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*Official* Australia Women in New Zealand 2021 thread

Magrat Garlick

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I'll just open this and see if people post.

(Don't think every women's tour should have a thread yet but this one seems pretty big, Australia's first series in six months)

T20Is:
Sunday 28 March, 7.10pm local, Seddon Park (Hamilton) - second in doubleheader
Tuesday 30 March, 3pm local, McLean Park (Napier)
Thursday 1 April, 3pm local, Eden Park (Auckland) - first in doubleheader

ODIs:
Sunday 4 April, 11am local, Bay Park (Mount Maunganui)
Wednesday 7 April, 2pm local, Bay Park (Mount Maunganui)
Saturday 10 April, 2pm local, Bay Park (Mount Maunganui)

Australia squad: Meg Lanning (capt), Rachael Haynes, Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy (wk), Jess Jonassen, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Molly Strano (replaced Annabel Sutherland), Georgia Wareham, Belinda Vakarewa, Tayla Vlaeminck

New Zealand squad: Sophie Devine (c), Lauren Down (T20 only), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas (T20 only), Leigh Kasperek (2nd, 3rd ODI only), Melie (Amelia) Kerr, Jess Kerr, Frankie Mackay, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin (wk), Thamsyn Newton, Hannah Rowe (T20 & first ODI), Amy Satterthwaite (vc), Lea Tahuhu (ODI only)
 
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I won't be surprised if our bowlers perform well, but the batting is worryingly shaky - like, "how are we even going to reach 100 against these bowlers" shaky.

Devine might hopefully come out of her slump, but I still feel like the Bates injury leaves a massive hole in our line-up. She's probably not that far off retirement anyway, so we need to find a long-term solution.
 
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Recorded this game and watched it a bit late after finishing work.

Obviously a much, much-improved performance from NZ, which I was proud and relieved to see. Jess Kerr was sensational.

But I did allow myself to get a little excited after the Healy, Mooney, Haynes and Lanning wickets, and I wish that Gardner ball hadn't popped out of Green's hands...

It does feel like one that got away. With Australia's post-isolation rust, this might have been our best chance of the series.

But I hope we can build on this and find a bit of further improvement - we all know Australia will, so we'll need to raise our game again to remain competitive.
 
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I don't want to jinx it, but this has been great from the Ferns so far. I really hope they can get these last 50-odd runs.

EDIT: And there we go - I jinxed it. But a great all-round contribution by Frankie Mackay.
 
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I'm hoping Jess Kerr and Frankie Mackay might hear from a WWBL team or two following their showings in this series so far. I'd love to see them both get a gig over there.
 
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