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Live: Sutherland’s golden summer continues as Australia closes in on ODI win in NZ

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6h agoSun 22 Dec 2024 at 10:01pm

Update

By Michael Doyle

1m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:40am

42nd over — Sutherland continues

By Michael Doyle

Sutherland bowls to Green who pulls to fine leg for two runs.

That brings up the 200 for New Zealand.

Another pull shot goes to deep square for a single.

Molly Penfold is on strike

Penfold strikes to mid-off, but there is no run.

Penfold then misses, but Beth Mooney at keeper fumbles the ball and New Zealand runs a bye.

Sutherland bowls short and Green pulls to deep square for another single.

Penfold will face the final ball and she gets bat on ball to run a single.

5m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:37am

41st over continues

By Michael Doyle

Molly Penfold is the new batter.

The first ball is fended, and then Penfold is beaten on the outside edge.

Penfold fends twice more to end the over.

6m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:35am

WICKET. KING HAS THREE WICKETS

By Michael Doyle

Bowled.

Alana King bowls a quicker ball which skids on.

Rosemary Mair tried to cut, but missed the ball and is clean bowled.

7m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:34am

41st over — King continues

By Michael Doyle

DROPPED. Mair hits hard and Ellyse Perry at mid-off drops the catch.

It was going fast, but Perry will be annoyed with herself.

Mair runs two.

8m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:34am

New Zealand need 94 from 60 with three wickets remaining

By Michael Doyle

The White Ferns need 9.4 an over from the final 10.

9m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:33am

40th over continues — Rosemary Mair is batting

By Michael Doyle

Sutherland bowls to Rosemary Mair who hits a short ball in the air, but it falls just short of Megan Schutt at fine leg.

Maddy Green cuts the final ball of the over, but it is hit directly to Alana King at point for no run.

10m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:31am

WICKET. SUTHERLAND HAS THREE WICKETS

By Michael Doyle

Izzy Gaze skipped down the wicket and played a cross-bat shot.

The ball hits high on the pad and goes to the waiting hands of Alyssa Healy at mid-on.

Three wickets for Annabel Sutherland.

11m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:30am

40th over — Sutherland continues

By Michael Doyle

Annabel Sutherland bowls to Izzy Gaze who works it into the leg side for a single. Gaze is off the mark.

A short ball is hooked by Green to fine leg for a single.

INSIDE EDGE. Gaze went for a big swing but edges the ball onto her pads. No run.

13m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:28am

39th over — King continues

By Michael Doyle

New Zealand’s required run rate is up to 8.4 with 12 overs left.

Maddy Green misses a ramp shot, but the ball also beats Beth Mooney at keeper. Mooney tried to anticipate where the ball was going, but needed to stay where she was. Two byes for New Zealand.

King bowls to Green and it is a dot ball.

APPEAL. Another attempted ramp is mistimed. Australia appeal for LWB. The umpire says no. The replay shows there was a little edge onto the pad.

A cut shot for no run is followed by a successful ramp to fine leg for two runs.

That is the first runs off the bat for 18 balls.

17m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:24am

38th over — Sutherland back in to bowl

By Michael Doyle

Annabel Sutherland bowls to Maddy Green, and a ball off her pads goes for a leg bye.

A shorter ball to Izzy Gaze is fended.

BEATEN. Sutherland passes the outside edge of Gaze’s bat.

Gaze fends to the off side for no run, then into the leg side for no run.

The final ball of the over is another dot ball as Gaze cannot be backward point.

21m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:21am

WICKET. KING HAS TWO IN AN OVER

By Michael Doyle

Great bowling from Alana King.

She bowled three dot balls to Lauren Down who was desperate to get off the mark.

The second-last ball of the 37th over is floated, Down skips and chips it straight to mid-wicket. It is the easiest catch for Annabel Sutherland.

The final ball of the over to Izzy Gaze is a dot.

That is a double-wicket maiden over for Alana King.

23m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:19am

37th over — Lauren Down comes to the crease

By Michael Doyle

Lauren Down is at the crease.

There are five balls left in Alana King’s over.

King bowls a nice line and forces Down to defend off the back foot.

BEATEN. Down defends but King spins it past the outside edge.

Australian captain Alyssa Healy is in at first slip. Australia is on the attack.

Another dot ball for King. There are two balls left in the over.

26m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:16am

WICKET. KING GETS HALLIDAY

By Michael Doyle

Alana King starts the 37th over.

Brooke Halliday plays the slog sweep.

Ellyse Perry is fielding at deep mid-wicket and she makes no mistake with the catch.

Massive wicket for Australia.

28m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:14am

36th over — Schutt continues

By Michael Doyle

Megan Schutt bowls to Maddy Green who gets hit on the thigh pad for no run.

Green then punches past mid-on for a single.

Halliday is a cover drive in the air, but it is into the gap and Newq Zealand add two more runs.

Halliday goes for a power shot but misses.

Schutt comes around the wicket and Halliday hits over mid-wicket for a single.

Maddy Green will face the final ball of the over and works it into deep mid-wicket for two runs.

31m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:11am

New Zealand require 108 runs from 90 balls with six wickets in hand

By Michael Doyle

31m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:10am

35th over — Alana King back into the attack

By Michael Doyle

Alana King returns to bowl leg spin. This will be her fifth over.

Green premeditates a lap shot and gets it away to deep fine leg for two runs.

EDGE. There is no slip. Green survives and will get two more runs.

A dot ball is followed by a cut to deep point for a single. Brooke Halliday is on strike.

FOUR. A reverse sweep goes through extra cover and it flew to the boundary rope. Great shot from Brooke Halliday.

Halliday went for the reverse sweep again but could not get it away. Dot ball ends the over.

35m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:06am

34th over — Megan Schutt is back into the attack

By Michael Doyle

Megan Schutt has bowled just three overs so far.

Schutt bowls to Halliday and beats the outside edge of the left-hander.

DROPPED. Schutt had a chance for a caught-and-bowled. It was chipped back to Schutt who could only get her right hand to it. She just could not hold onto the ball.

Around the wicket, Schutt bowls on the pads and Halliday miscues a sweep shot for a single.

Schutt bowls onto Green’s pads. Green works it to fine leg for two runs.

Green pulls to deep mid-wicket and Ellyse Perry’s dive saves a boundary. Two runs for Green.

WIDE. Schutt went for the yorker but it goes down the leg side.

A flick to forward square leg nets another run for Green to end the over.

40m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 4:01am

33rd over — Brown continues

By Michael Doyle

Brown bowls to Green who guided the ball to third for two runs.

FOUR. Brown went for the short ball and Green went for the hook. It comes off the gloves and goes down to fine leg for four.

A ball on the pads flicks Green’s leg for no run.

Green plays to mid-wicket, between two fielders, and takes a single.

Brown bowls short to Halliday, who pulls to Perry in the deep for a single.

A dot ball ends the over as Green misses and attempted cut shot.

43m agoMon 23 Dec 2024 at 3:58am

32nd over — Gardner continues

By Michael Doyle

FOUR. Ash Gardner bowls and Maddy Green skips down the wicket and hits a lofted off-drive to the boundary.

Green then punches to long-on for a single.

Halliday is on strike and defends Garnder, who is around the wicket to her.

FOUR. Halliday drops to one knee and hits over Gardner’s head to the rope.

Halliday plays to short third but the fielder cuts it off.

An inside edge onto the pad for no run ends the over.