11/02Result
3rd Match, Group 1 (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Paarl, Feb 11 2023
AUS Women won by 97 runs
Player of the Match
Ashleigh GardnerAustralia Women
11/02Result
3rd Match, Group 1 (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Paarl, Feb 11 2023
AUS Women won by 97 runs
Player of the Match
Ashleigh GardnerAustralia Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 173/9 | RR: 8.65

  • Darcie Brown6 (2b)
  • Megan Schutt1 (1b)
  • Jess Kerr4-0-30-1
  • Hayley Jensen4-0-39-1

8.30 pm New Zealand nearly bowl out Australia, and yet Australia manage to post their highest ever total against New Zealand in Women's T20Is. The previous best was a total of 166 for 9 at Invercargill in 2011, a day when Australia held on to win by three runs defending that total. Can the defending T20 World Cup champs defend this total?

Alyssa Healy: "I think it can be enough if we bowl like we know we can. But we left a few out there losing wickets at the end. I didn't know how long I had left in me out there and was a little big gassed after not playing for awhile. I think it's a reasonable total. I think we saw Lea Tahuhu get a little bit of indifferent bounce using a scrambled seam so our bowlers might try a few different things."

19.6
4
JM Kerr to Brown, FOUR, full outside leg, backs away to loft this inside out over extra cover. No protection on the off side cover rope and it goes into the foam triangle.
19.5
2
JM Kerr to Brown, 2 runs, back of a length on the stumps, backs away and punches this away for two.
19.4
W
JM Kerr to McGrath, OUT, 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.

TM McGrath c Devine b JM Kerr 8 (14m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 114.28

19.3
0
JM Kerr to McGrath, no run, shuffles across her stumps, goes to heave and misses off the thigh flicking through to the keeper.
19.2
1
JM Kerr to Schutt, 1 run, full on the wide guideline, Schutt shuffles across to heave to deep midwicket for one.
19.1
1
JM Kerr to McGrath, 1 run, good length ball on leg stump, McGrath backs away to punch to long-off for one.

END OF OVER:
19 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 165/8 | RR: 8.68

  • Tahlia McGrath7 (4b)
  • Hayley Jensen4-0-39-1
  • Amelia Kerr4-0-23-3
18.6
W
Jensen to King, OUT, 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.

AM King c Tahuhu b Jensen 1 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

18.5
1
Jensen to McGrath, 1 run, back of a length on leg stump, follows McGrath backing away and cramps her for room fighting off the delivery to mid-off for one.
18.4
1
Jensen to King, 1 run, full on sixth stump, driven in the air to long-off for one.
18.3
0
Jensen to King, no run, good length ball on off, punched back to the bowler.
18.2
1
Jensen to McGrath, 1 run, good length ball on off, tapped into the off side for one.
18.1
4
Jensen to McGrath, FOUR, full on leg stump, McGrath backs away from leg to drive inside out through cover to the rope. Weak effort from Jess Kerr on the ring at cover, who gave it more of a red matador cape letting it go past her to the rope.

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | AUS-W: 158/7 | RR: 8.77

  • Tahlia McGrath1 (1b)
  • Amelia Kerr4-0-23-3
  • Hayley Jensen3-0-32-0
17.6
W
AC Kerr to Jonassen, OUT, 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.

JL Jonassen c Green b AC Kerr 0 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

17.5
0
AC Kerr to Jonassen, no run, full on the stumps, defended back to the bowler.

Jonassen enters.

If only New Zealand had called for a review when Perry was on 11. She goes on to add 29 more runs at a strike rate just under 200.

17.4
W
AC Kerr to Perry, OUT, 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.

EA Perry lbw b AC Kerr 40 (33m 22b 3x4 2x6) SR: 181.81

17.3
6
AC Kerr to Perry, SIX, full on sixth stump, charges again and this time connects sweetly with a lofted drive over extra cover that lands just over the rope for six.
17.2
0
AC Kerr to Perry, no run, short and wide, Perry charges before going back to her crease and cuts straight to backward point for none.
17.1
0
AC Kerr to Perry, no run, Perry charges a full ball on sixth stump and drives straight to extra cover for a dot.

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 152/5 | RR: 8.94

  • Ellyse Perry34 (18b)
  • Tahlia McGrath1 (1b)
  • Hayley Jensen3-0-32-0
  • Lea Tahuhu4-0-37-3
16.6
1
Jensen to Perry, 1 run, short on the stumps, flicked to deep square leg for one.
16.5
1
Jensen to McGrath, 1 run, back of a length on middle, flicked into midwicket for one.
16.5
1w
Jensen to McGrath, 1 wide, good length ball tailing past the hips for a wide.
16.4
1
Jensen to Perry, 1 run, full on the stumps, flicked to the leg side for one.
16.3
W
Jensen to Harris, 1 run, OUT, 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.

GM Harris run out 14 (7m 6b 3x4 0x6) SR: 233.33

16.2
4
Jensen to Harris, FOUR, full on leg stump, flicks this effortlessly in the gap between deep midwicket and deep square leg to the rope.

NZ Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5SW BatesSFM Devine
2nd1SFM DevineB Bezuidenhout
3rd20B BezuidenhoutAC Kerr
4th12ML GreenAC Kerr
5th13HM RoweAC Kerr
6th10HNK JensenHM Rowe
7th3LMM TahuhuHM Rowe
8th1HM RoweJM Kerr
9th10JM KerrEJ Carson
10th1EJ CarsonFC Jonas