New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 2016–17 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Australia Women | New Zealand women | ||
Dates | 17 – 22 February 2017 | ||
Captains | Meg Lanning | Suzie Bates | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | New Zealand women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Elyse Villani (92) | Suzie Bates (87) | |
Most wickets | Amanda-Jade Wellington (9) |
Anna Peterson (4) Holly Huddleston (4) | |
Player of the series | Suzie Bates (NZ) |
The New Zealand women cricket team toured Australia in February 2017. The tour consisted of a series of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20Is). Immediately after completion of the T20 series both teams faced each other for the Rose bowl in New Zealand in a 3-match WODI series. New Zealand Women won the WT20I series by 2–1.
Squads
Australia | New Zealand |
---|---|
Ahead of the tour, Sophie Devine was ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to injury and was replaced by Anna Peterson. Sarah Aley was added to Australia's squad as cover for Lauren Cheatle. Leigh Kasperek was ruled out of the rest of the series after an injury in the first match. She was replaced by Amelia Kerr.
WT20I series
1st WT20I
17 February 2017 Scorecard |
Australia 4/151 (20 overs) |
v | New Zealand 8/111 (20 overs) |
Elyse Villani 73* (47) Lea Tahuhu 1/22 (4 overs) |
Amy Satterthwaite 40* (38) Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/15 (4 overs) |
Australia Women won by 40 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus) Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Aus) |
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashleigh Gardner, Molly Strano and Amanda-Jade Wellington (Aus) all made their WT20I debuts.
2nd WT20I
19 February 2017 Scorecard |
New Zealand 9/101 (20 overs) |
v | Australia 9/61 (13 overs) |
Suzie Bates 30 (34) Molly Strano 5/10 (4 overs) |
Elyse Villani 19 (17) Anna Peterson 3/2 (1 overs) |
New Zealand Women won by 8 runs (DLS method) Kardinia Park, Geelong Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Anna Peterson (NZ) |
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Australia Women were set a target of 70 runs from 13 overs.
- Anna Peterson (NZ) took a hat-trick.
- Molly Strano took maiden five wicket haul in a WT20I and claimed 5 for 10, the best figures by an Australian in a WT20I.
3rd WT20I
22 February 2017 Scorecard |
New Zealand 113/8 (20 overs) |
v | Australia 66 (16 overs) |
Suzie Bates 31 (34) Amanda-Jade Wellington 4/16 (4 overs) |
Alex Blackwell 30* (34) Holly Huddleston 2/9 (4 overs) |
New Zealand Women won by 47 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and John Ward Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ) |
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Australia's score of 66 all out was their lowest total in a T20I.
References
- "series home". espncricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Schedule". cricketarchive. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Australia skittled for 66 by White Ferns in Twenty20 series decider". Stuff New Zealand. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Ashleigh Gardner in line for Australia debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- "Bermingham, Kasperek back in NZ women's squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- "Devine ruled out of Australia series with thumb injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- "Aley gets Australia call-up for T20I series against New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- "Injured Kasperek to miss rest of 2016-17 season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Peterson's last-over hat-trick snatches win for New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- "New Zealand strangle Australia in series decider". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
External links
New Zealand women's national cricket team | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | |||||||
Tours |
| ||||||
Home series |
| ||||||
Competitions |
| ||||||
Matches |
| ||||||
See also |
International cricket in 2016–17 | |
---|---|
Preceding season: International cricket in 2016 | |
September 2016 | |
October 2016 | |
November 2016 | |
December 2016 | |
January 2017 | |
February 2017 | |
March 2017 | |
Ongoing | |
Following season: International cricket in 2017 |