Three debutants in Australia's Twenty20 team

Clea Smith is one of three debutants in Australia's Twenty20 line-up © Getty Images

Kris Britt, Emma Sampson and Clea Smith have been included in the Australian women's team for their Twenty20 match against New Zealand at Darwin. All three will be making the Twenty20 debuts. This will be Australia's first game at Darwin, and is a prelude to the five-match Rose Bowl ODI series at the same venue.

Britt and Sampson represent South Australia in domestic cricket. Britt, 24, bowls legspin and has played in one Test and nine ODIs. The 21-year-old Sampson is an allrounder who has been described by the recently retired Cathryn Fitzpatrick as "exciting". Sampson broke into the Australian national side at the age of 18 and has played three ODIs. Smith, the 28-year-old the right-arm medium-fast bowler, has played 39 ODIs and a solitary Test match.

The will be Australia's third Twenty20 match.

Team
Karen Rolton (capt), Lisa Sthalekar, Sarah Andrews, Kate Blackwell, Kris Britt, Melissa Bulow, Sarah Edwards, Shelley Nitschke, Jodie Purves (wk), Emma Sampson, Clea Smith, Alex Blackwell (12th man)