Australia Women vs New Zealand Women: The 10th match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Australia and New Zealand, included in Group A, on the grounds of Sharjah. In this match, Australia performed brilliantly and registered its second consecutive win by defeating New Zealand by 60 runs. Playing first, Australia scored 148/8 in 20 overs, in response to which the New Zealand team was all out after scoring 88 runs with four balls remaining in their innings without playing the entire over. Megan Schutt (3/3) bowled lethally for Australia and was adjudged player of the match. He also made the record of taking most wickets in T20 World Cup.
Australia made a good score with the help of top order
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. The pair of captain Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney gave a good start to their team by adding 41 runs for the first wicket. This partnership ended in the sixth over and Healy was out after scoring 26 runs in 20 balls. Whereas Mooney played an inning of 40 runs in 32 balls with the help of two fours. Alice Perry scored 30 runs off 24 balls, while Phoebe Litchfield contributed 18 runs off 18 balls. Apart from these four batsmen, no one else could reach double digit scores. Amelia Kerr took maximum four wickets for New Zealand.
flop show of new zealand batsmen
Chasing the target, New Zealand scored 54 runs at the loss of one wicket in the first 10 overs, but after this the fall of wickets started, which continued till the 20th over. From the Kiwi team, only three batsmen scored double digits, out of which the maximum of 29 runs came from the bat of Amelia Kerr. While Suzie Bates scored 20 runs and Lee Tahuhu scored 11 runs. Apart from all these, other batsmen were flops. For Australia, Megan Schutt and Annabel Sutherland took three wickets each.
India's condition worsens despite New Zealand's crushing defeat
Australia, registering its second consecutive win, has occupied the first place in the points table and has 4 points. On the other hand, New Zealand has suffered a big defeat and the team has slipped to third place. However, despite having 2 points from two matches, New Zealand has retained one place above India due to better net run rate. In such a situation, it is largely a do or die match for Team India on 9th October and it will have to defeat Sri Lanka by a big margin, only then it will be able to have a better net run rate than New Zealand.
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