Australia defeated New Zealand by 8 runs and whitewashed them 3-0!|

In the third T20I played in Wellington, Australia defeated T20 world champions New Zealand by 8 runs and won the series 3-0. The turning point of the match was New Zealand’s poor fielding in which they dropped Georgia Voll 6 times!

Match Highlights:

Australia: 180/4 (20 overs) – Voll 75 (56), Perry 32* (19)

New Zealand: 172/8 (20 overs) – A. Kerr 66 (47), Green 62 (32)

Player of the Match: Annebel Sutherland (4/35)

Key moments of the match:

Voll got missed 6 times!

New Zealand’s fielding was very bad today. Georgia Voll got continuous chances from the first over itself, but the Kiwi team missed her 6 times! Voll took full advantage of it and played a brilliant innings of 75 runs. After the match he jokingly said, “I am going to buy a lottery ticket!”

Green-Kerr’s amazing partnership

New Zealand was in trouble at 54/4, but Maddy Green (62 off 32) and Amelia Kerr (66 off 47) made the match exciting again with a record partnership of 99 runs. Green made her first T20I fifty and took 5 wickets.

Sutherland-Warenham’s amazing fielding

Annabel Sutherland took 3 wickets in the 19th over, while Georgia Wareham turned the match around by brilliantly running out Green.

Megan Schutt’s historical record

Megan Schutt is the first woman to take 150 wickets in T20I cricket She has become a women’s bowler!

What did New Zealand have to pay?

Voll had to pay a heavy price for being dropped 6 times

Brooke Holiday’s injury further pushed the team back (who could not bat)

Due to slow over rate, an extra fielder had to be kept in the last over, due to which Australia got 15 runs

What did the players say?

Georgia Voll: “I feel lucky…. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket!”

Annabel Sutherland: “Winning was important for the team. We performed well under pressure.”

Australia has once again shown that it can win even under pressure. New Zealand needs to work seriously on its fielding.