New Zealand women 276 for 5 (Satterthwaite 102*, Wellington 2-51) beat Australia women 275 (Mooney 100, Tahuhu 4-59, Huddleston 3-46) by five wickets
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File photo – Lea Tahuhu’s four wickets ensured Australia finished poorly with the bat © Getty Images
New Zealand women, led by Amy Satterthwaite‘s unbeaten knock of 102, chased down Australia women’s target of 276 with five balls to spare in Auckland to go 1-0 up in the three-ODI series. Tight bowling from Lea Tahuhu, Holly Huddleston and Suzie Bates bowled Australia out for 275 after a flying start from opener Beth Mooney (100), and fifties from Rachael Haynes and Elyse Villani, had led them 237 for 3.
Satterthwaite came to the middle after the dismissal of opener Rachel Priest, who had added a solid partnership of 58 with Suzie Bates. Satterthwaite and Bates then added 41 runs for the second wicket before Bates fell for 55 in the 21st over, after completing her 22nd ODI half-century. The left-handed Satterthwaite then partnered Katey Martin (43) and Katie Perkins (29) in stands of 74 for the third wicket and 77 for the fifth wicket respectively to take New Zealand past the finishing line off the first ball of the final over. Satterthwaite, who reached her sixth ODI hundred in the 49th over, was declared Player of the Match.
Late wickets from New Zealand’s bowlers meant the last six Australia batsmen tallied 28 runs between them in their eventual total of 275. Opener Beth Mooney struck her maiden ODI century, while identical scores of 50 from Haynes, and Villani – the latter’s first ODI half-century – gave Australia a platform from which they could aim for a large total. But it wasn’t to be as Tahuhu finished with figures of 4 for 59, while Huddleston took three wickets to curb Australia.
The win was New Zealand’s third straight limited-overs victory over Australia, after they clinched the three-match T20I series 2-1 in Australia last week.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo