AUSW vs NZW 2nd ODI Match Prediction

AUSW vs NZW Team Previews

Australia Women

The Aussie women suffered a top-order collapse to be put under pressure against New Zealand in the first match. Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, and Elyse Villani all failed to get any significant scores. Rachael Haynes was the only one to score runs from the top order as she top-scored with 67 runs to her name.

The depth in the Australian women’s team came to the fire once again and helped the team out. Jess Jonassen had a brilliant all-round game and that included 36 runs with the bat. Gardner made 34, and the bowlers chipped in too which ensured Australia ended up with a fighting total.

We believe that 241 was below par for the course and that the Aussies should have done better. With the batting riches at their disposal, we are banking one of the big players to come through and help the Australians score a boat load of runs in this upcoming match.

Jess Jonassen also led the way with the ball as she picked up 4 wickets and was instrumental in getting her team the win. Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry, and Wareham also bowled well to help defend the total.

Once again, the fact that Australia has som many quality all-rounders in the side allowed it to overcome a poor performance from Cheatle without any trouble.

The Aussies will know that they dodged a bullet in the first game. They won even though they were nowhere near their best and that is something that should scare the New Zealand women.

New Zealand Women

The New Zealand women bowled very well and had Australia on the ropes. Wickets for Devine, Mair, and Kerr ensured that Australia was never really able to get its inning going. Wickets kept falling for Australia at regular intervals and New Zealand would have been pretty satisfied with chasing down a total of 241.

The only regret for New Zealand would have been not rolling Australia completely over when they had them on the mat. A little bit more discipline from the bowlers, particularly Amelia Kerr, and we think the New Zealand women would have been able to pull off an upset here.

The New Zealand batting was led by skipper Amy Satterthwaite who top-scored with 92. She batting nearly till the end and seemed to have led her side to victory before she started running out of partners and then fell towards the end herself.

Katy Perkins also scored 48 and helped her skipper with a valuable partnership during the middle overs. She has been brought back into the side to play precisely this role and she did her role to perfection.

It would have been disappointing for New Zealand to have come so close but fail. They must take heart from the fact that Size Bates and Sophie Devine did not contribute anything much to the chase and yet the New Zealand women’s side was able to get so close.

We don’t think New Zealand women are going to make any changes to their side for the upcoming match. They gave a pretty good account of themselves and will be hoping to do the same. New Zealand will be aware that they struggled to match the Australia batting even when most of the Australian batters failed.

For New Zealand to compete or even win in this match, their bowlers will need to keep the Aussie batting in check again.