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Different format, same story. The White Ferns were defeated by Australia in the first one-day international game (ODI) in Brisbane and are facing the cannon for another loss in the series.
Australia won the Twenty20 series earlier in the week on the same slow pitch at Allan Border Field and its spinners restricted New Zealand’s faltering batting order before the batters, led by captain Meg Lanning’s 62, clinched a victory of seven fields with 98 balls. to spare on Saturday.
The Australians are a quality team and the White Ferns have a lot to do to catch up if they want to be contenders in the 50-year-old women’s Cricket World Cup at home in 2022.
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Suzie Bates missed the bat when the White Ferns lost their first ODI to Australia.
New Zealand bowlers didn’t have much to defend, with Hayley Jensen representing Rachael Haynes (44) and Rosemary Mair eliminating Alyssa Healy (26) and Beth Mooney (16), and Lanning hit the winning runs with a super six. while Australia sailed. to 181-3 for her 19th consecutive victory at ODI.
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The batters lacked aggression, plummeted to 180 and star bat Suzie Bates injured her right shoulder while fielding in the final overs only rubbed salt on Kiwi’s wounds.
No Rose Bowl series win against their trans-Tasman rivals this century is an unpleasant statistic the White Ferns can still see with two ODIs left to play. But with this evidence, Australia’s dominance will continue.
None of New Zealand’s hitters covered themselves with glory after too many soft layoffs and the White Ferns only escaped embarrassment courtesy of a late rally by Katie Perkins and Maddy Green, who steered the visitors towards respectability.
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Meg Lanning’s 62 led Australia to victory in Brisbane.
At 83-6, New Zealand was in serious trouble. Georgia Wareham and Sophie Molineux’s spin was suffocating, and once the ball got off the beat, the Australian players seemed to be in control.
Wareham and Molineux collected two wickets each and combined for a staggering 88 point balls. Molineux’s second spell ended Perkins and Green’s 62-run stamina as the latter looked good for 50, but she was out of 35 after breaking three sixes.
All-star off-roader minus Ellyse Perry, Australia won the draw and pitched on a field where both sides struggled to score during the T20s.
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Maddy Green was in good contact for the White Ferns but was out 35.
Natalie Dodd got off to a positive start, but her 19-out start in the fifth over stopped any momentum the White Ferns had.
New Zealand’s top three hitters, Bates (14), Amy Satterthwaite (1) and Captain Sophie Devine (11), then fell cheaply in the next 10 overs and the run rate plummeted to just three per over.
The manner of most of the layoffs was especially disappointing with Dodd, Bates and Devine giving away their land.
Satterthwaite advanced to the second slip for closer Annabel Sutherland’s first ODI wicket on debut and the lines dried up as the wickets fell.
Katey Martin and Amelia Kerr slowly tried to rebuild New Zealand’s innings, but fell in consecutive overs by 21 and 7 respectively.
Martin was thrown by Molineux after 44 balls for two fours and Kerr was caught in short coverage for Wareham’s second wicket.
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Jess Jonassen from Australia and his teammates celebrate Sophie Devine’s window.
His outings left the White Ferns reeling at 83-6 until Perkins and Green came to the rescue. However, Green was thrown at 42 and it was the beginning of the end, as Perkins was thrown for 32 with six overs remaining.
Jensen’s 21 raised the Kiwis to 180, but she was out with five balls remaining and Australia comfortably chased 181 with Molineux undefeated at 18 alongside Lanning.
TAKE A LOOK
At Allan Border Field, Brisbane: Australia 181-3 (Lanning 62nd, Haynes 44; Mair 2-21) beat New Zealand 180 with everything (Green 35; Wareham 2-28, Molineux 2-28) through seven windows.
