Australia Women vs New Zealand Women, 10th Match, Group A - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Australia go two from two. The race in all probability in Group A will be between the other four teams for that second spot now. On that note we sign off from here. There's a double-header coming up tomorrow. Do join us for those games. See you then. Bye for now.

Alyssa Healy | Australia Women captain: We just got it done. Probably disappointed at the halfway mark, could have been a bit more smarter at the end. Shut the game early?with the ball and pleased?with that. Little bit more bounce tonight and kept the stumps in play, the way they bowled at the backend showed that and the way we bowled throughout?showed that. Showcases they haven't?had a whole?heap of batting, we now know what the teams will throw at us at the backend, 150 on that wicket was good enough. [on Schutt] She is awesome?in World Cups in particular, not easy when you got just one look at her. She set the tone first up. The whole?bowling group was unbelievable, Annabel Sutherland, that over changed it for us.

Sophie Devine | New Zealand Women captain: We needed to get a good start, we let the run-rate creep up and in games like that the run-rate can accelerate so quickly. Disappointing night, but as we said after the first game we won't get too high when we win or too low when we lose. The wicket played a little better than what we thought it would, we knew what Australia?would bring.?We will take some key learnings from this. We will reflect and refocus before our next game against Sri Lanka. With the ball we strayed a bit too far from the stumps, that's where we were good against India where we kept them in play. In the field we were sloppy and with the bat we need to be more courageous and that's what we need to do to win games in this World Cup. It was always a discussion point, we want to win the game obviously, there was a thought process about the run-rate but we weren't?good enough tonight. We have got two games to go and we have to make sure that we keep ourselves in a good position to qualify for the semi-finals. Taking it one game at a time, not focussing too far ahead. First?we need to win our next game which is against Sri Lanka, that is our most important game, they bring a different?challenge with Chamari who is a big threat.

Stats by Roshan Gede

Australia's 13th straight win in Women's T20 WC, no other team has won more than seven on the trot.

Most economical 3-wicket spells in Women’s T20WC
3/3 - Megan Schutt (AUS-W) vs NZ-W, Sharjah, 2024
3/4 - Danielle Hazell (ENG-W) vs BAN-W, Sylhet, 2014
3/4 - Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG-W) vs SA-W, Gros Islet, 2018

NZ-W run-chase
Overs 1-5: 21/1 (RR: 4.2)
Overs 6-10: 33/0 (RR: 6.6)
Overs 11-19.2: 34/9 (RR: 3.64)

Highest defeat margins for NZ-W in WT20Is
97 runs vs AUS-W, Paarl, 2023
65 runs vs SA-W, Paarl, 2023
60 runs vs AUS-W, Sharjah, 2024
59 runs vs AUS-W, North Sydney, 2012
59 runs vs ENG-W, Southampton, 2024

Megan Schutt | Player of the Match - I feel I have lost a few litres, but it was a crucial match, they played well against India and so to come out like that was clinical. It ebbed and flowed in the first innings, we thought we'd get to 160 at one stage, but we lost a few wickets and so were probably 10-15 runs short, but we knew if we do well in the powerplay, it will set us up. I just bowled to the basics, we kept to our plans, to play in heat like this, the extensive preparations did help. It's a World Cup and we certainly want to enjoy ourselves, it's the first World Cup for some of the players, we want to make sure that they do enjoy the experience.

21:00 Local Time, 17:00 GMT, 22:30 IST: Australia continue their domination of New Zealand. They have had the wood over their neighbours and tonight was no different. A 60-run margin won't help New Zealand's NRR too. Chasing 149, they lost Plimmer early and only Amelia Kerr was able to force the pace on this wicket. The others struggled and the asking rate mounted. Bates an example, she was scratchy and got out after eating up 27 balls. Australia kept it simple and everyone did their job. Schutt, Molineux and Sutherland never left the stumps and that's why there were so many bowled dismissals. Apart from a couple of drops in the field from Australia, their bowling performance was top drawer. They remain the team to beat in this competition. New Zealand who hammered India have been given a reality check by the World Champs. Who's going to stop this Australian side? Stay tuned for the presentation...

Schutt to Eden Carson, out Bowled!! Schutt cleans up Eden Carson and finishes things off. This length delivery seams back in, rushes past the pull, lands on the stumps and that's it. Australia have thumped New Zealand by 60 runs here. Eden Carson b Schutt 5(11)

Schutt to Eden Carson, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Schutt to Eden Carson, no run, slower ball, good length outside off, punched to cover

Megan Schutt [3.0-1-3-2] is back into the attack

Gardner to Jonas, no run, this good length delivery on off, bounces a bit extra, Jonas watchfully punches, is in the air for a short while before finding point

Gardner to Eden Carson, 1 run, tossed up full on off, pushed wide of cover for a quick single

Gardner to Jonas, 1 run, flat good length on middle, turned wide of mid-wicket

Gardner to Eden Carson, 1 run, Gardner round the wicket. On a good length on middle, Eden Carson pulls and the top-edge does not carry to deep mid-wicket

Gardner to Jonas, 1 run, good length on leg-stump, turned to the vacant backward square leg region

Gardner to Eden Carson, 1 run, slower length delivery outside off, pulled to deep mid-wicket