Cricket has been one of the most sought after game world wide. This has started spanning across women also.
In this article, we are giving you the Australia women’s national cricket team vs New Zealand women’s national cricket team match scorecard and will discuss some insight of the match
Scorecard
| Team | Innings Score | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Women | 204 / 3 (20 overs) | — |
| New Zealand Women | 122 (16.1 overs) | Australia Women win by 82 runs |
Australia Women produced an outstanding performance against New Zealand in the final game of their three-match T20 series to secure an emphatic victory in their three-match T20 series. Alyssa Healy and Sophie Devine returned after injuries but it wasn’t enough for Black Ferns to even out the series – Megan Schutt, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner all shone with bat, while Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland contributed with balls as well.
1. 1st Over: New Zealand 22-2 (Bates 12, Plimmer 0). Bates strikes quickly to defend her team’s lead, hitting two boundaries off her pads before taking one through cover for single. Against more fluctuation from delivery 2, she still manages to direct it towards the rope for yet another boundary run.
Shutt has some strategies in her arsenal to counter New Zealand pair’s struggle for momentum. Her spin helps take away Green’s edge on her bat and cause her to hit it over mid-off before using risk-free runs in either direction to hold back White Ferns from attacking.
New Zealand are currently 55-0 (Green 28, Kerr 32) as they try to build an innings for a comeback. Instead of plundering singles like in previous overs, Kerr picks her gaps carefully in this over to score three singles before driving through covers for four boundaries before hitting it to midwicket to extend his innings further.
New Zealand had high hopes of breaking their longstanding T20 losing streak against Australia, yet their valiant chase ultimately came up short by eight runs. Georgia Wareham made her mark by run-out Maddy Green to end New Zealand’s hopes of making history’s largest successful T20 run chase attempt.
Australia earned their fifth win of this series and prevented arch-rival New Zealand from automatically qualifying for the 2025 ODI World Cup. As a result, New Zealand fell from first place into third, needing at least two victories from remaining three games to regain top spot.
Scores
The Australia women’s national cricket team (formerly Southern Stars) represents Australia internationally in women’s cricket. With an illustrious history in this sport – Betty Wilson was the first woman ever to take ten wickets in a Test match and Meg Lanning was appointed captain – they boast a proud past of success that includes Betty Wilson taking her maiden 10-wicket haul in 2004 and becoming captain herself four years later in 2014. In 2017 Cricket Australia increased female player payments more than fivefold – marking it as Australia’s largest ever sports pay increase in history!
India and Australia have long been rivals in women’s cricket, each boasting world-class players such as Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma and Ellyse Perry from India; Beth Mooney Ashleigh Gardner Megan Schutt from Australia are just a few examples. These two sides have competed 46 matches under ODI rules with India winning 10 times compared to 36 victories for Australia.
Australia women’s cricket team competes in major domestic tournaments such as the Women’s Big Bash League and Sheffield Shield, and travels abroad to play One Day Internationals and Twenty20 matches against other countries. For training purposes throughout the year at Cricket Australia National Centre Melbourne. Australia have achieved great success over time by winning tournaments and championships such as ICC Women’s Trophy and World Cup championships.
Totals
Australia women’s cricket team is among the world’s most formidable. Their strong head-to-head record against all other sides, in both Test cricket and one day internationals (ODIs), is testament to this. Australia have more ODI wins against New Zealand than any other nation ever before and have clearly proven their dominance during recent matches with impressive batting performance and disciplined bowling which have secured victories against them time after time.
Historically, competition between these teams has provided a platform to display some of the finest talent in international cricket. Their matchups have also served as opportunities to hone batting strategies and bowling techniques; however, Australian success in limited-overs cricket has altered this dynamic.
New Zealand women have struggled to keep pace with Australia in recent years. Since 2024-2025, no White Ferns team have won an ODI against their fierce rivals while Australia have claimed all five T20Is played between the teams – showing there is now an apparent gap in quality between them both teams.
Australia triumphed decisively in the final of the 2018 Women’s Ashes with an innings and 122 runs victory, leaving England’s batsmen completely helpless, as only few managed to reach double figures.
Australia’s batsmen were in spectacular form as they scored 231 runs at Eden Park during the first of three-match series against New Zealand, led by Beth Mooney who made an unbeaten 132. New Zealand responded with just 155 in their reply but managed to avoid defeat by eight wickets.
Final Score
The rivalry between two top-tier women’s cricket teams from around the globe is one of the greatest rivalries in international sport, full of passion and drama that has yielded some truly unforgettable moments – and serves to showcase sporting excellence at its peak.
On Friday at Eden Park, Australia and New Zealand engaged in another epic clash. Despite some early misfires, Australia managed to post an impressive total, but struggled in their chase of that score; only managing to score 137 runs themselves and thus losing by seven wickets.
Beth Mooney and Georgia Voll both made significant contributions with the bat for Australia. Together they shared an opening stand of 123 runs to put Australia well within reach by drinks break. Mooney made history when she reached her first 50 in T20Is via a boundary off ball three of the powerplay while Voll recorded her maiden T20 half century off 28 deliveries.
New Zealand struggled to meet their required run rate during the chase, failing to match the White Ferns batsmen who performed brilliantly in their previous ODI. Early in the Powerplay they slumped to 4-54 before Kerr and Green staged an outstanding recovery before spinner Georgia Wareham struck with an eye-catching direct hit catch at striker’s end that ended their partnership.
Even with their loss, New Zealand can find comfort from several positives. Their recent record against Australia in T20 Internationals is impressive: five out of six victories against them! Their last defeat came against Australia back in 2014 during an exciting final in Auckland.
New Zealand will need to step up their batting and bowling performances if they wish to compete against Australia in future series and historical meetings, although recent series and encounters suggest an edge is held by Australia over New Zealand across all formats. Their ruthless batting led by Beth Mooney and Georgia Voll has given them the edge in T20 battles; further cementing their supremacy over New Zealand across all forms.
