ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024: Australia Women vs New Zealand Women Match Preview, ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024

10th T20 • Sharjah Cricket Stadium • Sharjah

Australia Women

148/8 (20)

New Zealand Women

88 (19.2)

AUS-W won by 60 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

08 Oct, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports Network

Match

10th T20,

ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Sue Redfern (England), Vrinda Rathi (India), Anna Harris (England, TV)

Referee

GS Lakshmi (India)

Toss

Australia Women elected to bat

Pitch Report

Same pitch as the last night. Four metres between off and on side. Straight on is 73m. It has been 44 wickets for 136 overs in Sharjah, so once every three overs which is one lesser than Dubai. The bounce is lower than Dubai too. But if you look at the pitch, there's grass all along. It'll hold good. Will there be spin, yes? But we'll get more than 124 runs scored here today.

1st Innings

117Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

99.22Avg SR

2nd Innings

104Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

97.68Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AUS-W

8- 2

NZ-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Australia Women

New Zealand Women

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sophie Devine

NZ-W . ALL

57 Runs

1 Match

Georgia Plimmer

NZ-W . BAT

34 Runs

1 Match

Suzie Bates

NZ-W . BAT

27 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Rosemary Mair

NZ-W . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Lea Tahuhu

NZ-W . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Eden Carson

NZ-W . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

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Venue Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

117Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

99.22Avg SR

2nd Innings

104Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

97.68Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

75%Bat First Bowl First25%

Team Batting First

70%Wins Losses30%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 5 • Oct 5 • ICC Women's T20 World Cup

AUS-W 94/4 (14.2)

SL-W 93/7 (20)

AUS-W won by 6 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Australia Women

New Zealand Women

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AUS-W

8- 2

NZ-W

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

142

Average Score

125

163/5

Highest Score

160/4

94/4

Lowest Score

42/5

Player of the Match Megan Schutt

3/3

Player of the Series Amelia Kerr

AUS-W

NZ-W

Info

Australia Women

148/8 (20)

Batters

Alyssa Healy

(C)

130.00

c G Plimmer b R Mair

Beth Mooney

125.00

c M Green b AC Kerr

Ellyse Perry

125.00

b AC Kerr

Phoebe Litchfield

100.00

c AC Kerr b B Halliday

Grace Harris

0.00

b AC Kerr

Ashleigh Gardner

75.00

c F Jonas b R Mair

Georgia Wareham

80.00

c LMM Tahuhu b AC Kerr

Tahlia McGrath

128.57

Not out

Annabel Sutherland

66.67

st I Gaze b B Halliday

Sophie Molineux

233.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.4)

148/8

Did not Bat

Megan Schutt

Bowlers

EXT

5.50

9.00

8.33

7.33

6.50

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Alyssa Healy

c G Plimmer b R Mair

1-41

5.2

Beth Mooney

c M Green b AC Kerr

2-86

11.4

Ellyse Perry

b AC Kerr

3-109

13.5

Grace Harris

b AC Kerr

4-109

13.6

Phoebe Litchfield

c AC Kerr b B Halliday

5-121

16.1

Georgia Wareham

c LMM Tahuhu b AC Kerr

6-129

17.3

Ashleigh Gardner

c F Jonas b R Mair

7-131

18.1

Annabel Sutherland

st I Gaze b B Halliday

8-138

19.1

New Zealand Women

88/10 (19.2)

Batters

Suzie Bates

74.07

b S Molineux

Georgia Plimmer

57.14

b M Schutt

Amelia Kerr

93.55

c A Sutherland b M Schutt

Sophie Devine

(C)

46.67

b S Molineux

Brooke Halliday

50.00

c S Molineux b G Wareham

Maddy Green

33.33

b A Sutherland

Izzy Gaze

0.00

lbw b A Sutherland

Lea Tahuhu

110.00

b T McGrath

Rosemary Mair

100.00

b A Sutherland

Eden Carson *

45.45

b M Schutt

Fran Jonas

60.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(19.2 Ov, RR: 4.55)

88/10

Bowlers

EXT

Megan Schutt

3.2

0.90

3.75

5.25

7.33

5.25

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Georgia Plimmer

b M Schutt

1-7

2.2

Suzie Bates

b S Molineux

2-54

10.1

Amelia Kerr

c A Sutherland b M Schutt

3-56

11.3

Brooke Halliday

c S Molineux b G Wareham

4-59

12.4

Maddy Green

b A Sutherland

5-60

13.1

Izzy Gaze

lbw b A Sutherland

6-60

13.2

Lea Tahuhu

b T McGrath

7-75

15.5

Rosemary Mair

b A Sutherland

8-78

16.2

Sophie Devine

b S Molineux

9-81

17.1

Eden Carson

b M Schutt

10-88

19.2

Match Info

Date & Time

08 Oct, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports Network

Match

10th T20,

ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Sue Redfern (England), Vrinda Rathi (India), Anna Harris (England, TV)

Referee

GS Lakshmi (India)

Toss

Australia Women elected to bat

1 W 1wd 1 1 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 4

W 1 0 0 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 2

1 1 1 1 1 0

Over 19

Runs: 5

0 W

Over 20

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Megan Schutt

3/3

Player of the Series Amelia Kerr

Commentary

With this win, the defending champions are now sitting pretty at the apex spot of the points table. However, they key takeaway from this match is the modification for both teams in the NRR coloumn. Australia have surged ahead of everyone else with a positive net run rate of 2.52, while New Zealand's has plummeted to -0.05. Remember, it could be a crucial metric in deciding the semifinalists at the end of the group stage. We hope you enjoyed the coverage. That is it for tonight. Join us back tomorrow for more action from ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024. For now, it is the pair of Darpan Tikiya and Rudransh Khurana signing off! Sayonara!

Alyssa Healy [Australian Captain]: We were a bit disappointed at the half-way mark. We could have closed it better. But we did well to come out on top. There was a bit of extra bounce on the wicket today. We will reassess. We know what teams would now dish out to us at the backend. But on this wicket, we knew 150 was enough. So we just needed to hang in there. Schutt has been awesome for us in World Cups. Also, Sutherland's over changed the game for us.

Sophie Devine [New Zealand Captain]: We needed a good start. We let the required run rate get too big. In this sort of a match, the run rate can creep up too quickly. Disappointing night. But we are not going to get too bogged down. We got ourselves in a big hole which is not ideal against the best team in the world. With the ball we strangled too far away from the stumps. We were better against India in that aspect. Net run rate was a discussion point. But I think at the end of the day, we were not good enough. Still two games to go. We don't want to look too far ahead. Sri Lanka is now our most important game of the tournament.

Megan Schutt (Player of the Match for her 3/3): I feel like I have lost a few litres. It was a crucial match after the way they played against India. The plans ebbed and flowed, initially we thought to get 160 then 150. But we knew if we can get some wickets in the powerplay we'd be able to put the squeeze in the middle-overs. I haven't changed much, it's just about doing the simple things. I knew it'd be good if I kept stumps in play. We have a big emphasis on our fitness leading up to the tournament. We are focussing on enjoying our success. For a lot of girls it's their first World Cup, it's important to enjoy as well; we are taking it one day at a time!

Australia win by 60 runs.

Beth Mooney 40 (32) | Megan Schutt 3/3 (3.2)
Amelia Kerr 29 (31) & 4/26 (4)

This is Australia's 13th consecutive victory in ICC Women's T20 World Cups and it has been yet another night of dominance. Alyssa Healy won the toss, elected to bat first and despite the late order collapse, Australia managed to put up a competitive total on the board. Mooney led the way with a sturdy innings of 40 (32), while experienced players Healy and Perry too chipped in with vital contributions.

At one stage, it seemed as if Australia would be able to get themselves to 160, but a fine spell of wrist spin from Amelia Kerr pegged them back as they collapsed from 109/2 to 138/8.

However, the defending champions were clinical with the ball. They knew that the surface was on the slower side and hence, did not give much pace for the NZ batters to work with. Their lines were largely wicket to wicket and coupled with the brilliance in ground fielding that they put on display, White Ferns found it hard to get any sort of momentum in the innings.

In the end, the takeaway from this match is not just the two points for the Aussies but also, the huge dent they have inflicted upon New Zealand's net run rate.

19.2 Megan Schutt to Eden Carson, ALL OVER! Full and sneaks it in on middle and leg, Carson looks to hoick it across the line but loses her shape and is caught too deep in her crease. The stumps are knocked over for the seventh time in this innings and this time, fatally for New Zealand.

Eden Carson b Megan Schutt 5 (11b, 0x4, 0x6)

19.1 Megan Schutt to Eden Carson, length ball on off, defended back easily

Megan Schutt [3-0-2-3] to finish things off.

Gardner caps off a night of ordinary returns for her personally. She didn't score much with the bat and has gone wicketless with the ball.

overs

88 /9 score