- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 another one. Healy goes. Kasperek on fire. Australia in early trouble. Healy uses her feet and converts lots of flight into a full toss. Looks to go over mid-on but doesn't get enough of it. Straight down the throat of mid-on. A much simpler take. 2/21.4 not bad intent but poor execution from Villani. Runs down but doesn't get to the pitch of the ball, ends up lobbing the ball with the bat turning in her hand. Mid-on backtracks and takes a good catch. 2/14 yikes, Kasperek has another. And Australia are sinking fast. Too fast. Flat delivery outside off, Osborne plays for a bit of turn and the ball sneaks away to get the outside edge. A thin nick is taken well. 4/42.2 is that out? Hesitation and Lanning doesn't look too confident. In fact, she is walking off. Yup, gone by a mile. Flat delivery on middle, worked away to midwicket. Lanning looks at her partner and hesitates for a crucial second. She decides to go on with the run but by that time, the pick up is clean and the return to the keeper is good. 2/317 slower offcutter and given. Looked out too. Slower offcutter on off and middle, Perry looks for a fine paddle sweep. And she misses. The umpire thinks for a while before raising the finger. Big wicket again. 79/611 whew, ripping turn. Flat delivery on middle and leg, Blackwell shuffles across but the ball rips to off and Blackwell is comprehensively beaten. Clips the off stump. Big wicket 30/518 bowled. Another timely wicket that. Flat delivery on off, Jonassen goes for an ugly hoick and misses it. Clips the off stump. 84/719.1 oh what a fantastic catch. Slowish on off, Schutt comes down and mis-times the lofted drive. The ball is dipping late but long-on runs in and takes a stunner. Low to the ground. Easy to have given the run but she went for the catch and took it. Exceptional 96/8Extras6 (b 1, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL103/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.15)Did not bat: L CheatleFall of wickets: 1-2 (Elyse Villani, 1.4 ov), 2-2 (Alyssa Healy, 1.5 ov), 3-2 (Meg Lanning, 2.2 ov), 4-4 (Erin Osborne, 3.6 ov), 5-30 (Alex Blackwell, 10.6 ov), 6-79 (Ellyse Perry, 16.6 ov), 7-84 (Jess Jonassen, 17.6 ov), 8-96 (Megan Schutt, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJG Nielsen 4 0 4 0 1.00 1 0 LM Kasperek 4 0 13 3 3.25 0 0 EM Bermingham 4 0 23 2 5.75 1 0 SFM Devine 4 0 25 1 6.25 2 0 AE Satterthwaite 3 0 24 1 8.00 0 0 SW Bates 1 0 13 0 13.00 0 1
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.2 very slow again and played away to point for a quick run. A clearly misjudged run because Bates has been caught well short. A superb pick up from point and a direct hit at the striker's end finds Bates short. A humongous wicket for Australia. 61/27.5 big wicket. Priest's attacking mindset got the better of her. A slow delivery on off and Priest goes for another slog sweep. This time, it lobs up off the top edge, towards midwicket. Good take. Will this keep Australia in it? 58/115.3 gone. Devine looks to go down the ground but some away movement takes the outside edge which spoons up for third man to take, tracking back. 102/412.3 what a take from Healy, absolutely splendid. Not easy at all. Flat delivery outside off which rips past the inside edge. McGlashan was looking to go down the ground and misses it comfortably. The ball spins past leg stump but Healy takes it with such ease and whips off the bails. Up there with the best 74/3Extras3 (b 2, lb 1)TOTAL104/4 (16.2 Overs, RR: 6.36)Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Rachel Priest, 7.5 ov), 2-61 (Suzie Bates, 9.2 ov), 3-74 (Sara McGlashan, 12.3 ov), 4-102 (Sophie Devine, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JL Jonassen 4 0 19 0 4.75 0 0 EA Perry 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 0 KM Beams 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0 M Schutt 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0 EA Osborne 3.2 0 23 1 6.90 0 0 L Cheatle 2 0 11 1 5.50 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15:30 start First Session 15.30-16.55, Interval 16.55-17.15, Second Session 17.15-18.40
Match days
21 March 2016 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand Women 2, Australia Women 0
Match Coverage
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