Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

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

NZ Women 2nd innings Partnerships

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