WELLINGTON: Australia beat New Zealand by 141 runs for the third consecutive victory in the league match of the ICC Women’s World Cup ODI series. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first in yesterday’s match at the Basin Reserve. Australia scored 269 for 8 in 50 overs. Rachel 30, Ellis Perry 68, Beth Mooney 30, Dahlia 57, Ashley Gardner 48 *. Following this, New Zealand set a target of 270 for victory in 50 overs.
Aussie. Unable to cope with the precision bowling of the batsmen, the team was bowled out for 128 in 30.2 overs. Susie Bates (16), Amy Satterthwaite (44), Kathy Martin (19) and Tahu (23) were all out for a paltry run. Aussie. In bowling, Darcy Brown took 3 wickets, Amanda Gardner took 2 wickets, Perry, Dahlia and Shud took 1 wicket each. Ellis Perry won the Best Athlete award. The Aussies won by a hat-trick of 141 runs. Leads with 6 points. India, South Africa, New Zealand and West Indies are next with 4 points each. England, Bangladesh and Pakistan are lagging behind (0).