Australia 3 for 181 (Lanning 62*) beat New Zealand 180 by seven wickets
Australia resumed their dominance over New Zealand by cantering to a seven-wicket victory in the first ODI at Allan Border Field to extend their unbeaten run to 19 matches. Their spinners combined to great effect before Meg Lanning guided a comfortable chase with an unbeaten 62 as Australia barely broke a sweat in reaching the target with more than 16 overs to spare.
Georgia Wareham, who was named Player of the Match, Jess Jonassen and Sophie Molineux combined for figures of 29.1-4-80-6 as New Zealand could never find any momentum in their innings. At 6 for 83 it appeared they could fold for less than 150, but Maddy Green helped to counterattack to a degree with an innings that included three sixes.
However, a target of 181 was never going to challenge Australia unless there were major early alarms and Alyssa Healy gave the chase a brisk start. Lanning then took over, passing 1000 runs against New Zealand, while others chipped in and the captain finished the match with a grand six over long-off.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo