Australia Women vs New Zealand Women: Match Preview & Live Updates

Australia Women vs New Zealand Women: The country kickstarts the game with a bang thanks to captain Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield who both hit a succession of boundaries. But New Zealand came back and Bree Illing got the Healy wicket. The Women in Yellow have an impressive ODI history with New Zealand with the last 15 matches being won. Stunningly the White Ferns have not won in the format against Australia since 2017.

Scorecard of the match between Australia women national cricket team and New Zealand women national cricket team.

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In the 12.5 over, Sophie Devine received the ball being bowled by Annabel Sutherland and she wards it off without a single point. In the 12.3, Annabel Sutherland bowls to Sophie Devine who defends it back to the bowler scoring no run.

Australia suffered a big blow when the Grace Harris was ruled out of the world cup due to a calf strain. On the brighter side, Sophie Molineux and leg-spinner Georgia Wareham, who have returned after breaking their leg, are all in dangerous spin attack with Alana King.

Their stocks on pace are full of Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath and Darcie Brown waiting to be selected.

Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield are a formidable batting line.

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The seven time champions will long to take advantage of the familiar conditions, having played an ODI series against India in the run-up to the big tournament.

New Zealand is however, no light matter. They add the experience of Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr and Lea Tahuhu to the futures of youngsters such as Georgia Plimmer and Izzy Gaze.

New Zealand will also attempt another upset after its hard training sessions in Chennai and Abu Dhabi, and they remember their T20 victory last year.

Bowlers in New Zealand were weighed down by a huge task of taking on the Australian onslaught. They were unable to control the run rate, although their lines and lengths were good. Lea Tahuhu and Jess Kerr had three wickets each, Bree Illing and Amelia Kerr had two wickets each, yet the Aussies went beyond 320 runs.

The innings of Australia started with an explosive performance by captain Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield who made 40 before Healy was hit down by a 19. Although a number of batters got off to starts, the innings was anchored by Ashleigh Gardner, who scored a phenomenal century at over 130 strike rate. Kim Garth too gave a good performance of 30s.

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