19/09Result
1st T20I (N), New Zealand Women tour of Australia at Mackay, Sep 19 2024
AUS Women won by 5 wkts (8b rem)
Player of the Match
Phoebe Litchfield
Phoebe LitchfieldAustralia Women
19/09Result
1st T20I (N), New Zealand Women tour of Australia at Mackay, Sep 19 2024
AUS Women won by 5 wkts (8b rem)
Player of the Match
Phoebe Litchfield
Phoebe LitchfieldAustralia Women

10:23pm A dominant show from Australia to go 1-0 up in the three-T20I series. Litchfield with a super innings, never really letting Australia feel the nerves even when it got a tad tricky at one point. Ice cool and nimble-footed, she does it in her style and her play against spin being one to watch on loop. New Zealand fought well with the ball, with Penfold putting on a good show. But their issues with the bat remain.

Phoebe Litchfield, Player of the Match: "Awesome to get the win today. We bowled really well, and to win with a few balls to spare is great. Coming to the country - I am a country girl myself - it is good to hear the crowd scream out our name. I have added a few more shots, trying to pierce the field, I can look like an idiot sometimes, but good when they come of. So nice to be playing for Australia, excited for my first World Cup."

Suzie Bates, New Zealand captain: "You never know how many is enough against Australia. We built a few good partnerships but were never able to carry on. Knew there was something on the wicket and the outfield was slow, but Litchfield took it away from us. She is tough to set fields too. So being clear on the felds we want to set. Thought there were some positives in running between the wickets and taking a few wickets"

Alyssa Healy, Ausralia captain: "Little bit chaotic but we'll take it. Nice to have a couple of options up our sleeve. Blessed to have a lot of allrounders. Probably look at our dismissals and change a few things up."

Just the perfect start for Australia ahead of the T20 World Cup, New Zealand have some thinking to do, especially with their batting power. Alex's report will be up soon. Do join us for the second game on Sunday. Till the next time, take care, ciao!

18.4
4
Kasperek to Litchfield, FOUR, Audacious finish from Litchfield! Tossed up ball outside off, she gets across and reverse hits it over cover to seal the five-wicket win
18.3
0
Kasperek to Litchfield, no run, Flatter outside off, cut away straight to the fielder
18.2
1
Kasperek to Sutherland, 1 run, Full on middle and leg, driven down to long-on
18.1
2
Kasperek to Sutherland, 2 runs, Tossed up outside off, from around the wicket, Sutherland charges down and slices it over cover-point for two

Six needed off the last two overs, Kasperek to bowl now. Only three women outside the ring

END OF OVER:
18 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 138/5 (6 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.66, RRR: 3.00)

  • Phoebe Litchfield60 (41b)
  • Annabel Sutherland1 (1b)
  • Brooke Halliday1-0-7-1
  • Jess Kerr3-0-27-0
17.6
2
Halliday to Litchfield, 2 runs, Loopy full ball on leg, whipped through square leg for a couple
17.5
1
Halliday to Sutherland, 1 run, Another back of the hand slowie on a length outside off, hacked down to long-on

Annabel Sutherland is in now

17.4
W
Halliday to Wareham, OUT, Halliday's magic arm works! Bowls a back-of-the-arm ball on a length outside off, Wareham looks to thrash it through the off side but is early into the shot. Gets it off the cue end back towards Halliday, who laps it up with both hands. "Australia wouldn't have seen a lot of her," Amelia Kerr, who's mic'd up, said on air when she came on, and it has worked

G Wareham c & b Halliday 26 (26m 20b 3x4 0x6) SR: 130.00

17.3
1
Halliday to Litchfield, 1 run, Full and outside off, driven through wide mid-off
17.2
2
Halliday to Litchfield, 2 runs, Juicy full toss outside off, heaved away wide of long-on. Green does well to parry it to deep midwicket (Kerr, who's also mic'd up) and keep it down to two
17.1
1
Halliday to Wareham, 1 run, A short and wide one to start, bowling with the wrong foot, slapped to deep cover

Brooke Halliday has been handed the ball. A nippy seamer, can she break through and weave in some magic here for NZ?

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | AUS-W: 131/4 (13 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.70, RRR: 4.33)

  • Georgia Wareham25 (18b)
  • Phoebe Litchfield55 (38b)
  • Jess Kerr3-0-27-0
  • Amelia Kerr4-0-27-0
16.6
1
JM Kerr to Wareham, 1 run, full and outside leg, she eases it down the ground
16.5
2
JM Kerr to Wareham, 2 runs, Full on leg, whipped away wide of long-on and there's enough time to rush back for two
16.4
0
JM Kerr to Wareham, no run, Length ball on leg, she backs away and pushes it to cover
16.3
4
JM Kerr to Wareham, FOUR, Beats deep square leg to her right. Back of a length angling down leg, Wareham stands tall and pulls it through the on side. Tahuhu rushes across and dives but fails to rein it in
16.2
2
JM Kerr to Wareham, 2 runs, Angling in on a length, she backs away and pulls it through forward of square leg for a brace

Hypocaust: "Meg Lanning (20y 303d) is the only Australian woman to be younger than Phoebe Litchfield (21y 154d) when bringing up their second T20I fifty. Those seem like two names that are destined to be mentioned in relation to various records for the foreseeable future." Superb this

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AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19AJ HealyBL Mooney
2nd25AJ HealyEA Perry
3rd0EA PerryTM McGrath
4th41TM McGrathP Litchfield
5th50G WarehamP Litchfield
6th10A SutherlandP Litchfield