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Key occasions
eighth over: Australia 81-1 (Mooney 26, Litchfield 16) Extra unfastened bowling from New Zealand! This time it’s Eden Carson who finishes a blended bag over with a full toss on Litchfield’s pads. The ball is smashed to the sq. leg boundary.
seventh over: Australia 72-1 (Mooney 23, Litchfield 10) A extra sedate over for the guests as they transfer out of the ability play and into regulation mode. Three singles ensue till Amelia Kerr rips one throughout Mooney and hams her up. There’s an inside edge into her pad however the ball flies over the keeper. Shut!
sixth over: Australia 67-1 (Mooney 20, Litchfield 8) New batter is Phoebe Litchfield and the 21-year-old will get off the mark in fashion with a gift-wrapped ball on the pads that she rolls her wrists on and clips it behind sq. for a simple boundary! Oh no, a misfield at lengthy leg has turned a single right into a 4. That’s the top of the ability play for Australia.
WICKET! Voll c Inglis b Devine 36 (Australia 57-1)
Voll is gone! Sophie Devine had simply dropped a catch on the fence however she received her revenge with the primary ball of her bowling spell, digging one in brief and drawing the sting from Georgia Voll’s tried swipe throughout the road. Preliminary determination was not out and it rose so sharply it should’ve been near a no ball. However New Zealand evaluation and it’s profitable. The harmful Queensland opener is gone!
fifth over: Australia 57-0 (Mooney 20, Voll 36) Skied however secure! New bowler Lea Tahuhu pinged it in slightly slower on off stump and drew the false stroke. The tried pull shot got here off the toe of Voll’s bat however nonetheless had sufficient timber on it to clear the fielder at wonderful leg. The Australians take two. Now Mooney will get width and finds the fence. Tahuhu tries to waft it wider exterior off however Voll swings exhausting and excessive. It ought to be caught… however it’s dropped by Sophie Devine! And to salt the wound 4 turns into six because the dropped catch flies over the rope.
4th over: Australia 43-0 (Mooney 9, Voll 33) Bowling change for New Zealand. It will likely be Rosemary Mair. First ball is extensive down legside and Voll works the second behind sq. for 2. Mair now goes extensive exterior off and Voll provides it the axeman’s jazz however can’t pierce the sector. Once more, Mair strays extensive down leg and Voll doesn’t miss out, swatting it off the hip for one more once-bounce boundary into the wonderful leg fence. And once more! This one is precision blended with energy because the Toowoomba twister thumps it to the fence between cowl and further cowl. Ouch! Australia’s run-rate has rocketed to 10.75.
third over: Australia 32-0 (Mooney 9, Voll 23) Jess Kerr returns and Mooney greets her with a ripped boundary over mid-on. A fast single brings Voll on strike and she or he will get down on one knee and thumps it over mid wicket! Georgia Voll is on hearth at the moment.
2nd over: Australia 22-0 (Mooney 4, Voll 18) Good attacking transfer from the house facet as leg spinner Eden Carson will get the second over. First ball nonetheless is a protracted hop and Voll sweeps it over her left shoulder for a boundary. A single from the second. Mooney swats sq. for one more straightforward run. Now some flip for Carson! That ball pitched and gripped, capturing low and straight and Voll needed to chop down to stop her citadel exploding. Carson tries the identical trick however Voll is prepared for this one. Bang! She cuts for 4. And wallop! One other quick ball is met by Voll’s quick crouch and crunching cross bat shot. 4!
1st over: Australia 8-0 (Mooney 3, Voll 5) Mooney works Kerr’s second supply for a single. Voll take an aerial aproach, getting down on one knee and slog sweeping for a boundary. She follows it up with a swipe that bounces awkwardly for the sq. fielder. They pinch a run. Sturdy begin for the guests.
Right here come the Australian openers Beth Mooney, in her 111th match, and her rookie associate Georgia Voll. For New Zealand it is going to Jess Kerr, in her fortieth T20, opening the bowling. Right here we go, of us!
We now have blue skies at Mount Maunganui because the gamers take the sector.
Our officers for at the moment’s fixture are umpires Shaun Haig & Tina Semmens with Kim Cotton as third umpire and Richard Hayward because the match referee.
A stirring rendition of Advance Australia Honest rings out as sturdy winds stir the flags.
Listed below are the 11 ladies charged with maintaining the sequence alive for New Zealand: Suzie Bates (c), Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Inexperienced, Jess Kerr, Polly Inglis (wk), Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair, Eden Carson
Right here’s how the primary recreation of this sequence unfolded…
Australia have gained the toss and elected to bat first
As predicted Alana King has are available for the injured Ash Gardner.
Australia’s XI appears to be like like this: Beth Mooney (wk), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath (c), Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Darcie Brown
Preamble
Angus Fontaine
Hiya cricket followers. Welcome to the Guardian’s stay protection of the second ladies’s T20 worldwide between Australia and New Zealand at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.
Australia lead the three-match sequence 1-0 after a thumping eight-wicket conquer the T20 world champions New Zealand at Eden Park on Friday.
That victory was led by Beth Mooney and Georgia Voll’s unbroken 77 run stand in the course of the six overs of the power-play. The blitzkrieg partnership fired Australia to inside 25 runs of their goal by the midway mark of the chase. Finally, the guests cantered house with 39 balls to spare.
Nevertheless, Australia’s win got here at an enormous price with all-rounder Ash Gardner breaking her proper index finger whereas trying a catch off her personal bowling. She has been changed within the squad by Queensland all-rounder Charli Knott for the remainder of the tour. Nevertheless, it’s extra seemingly leg-spinner Alana King will change Gardner for at the moment’s recreation.
This would be the first time Australia has performed a T20I at Mount Maunganui however it has gained its previous eight ODIs on the venue. Play begins at 2.45pm native/12.45pm AEDT.