- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.2 goes straight up, and Mooney bites the dust! Floated up beautifully on a length just outside off. Mooney hares down but is beaten in the flight completely. Has to reach out well in front and she slices across it terribly. Bates runs back from mid off and takes it confidently in front of her face while falling back! Vital wicket at this stage! 160/35.1 banged into the track just outside off. Voll has a swipe across the line and is beaten by the extra pace and bounce. But hang on...New Zealand think Voll might have nicked this, and they have gone upstairs. The ball is quite close to the bat, and there are murmurs all the way through, although there is a more discernible spike when the ball is next to the bat. Decision overturned, and Devine has broken this stand. Excellent grab by Inglis too! 57/113.2 straight to long on! Litchfield has to go! Right in the slot on middle and leg. Litchfield plants her front foot and looks to step-hit. Does not get all of it and arrows it straight to Kerr, stationed well inside the fence. The Kerr sisters in action, and New Zealand have their second wicket! 126/2Extras14 (lb 5, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL204/3 (20 Overs, RR: 10.2)Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Georgia Voll, 5.1 ov), 2-126 (Phoebe Litchfield, 13.2 ov), 3-160 (Beth Mooney, 16.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Kerr 4 0 39 1 9.75 7 6 0 0 1 EJ Carson 2 0 21 0 10.5 4 4 0 0 0 RA Mair 3 0 33 0 11 6 3 1 3 0 LMM Tahuhu 2 0 25 0 12.5 4 4 0 2 0 SFM Devine 3 0 38 1 12.66 5 7 0 2 0 AC Kerr 4 0 27 1 6.75 6 2 0 0 0 SW Bates 2 0 16 0 8 5 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 knocks her over! Alana King with a moment of magic early! Flighted up nicely on a length on leg stump. Bates has a huge swipe across the line and misses it completely, largely because she could not get close enough to the ball. A bit of pin-balling thereafter, with the ball clipping the back thigh before hitting off stump. Inspired decision to make King bowl the second, and Australia are on the board! 13/14.4 cleans her up! Back of a length just outside off and this decks back sharply. Plimmer shapes to cut but the ball was neither short nor wide enough to be playing that stroke. No footwork either, and the ball crashes into the top of off stump. Brilliant bowling and Plimmer, after a promising beginning, has to walk back! 38/213.5 miscued, and one leg-spinning wizard gets the other leg-spinning wizard! King dangles the carrot on a length on off. Bowled from wider of the crease too, meaning Kerr was fighting against the drift and the turn playing the slog-sweep. Cannot control it and Perry makes no mistake on the deep mid wicket fence! 112/74.5 nicked and gone! That has hit the bat alright, and Devine departs for a golden duck! Back of a length outside off, bowled with a wobble-seam. Seems to hit the seam and then moves away, while also bouncing a tad extra. Devine gets a thick outside edge while attempting to cut it away and Australia are delighted. That is a big moment in this game! 39/36.1 and just like that, Sutherland has three! Zipped in full just outside leg. Halliday advances, aiming to go downtown. Does not get enough elevation, though, and hits it straight down McGrath's throat. Catching practice for the Australia captain, and this NZ chase is flagging really rapidly! 45/411.4 trapped right in front, and the finger goes up! Green reviews because, well, why not! Zipped in very full on middle and off stump. Green pre-meditates the reverse-sweep and gets into an awful tangle. Misses the ball entirely and gets pinged on the back leg, probably in front of off stump. This could be curtains for Green, unless she has hit it. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking projects the ball to be hitting off stump! Wareham in on the wicket-taking act too! 87/513.3 what a catch by Annabel Sutherland! Tossed up full on leg stump. Jess lines up the slog-sweep and gets a good chunk of it. Not enough elevation to clear the sweeper, though. Sutherland tracks the trajectory perfectly and then times her leap to absolute perfection. The ball lodges right in the middle of her palms, and NZ are six down! 109/614.2 straight to Voll, and that is unlucky for Inglis! Angled in on a length on middle and leg. Inglis gets into position for the reverse-lap and nails it. The only issue, though, is that she also picks out Voll on the circle in the short third region. Fairly regulation catch, and Australia now just two wickets away from an unassailable lead in this series! 115/814.5 slower ball launched straight to Sutherland! She is not going to drop that - not in a million years! On a length just outside off. Tahuhu's eyes light up but the lack of pace leads to her undoing. A rather tame attempt at a slog and Sutherland does the rest well inside the wide long on fence! 116/916.1 History for Australia! They have finally won a WT20I series in New Zealand, and bluntly put, that has never seemed in doubt all series! And Sutherland, who has been superb today, uproots off stump and lands the final and fitting blow! Back of a length just outside off. A bit of nip back in and Carson is incredibly late on the cut. Swishes at thin air and sees her off stump in a mess soon after. Sutherland bags the best-bowling figures ever for an Australian in WT20Is in New Zealand, and Australia seal this series at an absolute canter! 122/10Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL122 all out (16.1 Overs, RR: 7.54)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Suzie Bates, 1.2 ov), 2-38 (Georgia Plimmer, 4.4 ov), 3-39 (Sophie Devine, 4.5 ov), 4-45 (Brooke Halliday, 6.1 ov), 5-87 (Maddy Green, 11.4 ov), 6-109 (Jess Kerr, 13.3 ov), 7-112 (Amelia Kerr, 13.5 ov), 8-115 (Polly Inglis, 14.2 ov), 9-116 (Lea Tahuhu, 14.5 ov), 10-122 (Eden Carson, 16.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KJ Garth 3 0 40 0 13.33 4 8 0 0 0 AM King 4 0 27 3 6.75 8 1 0 1 0 D Brown 4 0 23 2 5.75 12 3 0 0 0 A Sutherland 2.1 0 8 4 3.69 9 0 0 4 0 G Wareham 2 0 15 1 7.5 2 1 0 1 0 TM McGrath 1 0 8 0 8 1 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia Women led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.45 start, First Session 14.45-16.15, Interval 16.15-17.35, Second Session 17.35-19.05
Match days
23 March 2025 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 67 runs, 1 wicket)
- Australia Women: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (BL Mooney 16, G Voll 36, Ex 1)
- Over 5.1: Review by New Zealand Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SB Haig, Batter - G Voll (Upheld)
- Drinks: Australia Women - 99/1 in 10.0 overs (BL Mooney 36, P Litchfield 22)
- Australia Women: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (BL Mooney 16, P Litchfield 28, Ex 8)
- BL Mooney: 50 off 33 balls (7 x 4)
- Over 14.2: Review by New Zealand Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - T Semmens, Batter - BL Mooney (Struck down)
- Australia Women: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 11
- Over 16.3: Review by Australia Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - T Semmens, Batter - A Sutherland (Upheld)
- The over-rate penalty has been imposed at 19.1
- Australia Women: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 14
- Innings Break: Australia Women - 204/3 in 20.0 overs (EA Perry 29, A Sutherland 23)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 3 wickets)
- New Zealand Women: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 5
- Over 9.1: Review by Australia Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - T Semmens, Batter - AC Kerr (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: New Zealand Women - 71/4 in 10.0 overs (AC Kerr 31, ML Green 8)
- Over 11.4: Review by New Zealand Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - T Semmens, Batter - ML Green (Struck down)
- New Zealand Women: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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