Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

Australia win by six wickets and that's the 22nd ODI win in a row. A new landmark for the game. A performance of quality and power from Australia, especially that run chase which was done with more than 11 overs to spare. The batting order just keeps coming. New Zealand had a decent platform with the bat but collapsed from 159 for 2 having put all the eyes in accelerating the innings later. Australia were always comfortably ahead of the rate and finished it in style. Ellyse Perry's innings understated and excellent. Worth remember thought, that this series is still up for grabs. Two games remaining. I'll try and bring you some post-match reaction shortly.

Megan Schutt is Player of the Match: "It's nice to have it now!" Schutt says of the record. "I bowled a little different to Tay and reap the rewards at the other end. For me towards the back end it's T20 cricket which I'm very comfortable doing."

Amy Satterthwaite "212 against most teams isn't going to be enough. There's multiple things you have to look, losing wickets in clumps is not ideally. We put a lot of pressure on middle order to score at a rate. We weathered the storm nicely at the top but probably a bit slow. Thought Lauren batted outstandingly. We have to keep backing our skillset. We showed in the T20 series we can be competitive. Today with the ball we were slightly off...probably bowled too many four balls.

Meg Lanning "It's a great achievement over a long period of time, shows how consistent we've been. Something we'll look back on. That's been a strength of ours, having key pillars throughout the team. We have a mixture of experience and youth. We like to play an aggressive brand of cricket. We don't want to put any handbrakes on. We were able to keep it pretty tight early, that wicket of Kerr set us on our way. The way we finished was excellent. Alyssa Healy set the tone with a really attacking mindset, Ash Gardner has been in really good form to push it on at the end. General theme is to play with freedom. We want to win the Rose Bowl, it's one game."

I'll wrap things up there for today. A new record in the bag for the Australians. Thanks for your company and see you again soon

38.3
6
AC Kerr to Gardner, SIX, there it is! Gardner finishes it with a six...reaches fifty and secures the world record
38.2
0
AC Kerr to Gardner, no run, short of a length, pushed to point
38.1
0
AC Kerr to Gardner, no run, leans back and drives to cover

END OF OVER:
38 | 4 Runs | AUS-W: 209/4 (4 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 5.50, RRR: 0.33)

  • Ashleigh Gardner47 (38b)
  • Ellyse Perry56 (79b)
  • Hannah Rowe5-0-31-1
  • Amelia Kerr7-0-54-1
37.6
1
Rowe to Gardner, 1 run, another slower short ball, she leans back and guides to third
37.5
1
Rowe to Perry, 1 run, full outside off, runs it down to third
37.4
0
Rowe to Perry, no run, looks to guide this square of the wicket and is beaten

Australia Women in New Zealand 2020-21 News

AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st23RL HaynesAJ Healy
2nd14AJ HealyMM Lanning
3rd78AJ HealyEA Perry
4th21EA PerryBL Mooney
5th79EA PerryA Gardner