amelia Kerr. "Felt pretty good to get a win against a quality side, nice to get a bit of momentum going into the one-dayers. Awesome to see Jess out there and do so well with the ball."

Play of the series is Ash Gardner. "One of the longest pre-seasons we've had and was nice to do other things. We worked really hard with NSW. We are pretty flexible within our batting order, whether that's me batting higher or lower it's about adapting to the situation."

Sophie Devine. "We know how hard we've been training so to finally put that out there was deserved. A bit of confidence moving into the one-dayers. It's a really quick shift now."

Meg Lanning. "There's lots to learn. Unfortunately we couldn't continue the momentum but New Zealand are a world-class side and we expected then to bounce back.It's nice to be back playing cricket after the last six months. Looking forward to the ODIs. Will be a great battle."

I'll wrap things up there for today. Thanks for joining us for this T20I series. From Andrew McGlashan it's goodbye for now.

19.3
4
Schutt to AC Kerr, FOUR, and that's the game! Amelia Kerr does the job, swings a back-of-a-length delivery through square leg and finds the gap
19.2
4
Schutt to AC Kerr, FOUR, that could be the shot! Dispatches a length ball over mid-off with a thumping lofted drive
19.1
1
Schutt to Jensen, 1 run, length ball angling in at the stumps, driven into the off side, could have been out with a direct hit..or actually just a decent throw at the stumps!

So it's eight needed off the last over. Chance of a Super Over here. Megan Schutt will bowl.

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs | NZ-W: 116/5 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.10, RRR: 8.00)

  • Hayley Jensen9 (10b)
  • Amelia Kerr10 (8b)
  • Sophie Molineux4-0-31-0
  • Megan Schutt3-0-18-0
18.6
1
Molineux to Jensen, 1 run, comes down the pitch and loses her shape a little as she swings out to deep midwicket
18.5
1
Molineux to AC Kerr, 1 run, dragged down short, pulled in the air but just short of deep midwicket
18.4
4
Molineux to AC Kerr, FOUR, great shot! What a moment to bring that out...comes down the pitch and plays a piercing drive between cover and mid-off
18.3
1
Molineux to Jensen, 1 run, worked along the ground into midwicket, no chance of making a second there
18.2
0
Molineux to Jensen, no run, swing and miss! Goes for the slog sweep and doesn't connect. The foot stays behind the line
18.1
1
Molineux to AC Kerr, 1 run, driven very firmly just to the left of the bowler and mid-off is inside the circle

That was a vital ball. Keeps New Zealand in touch. Molineux will bowl. Wareham still has an over left

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs | NZ-W: 108/5 (16 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 8.00)

  • Hayley Jensen7 (7b)
  • Amelia Kerr4 (5b)
  • Megan Schutt3-0-18-0
  • Jess Jonassen4-0-15-1
17.6
4
Schutt to Jensen, FOUR, there's the boundary they needed! The bottom hand comes off the bat as she throws herself into a length ball and it flies off a thick edge to third man
17.5
1
Schutt to AC Kerr, 1 run, very full outside off, driven into the pitch off the bottom edge
17.4
1
Schutt to Jensen, 1 run, moves outside leg, Schutt follows her with a yorker which is dug out down the ground
17.3
1
Schutt to AC Kerr, 1 run, full at off stump, opens the face towards short third man
17.2
1
Schutt to Jensen, 1 run, over the off side, gives herself a touch of room and carves over the ring but long-off is very square
17.1
1
Schutt to AC Kerr, 1 run, just wide of cover! The drive goes in the air and just evades Lanning who is quite close

Schutt to bowl. So some pace on

END OF OVER:
17 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | NZ-W: 99/5 (25 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.82, RRR: 8.33)

  • Hayley Jensen1 (4b)
  • Amelia Kerr1 (2b)
  • Jess Jonassen4-0-15-1
  • Georgia Wareham3-0-19-2
16.6
0
Jonassen to Jensen, no run, fraction shorter, square drives into the off side and can't beat point. Fantastic spell from Jonassen
16.5
0
Jonassen to Jensen, no run, angled in full at the pads, can't find space on the leg side. Another dot
16.4
1
Jonassen to AC Kerr, 1 run, goes back and works this off the pads towards square leg
16.3
0
Jonassen to AC Kerr, no run, round the wicket, full at off stump, pushed into the covers

Right New Zealand, what have you got?

16.2
W
Jonassen to Satterthwaite, OUT, dragged on! And the game changes. Very full outside off, Satterthwaite goes for the sweep and gets a bottom edge into the timber

AE Satterthwaite b Jonassen 30 (25b 3x4 0x6) SR: 120.00

16.1
0
Jonassen to Satterthwaite, no run, taps a straight delivery into midwicket, Jonassen fields herself

Will belief be the difference here? Australia have it, do New Zealand?

NZ Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27SFM DevineML Green
2nd13SW BatesSFM Devine
3rd4SW BatesAE Satterthwaite
4th52KJ MartinAE Satterthwaite
5th2AE SatterthwaiteHNK Jensen
6th27HNK JensenAC Kerr