Defending champions Australia have taken management of Group A within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup after a giant 60-run win over New Zealand in Sharjah.
The six-time winners and event favourites adopted up their opening six-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Saturday with a dominant efficiency in opposition to New Zealand, who had surprised India in their very own group opener for a well-known Kiwis win.
However Australia proved too robust in what proved their thirteenth win in a row within the event they’ve received on six of the final seven events.
Having chosen to bat first after profitable the toss, Australia completed their innings on 148-8 after which bowled New Zealand all out for 88 within the closing over.
Australia’s star with the ball was medium pacer Megan Schutt, the participant of the match, who claimed a exceptional 3-3 and have become the very best wicket-taker within the historical past of the competitors, with 44 wickets in 26 matches.
“We could have been smarter with the bat at the end, but we came out really well with the ball and I’m really happy with that,” stated Australia captain Alyssa Healy.
“Megan Schutt has been wonderful but I thought the whole attack tonight was unbelievable.”
An aggressive batting effort from Australia set the tone early with captain Healy giving the defending champions a strong begin by hitting 26 off 20 balls, with Beth Mooney including 40 and Ellyse Perry 30.
Of their try to limit Australia’s scoring on the crease, New Zealand leg-spinner Amelia Kerr impressed with the ball and produced 4-26, a run which included back-to-back dismissals of Ellyse Perry and Grace Harris.
Kerr then scored an innings-best 29 with the bat earlier than caught by Annabel Sutherland from Schutt’s supply.
After a promising begin, New Zealand’s White Ferns slumped to a 60-run loss in reply, shedding eight wickets from 7.1 overs for simply 27 runs.
What’s subsequent for either side at Ladies’s T20 World Cup?
Transferring on to 4 factors on the high of Group A with one foot now in yet one more semi-final, Australia subsequent face Pakistan in Dubai on Friday as they bid to keep up the 100 per cent begin begin to their title defence.
New Zealand, in the meantime, – who’ve dropped to 3rd within the desk behind Pakistan on run price – will now face a crucial match in opposition to Sri Lanka in Sharjah on Saturday to get their event again on observe.
In Wednesday’s group matches, Scotland will bid to make it third time fortunate on their event debut in opposition to South Africa in Group B from 11am in Dubai, earlier than India will hope to propel their bid for the semi-finals in opposition to Group A rivals Sri Lanka within the second match at 3pm – with each matches reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket.
Watch each match from the Ladies’s T20 World Cup reside on Sky Sports activities, as much as and together with the ultimate on Sunday October 20.
