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Match Details
AUS-W vs NZ-W, 3rd T20, NZW vs AUSW 2024 live
AUS-W
148-5(19.1)
Australia Women won by 5 wickets 🏆
NZ-W
(20.0)146-6
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P'ship : 11(6)
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That's it from our coverage of the third and final T20 international between Australia Women and New Zealand Women. Ninaad Dixit, Akshay Bhide and Paras Yadav signing off. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Alyssa Healy accepts the trophy and poses for the photographers with her teammates. All smiles as Australia Women win the T20I series by a 3-0 margin.
Alyssa Healy (Australia Women Captain): "A great result. This is what we wanted to do coming into the series. Great opportunity to come in as a group for the 6-8 months we have got.
Wareham is playing that role for us. We have lots of options with few players sitting on the sidelines as well. Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath didn't get to bowl today, we are very lucky to have plenty of options.
Not many of us played cricket in the UAE. The wickets are playing nicely with some high scoring and low scoring games as well. So looking forward to the tournament and playing different oppositions."
Wareham is playing that role for us. We have lots of options with few players sitting on the sidelines as well. Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath didn't get to bowl today, we are very lucky to have plenty of options.
Not many of us played cricket in the UAE. The wickets are playing nicely with some high scoring and low scoring games as well. So looking forward to the tournament and playing different oppositions."
Sophie Devine (New Zealand Women Captain): "Look, it's always disappointing losing like that. But full credit to Australia for the way they played. A big shoutout to Georgia for notching up a fifty against the best team in the world.
We have to be strategic. We don't have the depth like the other countries have and you have to back your players. We know Georgia has the capability and we have to back her.
To bat through and fight till the end against Australia is a big positive. Not many teams can do that. Those were tricky conditions with the dew around but we did well to stretch the game till the end. Happy with the preparation ahead of the World Cup."
We have to be strategic. We don't have the depth like the other countries have and you have to back your players. We know Georgia has the capability and we have to back her.
To bat through and fight till the end against Australia is a big positive. Not many teams can do that. Those were tricky conditions with the dew around but we did well to stretch the game till the end. Happy with the preparation ahead of the World Cup."
Ashleigh Gardner (Player of the Series): "We played really well across the three games but we have a lot to work in the lead up to the World Cup. Its been fantastic to see people come into the side and have an impact. Really nice to see Wareham come up at number 3 and putting the pressure back on the Kiwis.
I felt pretty scratchy to be honest with some inside and outside edges. The ball is coming out okay, its about executing at the right time. I have plans in place, its about making sure I execute them.
Dubai is an unknown place and it is exciting to play there. These 3 games kinda went to plan and playing against 4 different oppositions pose a different threat. We are looking ahead to continue the good form."
I felt pretty scratchy to be honest with some inside and outside edges. The ball is coming out okay, its about executing at the right time. I have plans in place, its about making sure I execute them.
Dubai is an unknown place and it is exciting to play there. These 3 games kinda went to plan and playing against 4 different oppositions pose a different threat. We are looking ahead to continue the good form."
Player of the Series: Ashleigh Gardner
Georgia Wareham (Player of the Match): "It was good fun. It's my strength to play in the powerplay and I enjoyed my time in the middle.
It's a great way to get into the World Cup and start the summer.
I certainly felt that the ball was coming out of the hand nicely.
It was the plan at the start of the series to take advantage of the powerplay and I had a good fun out there in the middle. I had the lincence to play freely. But with the batting line-up of our side, anyone can come in and fill in the role."
It's a great way to get into the World Cup and start the summer.
I certainly felt that the ball was coming out of the hand nicely.
It was the plan at the start of the series to take advantage of the powerplay and I had a good fun out there in the middle. I had the lincence to play freely. But with the batting line-up of our side, anyone can come in and fill in the role."
Player of the Match: Georgia Wareham
5:59 PM IST, 10:29 PM Local Time: Time for the post-match presentation.
5:53 PM IST, 10:23 PM Local Time: 10th consecutive T20I defeat for New Zealand as they go down against Australia by 5 wickets at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
New Zealand won the toss, opted to bat first and scored 146/6 on the back of Georgia Plimmer's maiden T20I fifty (53 off 48) and 40 from Amelia Kerr. Georgia Wareham and Annabel Sutherland picked up a couple of wickets apiece for the hosts.
Australia started off well despite Beth Mooney sent back in the powerplay by Eden Carson. Alyssa Healy scored 27 with Wareham (26 off 16)getting a promotion at number 3.
Ellyse Perry top scored with 36 off 29 balls and added 61 runs with Ashleigh Gardner (33 off 26) for the 4th wicket before Fran Jonas brought the Kiwis back in the game removing Perry and then Carson chipping with Gardner's wicket in the 19th over.
Phoebe Litchfield and Tahlia McGrath held their nerves and with 10 needed off 11 balls completed the task with 5 balls to spare. A few more runs from the Kiwis could have seen the tables turn their way.
Eden Carson (2/29) was the pick of the bowlers, Fran Jonas (1/27) and Rosemary Mair (0/19) tried to restrict the scoring but the experienced Perry and Gardner in their partnership took the game away from the visitors.
New Zealand won the toss, opted to bat first and scored 146/6 on the back of Georgia Plimmer's maiden T20I fifty (53 off 48) and 40 from Amelia Kerr. Georgia Wareham and Annabel Sutherland picked up a couple of wickets apiece for the hosts.
Australia started off well despite Beth Mooney sent back in the powerplay by Eden Carson. Alyssa Healy scored 27 with Wareham (26 off 16)getting a promotion at number 3.
Ellyse Perry top scored with 36 off 29 balls and added 61 runs with Ashleigh Gardner (33 off 26) for the 4th wicket before Fran Jonas brought the Kiwis back in the game removing Perry and then Carson chipping with Gardner's wicket in the 19th over.
Phoebe Litchfield and Tahlia McGrath held their nerves and with 10 needed off 11 balls completed the task with 5 balls to spare. A few more runs from the Kiwis could have seen the tables turn their way.
Eden Carson (2/29) was the pick of the bowlers, Fran Jonas (1/27) and Rosemary Mair (0/19) tried to restrict the scoring but the experienced Perry and Gardner in their partnership took the game away from the visitors.
OVER 20
Australia Women
148/5
Tahlia McGrath
6(3)
Phoebe Litchfield
5(7)
Brooke Halliday
0-4(0.1)
McGrath finishes things in style. Australia win the third T20I by five wickets and complete a clean-sweep.
19.1 B Halliday to T McGrath
4 FOUR RUNS! It's all over! Australia win by 5 wickets! Over the stumps. Short and outside the off stump, a loosener to begin the final over. McGrath is back inside the crease, shuffles her stumps and pulls in the air and square in the on side. One bounce and four with the field brought inside! Australia win the series 3-0!
Australia Women require 3 runs from the final over. Brooke Halliday has been handed the responsibility of bowling the final six deliveries. This is her first over of the night.
OVER 19
Australia Women
144/5
Phoebe Litchfield
5(7)
Tahlia McGrath
2(2)
Eden Carson
2-29(4.0)
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