New Zealand v Australia: Third T20 Women’s International – Live! | Sport

Here are the teams. As suspected, Brown is out two days after his international debut and Tayla Vlaeminck is back.

For NZ, Lauren Down enters the side of Frankie Mackay. And Katey Martin has moved from the middle order to open batting with Hayley Jensen.

New Zealand women (Playing XI): Hayley Jensen, Katey Martin (w), Amy Satterthwaite (c), Amelia Kerr, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Lauren Down, Thamsyn Newton, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair

Australia Women (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy (w), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Nicola Carey, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Tayla Vlaeminck

That’s a very useful pitch for kiwis to win in such unreliable weather. But look, if Australia wants to put a positive spin on this, what they do, they will see it as an opportunity to do with the bat what they couldn’t on Tuesday and, indeed, last Sunday.

The visitors have a power game of four more to work with. Three players can throw three overs and two players can throw two overs.

Substitute captain Amy Satterthwaite won the draw and chose to go bowling in what will be a match of over 13.

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Mooney is reliving his opening performance with the bat at Napier on Tuesday, when he scored an undefeated 61 of 54 balls.

“I probably got the man of the match for New Zealand to be honest, because I chewed too many balls, ran out of the captain and almost knocked out the vice-captain,” he says.

“It was probably not my best day but, like everything else, your time in the middle is important and we haven’t played much in these conditions before so trying to assess that as quickly as possible is key to making sure we get a decent score. Unfortunately we were 10 or 15 short the other day, but hopefully we can go out today and post a decent total. “

Beth Mooney is providing a weather update. “It seemed like we were going to improve before, but now it’s going down a lot.” It is not ideal.

Okay, it’s drizzling and the blankets are back on. Tum tee tum.

What will Lanning do with his training? Will he play Brown again? Will you hold your superior order?

A bit of news from the White Ferns team, by the way, with Frankie Mackay ruled out with a calf problem. That injury was evident in Game 2, when he opened up the batting before hitting 46-on-39 to give NZ the optimal opportunity for that successful run chase. Sophie Devine, who was left out Tuesday due to fatigue, has reportedly flown to Auckland, but feels her inclusion will be doubtful.

Speaking of Eden Park, Auckland’s rectangular venue will be a new experience for Australia, as the women’s team has not played on the main field in over 20 years. We can look forward to some short and straight limits and this match is an excellent opportunity to get comfortable before Australia plays India here at the ODI World Cup next March. So, conditions!

Tearaway speedy Darcie Brown is chatting with the Fox Sports panel two days after making her international debut. The sky behind the 18-year-old in Eden Park looks a bit dark. He says it’s windy but he doesn’t feel the rain. Fingers crossed!

The coin toss has been slightly delayed.