New Zealand Women v Australia Women, 1st ODI: Australia win to beat record

Australia's women set a new world record for consecutive ODI victories with a six-wicket win over New Zealand.

 

Match Summary

New Zealand Women 212/10 (48.5 ov)

Australia Women 215/4 (38.3 ov)

Result - Australia Women won by 6 wickets

Scorecard

 

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Celebrating the @AusWomenCricket team's historic feat.

— ICC (@ICC) April 4, 2021

Match Highlights

New Zealand were all out for 212 with seven balls left in their 50 overs.

Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner both hit half-centuries to guide Australia home with almost 12 overs to spare.

Gardner finished the match with a six that took her to an unbeaten 53 off 41 balls.

New Zealand Innings - Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Hayley Jensen - 1.1 ov), 2-69 (Amy Satterthwaite - 19.3 ov), 3-159 (Amelia Kerr - 37.1 ov), 4-166 (Katey Martin - 38.4 ov), 5-168 (Lauren Down - 39.3 ov), 6-185 (Brooke Halliday - 42.3 ov), 7-197 (Maddy Green - 45.3 ov), 8-205 (Jess Kerr - 47.2 ov), 9-211 (Hannah Rowe - 48.4 ov), 10-212 (Rosemary Mair - 48.5 ov)

Australia - Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Rachael Haynes - 6.2 ov), 2-37 (Meg Lanning - 8.6 ov), 3-115 (Alyssa Healy - 22.3 ov), 4-136 (Beth Mooney - 25.4 ov)

Player of the Match - Megan Schutt

Record – It was Australia Women’s 22nd successive win, which beat the record for the longest winning streak held by Ricky Ponting's Australia men's team since 2003.

 

Playing XIs

New Zealand Women - Hayley Jensen, Lauren Down, Amy Satterthwaite(c), Amelia Kerr, Katey Martin(wk), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair

Australia Women - Alyssa Healy(wk), Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning(c), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Tayla Vlaeminck

 

 

Match Details

Date - 2021-04-03 23:00:00

Venue - Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui,

Toss - Australia Women won the toss & elected to field

Officials: Christopher Brown, Kim Cotton, Eugene Sanders, Kannan Jagannathan, Gary Baxter

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