Australia Women v New Zealand Women, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, New Zealand Women tour of Australia, 2026

New Zealand Women tour of Australia 1st Match: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Sydney, October 18, 2026

Australia Women

AUS-W

165/8 (18.5)

New Zealand Women

NZ-W

162/2 (20)

Finished

AUS-W won by 2 wickets

New Zealand Women InningNZ-W Inning162/2 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Georgia Plimmer	Not out	85	68	10	1	125.00
Not out
Flora Devonshire	b KJ Garth	1	4	0	0	25.00
b KJ Garth
Amelia Kerr(C)	c LK Hamilton b A Sutherland	9	12	1	0	75.00
c LK Hamilton b A Sutherland
Maddy Green	Not out	56	37	6	1	151.35
Not out
Extra	11 (b 0, w 6, nb 1, lb 4)
Total	162/2 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Kim Garth	4	34	1	8.50
Sophie Molineux	4	25	0	6.25
Lucy Hamilton	2	23	0	11.50
Annabel Sutherland	4	28	1	7.00
Georgia Wareham	4	25	0	6.25
Ashleigh Gardner	1	12	0	12.00
Nicola Carey	1	11	0	11.00

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (F Devonshire - 2.1 ov), 2-35 (AC Kerr - 6.4 ov)

Australia Women InningAUS-W Inning165/8 (18.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Georgia Voll	lbw b B Illing	0	2	0	0	0.00
lbw b B Illing
Beth Mooney(WK)	runout (F Devonshire)	38	25	6	0	152.00
runout (F Devonshire)
Ellyse Perry	c Izzy Sharp b J Kerr	52	30	9	0	173.33
c Izzy Sharp b J Kerr
Ashleigh Gardner	lbw b J Kerr	23	17	1	1	135.29
lbw b J Kerr
Georgia Wareham	c NH Patel b AC Kerr	10	7	2	0	142.86
c NH Patel b AC Kerr
Annabel Sutherland	c Izzy Sharp b J Kerr	9	5	2	0	180.00
c Izzy Sharp b J Kerr
Nicola Carey	runout (NH Patel / AC Kerr)	3	4	0	0	75.00
runout (NH Patel / AC Kerr)
Tahlia McGrath	Not out	6	9	0	0	66.67
Not out
Sophie Molineux(C)	b R Mair	11	5	2	0	220.00
b R Mair
Kim Garth	Not out	4	9	1	0	44.44
Not out
Extra	9 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	165/8 (18.5)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Bree Illing	3.5	33	1	8.61
Jess Kerr	4	25	3	6.25
Nensi Patel	3	18	0	6.00
Rosemary Mair	4	34	1	8.50
Amelia Kerr	4	50	1	12.50

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (G Voll - 0.2 ov), 2-86 (B Mooney - 8.2 ov), 3-102 (EA Perry - 10.2 ov), 4-115 (G Wareham - 11.6 ov), 5-141 (A Gardner - 14.1 ov), 6-142 (A Sutherland - 14.3 ov), 7-145 (N Carey - 15.4 ov), 8-159 (S Molineux - 16.6 ov)

Man of the Match

Georgia Plimmer

Date

2026-10-18 13:45 PM

Venue

North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Toss

Australia Women elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee