AUS-W Win By 60 Runs | Australia vs New Zealand Highlights of ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Megan Schutt Help Australia Women Secure Dominant Victory

That's It! What a fantastic win from Australia. Statement victory from the AUS-W and they have showed why they are the favourites of the competition. From opting to bat first, they have always controlled the game and were ahead and their bowlers showed how to bowl under these conditions. Australia Women now have one leg in the semifinal. 

Out! New Zealand are coming down like a pack of cards down. They have completely lost it and Australian bowlers are just finding ways to hit their stumps. Annabel Sutherland took her third wicket by dismissing Rosemary Mair. While the stranded Sophie Devine finally gets cleaned up by Sophie Molineux. Devine b Molineux 7(15) and Mair b Sutherland 2(2).

Out! Lea Tahuhu gets cleaned up. Aussie pacers have got the sniff of what is working in the surface and they nail the length to knock the stumps of Tahuhu out. They are in a hurry to end the game. Lea Tahuhu b McGrath 11(10)

Out! New Zealand are down on their knees now. Annabel Sutherland comes into the attack and uses the skiddy nature of the pitch by keeping the line wicket to wicket. First Maddy Green gets bowled and in the next delivery Isabella Gaze gets trapped infront of the wicket. New Zealand have to save their run rate as they near the jaws of defeat. Isabella Gaze lbw b Sutherland 0(1) and Green b Sutherland 1(3).

Out! New Zealand are losing the plot now. The run rate has not moved an inch since the 10th over and the pressure has caused Brooke Halliday to go for an expansive reverse sweep. Again the ball arrives late and it gets mistimed to the hands of Sophie Molineux. New Zealand are in deep trouble now. Halliday c Molineux b Wareham 2(4).

Out! Body blow for New Zealand. Back-to-back wickets of set batters just when they were trying to go hard and this time it is the wicket of the prized Amelia Kerr. Megan Schutt used her experience again, bowling into the pitch and the ball just scooped up instead of going the distance from Kerr's bat. New Zealand in trouble now. Amelia Kerr c Sutherland b Schutt 29(31).

Out! At the halfway mark of the chase, Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr were keeping New Zealand alive in the chase, but Bates never really got comfortable in the crease. Tries to charge down the track to Sophie Molineux but the shrewd Aussie anticipated it and dropped it short. It kept low and crashed on the stumps of Bates. Bates b Molineux 20(27).

After the early first wicket, Amelia Kerr has steadied things up with Suzie Bates at the other end and ticked the scoreboard. Although boundaries have been rare and the duo will have to score some boundaries to stay in the chase. 

Out! Megan Schutt strikes. Uses the slowness of the pitch and Georgia Plimmer does the mistake of playing the ball across on length. It keeps low and comes slower than it should have. Plimmer misses it and the ball crashes on the stumps. Plimmer b Schutt 4(7).

Annabel Sutherlands lost her wicket in the last over but Sophie Molineux and Tahlia McGrath did enough to make the last over good for Australia and took them to a solid total considering the conditions of Sharjah. Beth Mooney laid the foundation while Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry scored the boundaries. New Zealand will have to play out of their skin to chase down the target. 

Out! Australia is now losing wickets in a heap. Amelia Kerr foxed Georgia Wareham to cut one straight in the hands of backward point. Just in the next over, Rosemary Mair drops it short and a desperate Ashleigh Gardner goes for the big shot. Doesn't get it right and it scoops to the short third man. Gardner c Jonas b Mair 6(8) and Wareham c Lea Tahuhu b Amelia Kerr 4(5). 

Out! This time Phoebe Litchfield is dismissed. Things happened much similar to the earlier chance. Halliday dropped it short with cross seam and Litchfield went for a pull shot towards the onside. Amelia Kerr dives and takes a solid catch without any errors this time. Phoebe Litchfield c Amelia Kerr b Halliday 18(18).

Out! Oh Amelia Kerr breaks the game! Came back to the attack after the catch controversy and dismissed Ellyse Perry and Grace Harris in consecutive deliveries. Both similar deliveries and batters were unable to read the googlies from Kerr which were absolutely on point. New Zealand strongly back in the game. Perry b Amelia Kerr 30(24) and Grace Harris b Amelia Kerr 0(1).

Two eventful overs take place consecutively. First, Amelia Kerr finally gets the prized wicket of Beth Mooney as she miscues one to mid-off. In the next over, Kerr thought she caught the catch of Phoebe Litchfield but third umpire checked and adjudged it not out considering the ball has touched the ground. Ellyse Perry made the over big with a six and a four. Australia will be happy with the result of the over. 

Australia have reached 69/1 at the halfway mark with Beth Mooney and Ellyse Perry at the crease. Perry has struggled to score, having taken 13 balls for her six runs. Mooney meanwhile, has scored 32 runs off 27 deliveries. 

Australia have scored 43 runs in the powerplay with Rosemary Mair dismissing Alyssa Healy. The White Ferns will look to slow down the run rate, which is 7 around at the moment. This is a very crucial game, with respective to the semifinal qualification scenario from Group A. 

Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney have started off proceedings for Australia, with two runs coming off the first over bowled by Rosemary Mair. 

New Zealand playing XI vs Australia: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine(c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze(w), Rosemary Mair, Fran Jonas, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson

Australia playing XI vs New Zealand: Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy(w/c), Georgia Wareham, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, Grace Harris, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Australia vs New Zealand match in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024. Australia women's national cricket team captain Alyssa Healy has won the toss and her team will bat first.