Audacious finish from Litchfield! Tossed up ball outside off, she gets across and reverse hits it over cover to seal the five-wicket win
NZ Women vs AUS Women, 1st T20I at Mackay, AUS v NZ [W], Sep 19 2024 - Match Result
RESULT
1st T20I (N), Mackay, September 19, 2024, New Zealand Women tour of Australia
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AUS Women won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
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New Zealand Women • 143/7(20 overs)
35 (33)
1/19 (4)
33 (27)
1/23 (4)
Australia Women • 145/5(18.4 overs)
64* (43)
2/24 (4)
26 (20)
1/7 (1)
10:23pm A dominant show from Australia to go 1-0 up in the three-T20I series. Litchfield with a super innings, never really letting Australia feel the nerves even when it got a tad tricky at one point. Ice cool and nimble-footed, she does it in her style and her play against spin being one to watch on loop. New Zealand fought well with the ball, with Penfold putting on a good show. But their issues with the bat remain.
Phoebe Litchfield, Player of the Match: "Awesome to get the win today. We bowled really well, and to win with a few balls to spare is great. Coming to the country - I am a country girl myself - it is good to hear the crowd scream out our name. I have added a few more shots, trying to pierce the field, I can look like an idiot sometimes, but good when they come of. So nice to be playing for Australia, excited for my first World Cup."
Suzie Bates, New Zealand captain: "You never know how many is enough against Australia. We built a few good partnerships but were never able to carry on. Knew there was something on the wicket and the outfield was slow, but Litchfield took it away from us. She is tough to set fields too. So being clear on the felds we want to set. Thought there were some positives in running between the wickets and taking a few wickets"
Alyssa Healy, Ausralia captain: "Little bit chaotic but we'll take it. Nice to have a couple of options up our sleeve. Blessed to have a lot of allrounders. Probably look at our dismissals and change a few things up."
Just the perfect start for Australia ahead of the T20 World Cup, New Zealand have some thinking to do, especially with their batting power. Alex's report will be up soon. Do join us for the second game on Sunday. Till the next time, take care, ciao!
18.4
4
Kasperek to Litchfield, FOUR runs
18.3
•
Kasperek to Litchfield, no run
Flatter outside off, cut away straight to the fielder
18.2
1
Kasperek to Sutherland, 1 run
Full on middle and leg, driven down to long-on
18.1
2
Kasperek to Sutherland, 2 runs
Tossed up outside off, from around the wicket, Sutherland charges down and slices it over cover-point for two
Six needed off the last two overs, Kasperek to bowl now. Only three women outside the ring
end of over 187 runs • 1 wicket
AUS-W: 138/5CRR: 7.66 • RRR: 3.00 • Need 6 from 12b
Phoebe Litchfield60 (41b 10x4)
Annabel Sutherland1 (1b)
Brooke Halliday 1-0-7-1
Jess Kerr 3-0-27-0
17.6
2
Halliday to Litchfield, 2 runs
Loopy full ball on leg, whipped through square leg for a couple
17.5
1
Halliday to Sutherland, 1 run
Another back of the hand slowie on a length outside off, hacked down to long-on
Annabel Sutherland is in now
17.4
W
Halliday to Wareham, OUT
Halliday's magic arm works! Bowls a back-of-the-arm ball on a length outside off, Wareham looks to thrash it through the off side but is early into the shot. Gets it off the cue end back towards Halliday, who laps it up with both hands. "Australia wouldn't have seen a lot of her," Amelia Kerr, who's mic'd up, said on air when she came on, and it has worked
Georgia Wareham c & b Halliday 26 (20b 3x4 0x6 26m) SR: 130
17.3
1
Halliday to Litchfield, 1 run
Full and outside off, driven through wide mid-off
17.2
2
Halliday to Litchfield, 2 runs
Juicy full toss outside off, heaved away wide of long-on. Green does well to parry it to deep midwicket (Kerr, who's also mic'd up) and keep it down to two
17.1
1
Halliday to Wareham, 1 run
A short and wide one to start, bowling with the wrong foot, slapped to deep cover
Brooke Halliday has been handed the ball. A nippy seamer, can she break through and weave in some magic here for NZ?
end of over 1710 runs
AUS-W: 131/4CRR: 7.70 • RRR: 4.33 • Need 13 from 18b
Georgia Wareham25 (18b 3x4)
Phoebe Litchfield55 (38b 10x4)
Jess Kerr 3-0-27-0
Amelia Kerr 4-0-27-0
16.6
1
Jess Kerr to Wareham, 1 run
full and outside leg, she eases it down the ground
16.5
2
Jess Kerr to Wareham, 2 runs
Full on leg, whipped away wide of long-on and there's enough time to rush back for two
16.4
•
Jess Kerr to Wareham, no run
Length ball on leg, she backs away and pushes it to cover
16.3
4
Jess Kerr to Wareham, FOUR runs
Beats deep square leg to her right. Back of a length angling down leg, Wareham stands tall and pulls it through the on side. Tahuhu rushes across and dives but fails to rein it in
16.2
2
Jess Kerr to Wareham, 2 runs
Angling in on a length, she backs away and pulls it through forward of square leg for a brace
Hypocaust: "Meg Lanning (20y 303d) is the only Australian woman to be younger than Phoebe Litchfield (21y 154d) when bringing up their second T20I fifty. Those seem like two names that are destined to be mentioned in relation to various records for the foreseeable future." Superb this
16.1
1
Jess Kerr to Litchfield, 1 run
Fuller on middle and leg, punched down to long-on
23 off 24 is a mere formality for Australia, you'd imagine. Jess Kerr back on
end of over 165 runs
AUS-W: 121/4CRR: 7.56 • RRR: 5.75 • Need 23 from 24b
Phoebe Litchfield54 (37b 10x4)
Georgia Wareham16 (13b 2x4)
Amelia Kerr 4-0-27-0
Molly Penfold 4-0-24-2
15.6
1
Amelia Kerr to Litchfield, 1 run
flighted full on middle, wristed back to Kerr's left. She dives but it goes through her
15.5
1
Amelia Kerr to Wareham, 1 run
The wrong'un on a length outside off, pulled to deep square leg
15.4
1
Amelia Kerr to Litchfield, 1 run
Flatter and outside off, on a length, she goes back and pulls it to deep square leg
15.3
1
Amelia Kerr to Wareham, 1 run
Floated on middle, she comes down and chips it off the leading edge, over the bowler's head
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AUS-W
64 runs (43)
11 fours0 six
Productive shot
reverse sweep
12 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
81%
NZ-W
35 runs (33)
2 fours0 six
Productive shot
paddle sweep
5 runs
0 four0 six
Control
70%
Best performances - bowlers
NZ-W
O
4
M
0
R
24
W
2
ECO
6
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W |
AUS-W
O
4
M
0
R
19
W
1
ECO
4.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
| Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay | |
| Toss | New Zealand Women, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2024 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia Women led the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | WT20I no. 2030 |
| Match days | 19 September 2024 - night (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
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