AUS-W vs NZ-W Live Cricket Score

5 OUT! CAUGHT! Bree Illing gets her first World Cup wicket and provides a massive breakthrough for New Zealand Women. A bit too full and wide outside off. Alyssa Healy advances down the track and looks to slash this over the ring of fielders on the off side, but fails to get right underneath it. Get it spooned off the bottom of her bat straight to Suzie Bates at cover. Bates makes no mistake and takes it nice and clean. The skipper, Alyssa Healy, departs for 19 (17) and Australia Women are one down for 40. 40/1

10.1 OUT! BOLWED! OUTFOXED! Amelia Kerr makes a strong impact in her very first delivery! She dishes out a googly from over the stumps and lands it on a fuller length, on middle. Phoebe Litchfield gets half forward and gets squared up, as she does not account for the wrong'un off the wrist of the bowler. Gets beaten on the outside edge and the ball smashes into the stumps behind. Cannot get more perfect than that for Kerr as she becomes the third New Zealand Women's player to complete 100 ODI wickets! Phoebe Litchfield departs for a breezy 45 off just 31 balls. Australia Women are 81/2. 81/2

17.2 OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND GONE! CAUGHT! Lea Tahuhu strikes gold in her second over! This is on a good length, and on the fourth stump line. Ellyse Perry premeditates and skips down the track to smash it overhead downtown. Does not get the bat properly under the ball and hence, the ball is skied up off the higher part of the blade. It balloons towards mid off and Suzie Bates takes a fine reverse cup catch. Ellyse Perry departs for a scratchy 33 (41) and Australia Women are 108/3. 108/3

21.2 OUT! CAUGHT! Lea Tahuhu gets her second wicket and fishes out Beth Mooney, just when she was about to get settled! On a length around middle and off, angling away from the southpaw. Beth prods in front and tries to drive through the covers. The ball slightly holds up on the surface and hence, Mooney ends up chipping this straight to the fielder at short cover. Amelia Kerr makes no mistake and takes a good catch to send Beth back to the dressing room. 12 off 21 for Mooney. Australia Women are 5 down for 128. 128/5

18.4 OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Amelia Kerr continues to weave her magic with the ball and this is another huge wicket for New Zealand Women! A well-disguised googly from Kerr, tossed up full and right in front of the stumps. Annabel Sutherland steps out to go over mid on, but the bat twists in her hands at impact, and the ball comes off the inner half, flying flat towards mid on. Suzie Bates makes no mistake with a safe catch. Sutherland walks back for 5 (8), and Australia Women have stumbled from 108/2 to 113/4. 113/4

46.3 OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT BEHIND! Finally, the Kiwis get rid of Gardner! This is fired on a fullish length, outside off. Ashleigh Gardner has a huge slash at it, but the ball nibbles away and takes a faint outside edge. The ball goes flat and dips in front-right of the keeper. Izzy Gaze bends low to her right and scoops the ball before the grass. A huge round of applause for Gardner as she walks back and a few Kiwi players come forward to appreciate her inning as well. Ashleigh Gardner departs for a marathon knock of 115 off just 83 deliveries. Australia Women are 308/8! 308/8

32 OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Lea Tahuhu cannot do anything wrong in this game and breaks this 64-run partnership for the sixth wicket! On a fuller length, tailing a bit onto the leg stump line. Tahlia McGrath, without any conviction, just flicks it uppishly towards short mid-wicket. Amelia Kerr is stationed perfectly for that and takes a fine catch to her right. Tahlia McGrath departs for 26 off 34 and Australia Women are 192/6. 192/6

37.5 OUT! IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT! Just when Australia Women were looking very threatening, Jess Kerr has put an end to this 47-run partnership for the seventh wicket! Serves it full, does Jess, around the off stump. Sophie Molineux clears the front leg and attempts to sail it over long on, but does not get the timing right and the ball goes towards Sophie Devine, stationed at long on where she judges the ball's trajectory to perfection and takes a fine catch in front of the boundary ropes. Sophie Molineux departs for 14 (19) and Australia Women are 239/7 down now. 239/7

49.3 OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Jess hits the hard length, on top of the stumps. Kim Garth shapes to play the pull and goes through the shot, but finds no elevation, distance, and timing on it. The ball sails only as far as Georgia Plimmer, stationed at the deep mid-wicket fence. Plimmer takes a simple catch in the deep. Kim Garth departs for a very crucial cameo of 38 (37) and AUSTRALIA WOMEN HAVE BEEN BOWLED OUT FOR 326 IN 49.3 OVERS! 326/10

49.1 OUT! TAKEN! Jess Kerr gets her second wicket! Fuller length, and a leg cutter outside off. Alana King clears the front leg and tries to clear the in-field with an inside out shot, but mistimes as the ball gets twisted at the point of contact. Hence, the ball is sliced towards mid off, where Suzie Bates moves to her right and takes a simple catch. Bates has now taken four catches in this game. Alana King departs for 4 (7) and Australia Women are 9 down on 325. 325/9

1.3 OUT! TIMBER! Sophie Molineux gets her first-ever wicket in Women's World Cup and she is over the moon. The White Ferns are right on the back foot at the start of the chase. Arm-delivery around off, Suzie Bates strides out in front and goes for the drive, playing for the spin, but this one comes in with the arm and goes off the inside edge and crashes into the stumps behind. New Zealand Women are now 2 down without anything on board. Suzie Bates, too, departs for a duck! 0/2

1 OUT! GEORGIA PLIMMER IS RUN OUT! A huge mix-up and she has to pay the price! Back of a length, angling into the batter. Suzie Bates punches it off the back foot to the left of mid on and calls her partner through for a run. Georgia Plimmer shows hesitation at first, but then sets off. Annabel Sutherland is quick to react, moving to her left, picking the ball up in a motion, and firing a sharp throw straight to the keeper. The Aussie skipper whips off the bails in a flash. The side-on replay confirms that Plimmer is well short despite her desperate slide. This is a nightmare start for New Zealand Women, as Georgia Plimmer departs without facing a ball! New Zealand Women are 0/1 after 1 over. 0/1

19.1 OUT! CAUGHT! A soft dismissal as Amelia Kerr finds Phoebe Litchfield. Tossed up around off, Amelia Kerr looks to loft this over short cover but fails to get underneath it. Kerr ends up chipping this straight into the grasp of Phoebe Litchfield and she makes no mistake and hangs onto this straightforward catch. Amelia Kerr cannot quite believe it and makes a slow walk back to the dugout. She goes for a patient knock of 33 (56). New Zealand Women are 75 for 3 now, needing 252 more runs to win. 75/3

42.1 OUT! BOWLED! CLEANED HER UP! Annabel Sutherland delivers just what the doctor ordered! Dishes out a slower delivery, on a good length. It lands around off and middle and cuts into the batter. Sophie Devine is totally undone by the lack of pace and tries to slog it over the leg side. The ball beats the bat and disturbs the timber behind. Sophie Devine departs for a run-a-ball 112. She makes a long walk back to the dugout and is received by huge applause from the crowd and also by her teammates. A true captain's knock from Devine. New Zealand Women are 235/7, needing 92 runs from 47 deliveries! 235/7

30 OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Alana King wins this little battle and has the last laugh! She flights this one, full and around off. Brooke Halliday again tries to take on the bowler and attempts an aerial slog sweep, but does not get the distance and timing on it. Hits it straight towards Phoebe Litchfield, stationed at deep mid-wicket. A simple take for someone like Litchfield in the deep with a reverse cup. It was fun while it lasted for Halliday. She departs for 28 (38) and this 52-run partnership is broken as New Zealand Women are 127/4. 127/4

34.5 OUT! MADDY GREEN IS RUN OUT! Just when a partnership started to brew, a mix-up cost New Zealand Women a crucial wicket. A delivery on middle and leg length sees Green tuck it softly towards mid on and call for a single. Sophie Devine is caught ball-watching, leaving her partner exposed. Green pushes on, nearly completing the run, but Darcie Brown is alert, cutting off the path of the ball and sending a sharp throw to Alyssa Healy at the striker’s end and forcing Green to retreat back from a long way. Healy makes no mistake, whipping off the bails with Green caught well short of her crease by a country mile. Maddy Green departs for 20 off 18 balls, and New Zealand Women are now 164 for 5. 164/5

40.4 OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Smart stuff from Sophie Molineux and she is rewarded with another wicket. She breaks the 52-run partnership for the sixth wicket. A lot more flight is provided on this delivery, inviting the batter to go big on it. Izzy Gaze falls prey and advances down the track, seeing the flight on offer. Swings to clear long on, but does not get any timing whatsoever on it. Annabel Sutherland settles under it and takes a simple catch at long on. Izzy Gaze departs for 28 (18) and New Zealand Women are 218/6. 218/6

42.3 OUT! BOWLED! THROUGH HER DEFENCE! Second wicket for Annabel Sutherland and the final rites are being written now. This is pace on from Sutherland, aimed at the stumps. It pitches and jags back a long way, catching Jess off guard. A complete judgmental error from Jess Kerr as she tries to play this across the line, but plays over the wrong line and is beaten on the inside edge. The ball then smashes into the stumps. 236/8

42.4 OUT! LBW! A double whammy for Sutherland as she gets her third wicket. On a back of a length, another nip-backer from Sutherland. Lands around off and middle and then cuts in towards the leg stump. Eden Carson is trapped in the crease and tries to block, but the ball skids and raps her front pad. A huge appeal for LBW and up goes the finger. Eden Carson has sent it upstairs for a review straightaway! UltraEdge shows nothing and the Ball Tracking comes up with three reds, with the ball projected to strike the leg stump. Eden Carson is gone. New Zealand Women are 9 wickets down, and Annabel Sutherland is on HAT TRICK now. Bree Illing is the last batter in for New Zealand Women! 236/9

43.2 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! DONE AND DUSTED! A procession of wickets followed the departure of Sophie Devine. Tossed up, into the batter, around her pads. Bree stays leg side to it and goes for the slog, but the ball gets a faint tickle off the inside of his bat, and Healy takes a stunner gliding down her right. The umpire gives it out on the appeal for caught behind from the Aussie skipper, but Bree opts for the review in more hope than confidence. The UltraEdge shows a clear spike as the ball is next to the bat of Bree Illing, and the on-field decision of OUT stays. Australia Women have won this by 89 runs! 237/10