AUS W vs NZ W: Australia Close to Third ICC Womens Championship Title After Huge Win Over New Zealand
The reigning Ladies’s Cricket World Cup winners Australia are getting ready to securing a 3rd consecutive ICC Ladies’s Championship title with their victory within the second ODI towards New Zealand on Saturday.
Australia’s 65-run victory (by way of the DLS methodology) over the White Ferns within the second ODI lifted them to 37 factors within the ICC Ladies’s Championship standings, as per ICC.
India, with 25 factors, stays the one workforce able to catching Australia. To take action, they need to win all six of their remaining matches within the cycle – three towards West Indies and three towards Eire – beginning with their opener towards West Indies on Sunday.
Moreover, India will want New Zealand to upset Australia of their remaining ODI of the sequence. Some other end result – even a tie or a draw – would seal Australia’s triumph, making it their third consecutive ICC Ladies’s Championship title. This is able to additional cement their dominance, as they’ve claimed victory in each version of the event since its inception.
Annabel Sutherland starred in Australia’s victory within the second ODI after the sequence opener in Wellington was washed out as a consequence of rain.
Constructing on her century within the remaining ODI towards India, Sutherland notched up her second consecutive ton, remaining unbeaten on 105 off simply 81 deliveries, with 11 fours and two sixes. Whereas a number of Australian batters acquired off to promising begins, it was Sutherland who carried on to surpass each the 50-run and 100-run milestones. Skipper Alyssa Healy (34 in 32 balls, with seven fours), Tahlia McGrath (34 in 30 balls, with six fours) and Ellyse Perry (29 in 42 balls, with 4 boundaries) additionally starred with some useful knocks.
Molly Penfold delivered her career-best ODI figures of 4/42, however that was not sufficient to forestall Australia from amassing an imposing complete of 291/7. Kim Garth set the tone for Australia with the ball, placing early to dismiss openers Suzie Bates (4) and Bella Jones (27 in 33 balls, with two fours and a six) throughout the Powerplay. Melie Kerr provided some resistance with a composed 38 in 55 balls, with three fours however misplaced Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday throughout her keep on the crease.
Kerr’s dismissal within the twenty eighth over left New Zealand toiling at 122/5 in 30.1 overs, nonetheless 65 runs adrift of the DLS-par rating when rain interrupted play.
With no additional motion attainable, rain finally determined the result, handing Australia a victory by way of the DLS methodology. The win gave them a 1-0 lead within the sequence, with the ultimate ODI scheduled for Monday, December 23.
