- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.1 slower ball from Tahuhu follows Healy backing away from leg stump with a full delivery and Healy is fooled by the lack of pace, slaps this one-handed after she can't keep her hands fully back and the ball is skied to long-on. Simple catch at head height 10 yards in from the rope taken by Green. 126/40.4 length ball on sixth stump, awkward poke away from her body and the ball flies toward the right of backward point where Carson dives right and plucks this at knee height. 2/19.4 bullseye! Googly on a good length on fourth stump skids into off stump past an attempted cut shot to finally break the half-century stand. Screams of joy and delight from Bezuidenhout behind the stumps, and simultaneously screams of anger and frustration from Lanning who was looking set for a mighty big score. 72/210.3 half-volley on leg stump, goes to flick through midwicket but is through the shot a touch early and a leading edge floats to backward point for a simple catch taken by Carson reaching forward in stride at waist height. 76/317.4 good length ball on middle, Perry shuffles across and then plays an awkward sweep shot falling over and misses. She's struck in front of middle stump, big lbw shout upheld. Perry calls for a review, more because there's only 14 balls left in the innings and Australia have two remaining than due to any belief that she might be saved. This one is pretty stone dead. Three reds light up with ball-tracking showing the ball on its way to hit the middle of middle stump. 158/616.3 full on leg stump, flicked into midwicket for a long single. Harris wants a second run and Perry initially responds before deciding to turn back to the striker's end. The relay from deep midwicket was horrendous and pulled Jensen six yards away from the stumps. But Harris had given up and Jensen has enough time to run back toward the non-striker's stumps and underhand into the stumps to get Harris out by five yards. Jensen could have run to the stumps with ball in hand and taken the bails off. 148/519.4 full outside leg stump, follows McGrath backing away who tries to go inside out with a lofted drive over extra cover but is cramped for room and shovels this tamely to Devine on the ring at extra cover taking the catch at rib height. 167/917.6 knee high full toss on leg stump, swats this flat to Green at deep midwicket, who charges in 15 yards from the rope and juggles this waist height chance initially before taking it on the second effort. 158/718.6 length ball on off, King pulls this to deep square leg where Tahuhu settles a yard in from the rope to take a head height catch. 165/8Extras4 (w 4)TOTAL173/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Beth Mooney, 0.4 ov), 2-72 (Meg Lanning, 9.4 ov), 3-76 (Ashleigh Gardner, 10.3 ov), 4-126 (Alyssa Healy, 15.1 ov), 5-148 (Grace Harris, 16.3 ov), 6-158 (Ellyse Perry, 17.4 ov), 7-158 (Jess Jonassen, 17.6 ov), 8-165 (Alana King, 18.6 ov), 9-167 (Tahlia McGrath, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LMM Tahuhu 4 0 37 3 9.25 11 4 1 3 0 FC Jonas 3 0 31 0 10.33 6 6 0 0 0 JM Kerr 4 0 30 1 7.50 11 5 0 0 0 HNK Jensen 4 0 39 1 9.75 6 6 0 1 0 AC Kerr 4 0 23 3 5.75 12 1 1 0 0 EJ Carson 1 0 13 0 13.00 1 2 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 bullseye! Quite an absurd shot after five freebies to start the chase. Bates shuffles way outside off to scoop through vacant fine leg but the delivery from Schutt is full and straight on middle and goes in between Bates' legs past her shot and cannons into middle stump a third of the way up. 5/10.5 good length ball tailing in toward middle and leg, Devine shuffles well across her stumps and misses a flick. Is hit on the borderline of off stump and the lbw shout goes up and is upheld. Devine calls for the review immediately. The biggest doubt was the point of contact. Ball-tracking shows she was hit in line with off stump, and there was no doubt about it hitting the stumps. Three reds light up. Devine and Bates have both gone for golden ducks. 6/25.2 short on fifth stump, slaps at this and miscues it toward the fielder Brown charging forward from the ring at mid-off. She dives and it looks live like it has clearly short-hopped her as the batters take a single. Australia don't even feign a celebration. But it's being referred to the third umpire anyway with a soft signal of not out on field by the umpires. Somehow this has stunningly been given out, with the third umpire saying over the microphone that she felt the fingers were clearly under the ball. 26/38.3 bullseye! Goes to sweep a fullish length ball on fourth stump, but it keeps low and spins in sharply underneath the shot with a faint bottom edge going onto leg stump. 51/57.1 length ball on fifth stump, heaved to wide long-on and they try to come back for a very tight two. McGrath has the ball in hand after the sharp relay arrives from Harris and the stumps are lit up with the bat appearing to be still on the line but not over the line. So a runout on the second run. They were not exactly busting it hard for the first run and it cost them in the end. 38/411.5 good length ball grips on the fifth stump line and spins in sharply while keeping low. Rowe goes back to defend and misses badly struck right in front of middle deep in the crease. LBW shout upheld immediately. Rowe refers this decision but it looks fairly hopeless. Three reds light up. New Zealand are out of reviews. 65/810.1 fullish length ball on the stumps, chips this tamely to midwicket in the ring, who jogs left for a simple catch in stride. 61/611.1 good length ball grips in the wicket and holds up before spinning in sharply from fifth stump, Tahuhu with a very tentative flick that lobs up off the toe toward Harris at short midwicket who shuffles left for another simple catch at chest height. 64/713.2 Bullseye! Length ball on fourth stump spinning sharply in toward leg. Kerr backs away to cut but misses and the ball pegs back the top of leg stump. 75/913.6 maiden five-wicket haul for Gardner to wipe out the Kiwis! Good length ball spins in sharply again from fifth stump, Carson makes the fatal error of going onto the back foot and plays around the ball. It nails her below the knee roll in front of middle and the lbw shout is upheld. 76/10Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL76 all out (14 Overs, RR: 5.42)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Suzie Bates, 0.1 ov), 2-6 (Sophie Devine, 0.5 ov), 3-26 (Bernadine Bezuidenhout, 5.2 ov), 4-38 (Maddy Green, 7.1 ov), 5-51 (Amelia Kerr, 8.3 ov), 6-61 (Hayley Jensen, 10.1 ov), 7-64 (Lea Tahuhu, 11.1 ov), 8-65 (Hannah Rowe, 11.5 ov), 9-75 (Jess Kerr, 13.2 ov), 10-76 (Eden Carson, 13.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Schutt 2 0 8 2 4.00 9 0 0 1 0 D Brown 4 1 11 1 2.75 18 1 0 0 0 JL Jonassen 1 0 11 0 11.00 1 2 0 0 0 EA Perry 1 0 4 1 4.00 3 0 0 0 0 AM King 2 0 16 0 8.00 1 1 0 0 0 TM McGrath 1 0 13 0 13.00 2 3 0 0 0 A Gardner 3 0 12 5 4.00 12 0 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
11 February 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia Women 2, New Zealand Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
- Australia Women: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (AJ Healy 22, MM Lanning 27, Ex 1)
- Australia Women: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 3
- AJ Healy: 50 off 35 balls (8 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (AJ Healy 26, EA Perry 24, Ex 0)
- Australia Women: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 4
- Over 17.4: Review by Australia Women (Batting), Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - EA Perry (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Australia Women - 173/9 in 20.0 overs (M Schutt 1, D Brown 6)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 0.5: Review by New Zealand Women (Batting), Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - SFM Devine (Struck down)
- Over 2.1: Review by Australia Women (Bowling), Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - B Bezuidenhout (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- New Zealand Women: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: New Zealand Women - 61/5 in 10.0 overs (HM Rowe 8, HNK Jensen 3)
- Over 11.5: Review by New Zealand Women (Batting), Umpire - N Perera, Batter - HM Rowe (Struck down)
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