Preview:
New Zealand Women have lost their two previous ODI series against Australia Women and England Women by margins of 3-0 and 2-1 respectively. It is now time to move on from that and regroup themselves to face the mighty Australians.
Australia Women are playing ODI after a long gap of 5 months. In the last time they played against New Zealand Women, they won convincingly by a 3-0 margin. They would want to repeat similar performances in this series as well.
Match Details:
New Zealand Women vs Australia Women 1st ODI
Venue: Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Time: 4:30 AM IST
Live Streaming: Fancode
Pitch Report:
The surface favours the batswomen more than the bowlers. The team batting first will have a good advantage on this venue and we can expect a high-scoring encounter.
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Probable Playing XIs NZ-W vs AU-W:
New Zealand Women
Hayley Jensen, Amy Satterthwaite (c), Amelia Kerr, Lauren Down, Katey Martin (wk), Hayley Jensen, Brooke Halliday, Frances Mackay, Maddy Green, Hannah Rowe, Jess Kerr
(Sophie Devine has opted to take rest to deal with fatigue issues)
Australia Women
Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy (wk), Meg Lanning (c), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt
NZ-W vs AU-W Top Picks for NZ-W vs AU-W Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Batswoman
Amy Satterthwaite scored the most runs for New Zealand Women in the previous series against England Women. She scored 135 runs in 3 matches at an average of 67.5, with the highest score of 119*.
Rachael Haynes scored 222 runs in 3 matches at an average of 74 in the previous ODI series against New Zealand Women. Overall in ODI her career, she has scored 1836 runs at an average of 36.72.
Top Picks – All-Rounders
Amelia Kerr had a good last series against England Women, scoring 87 runs from 3 matches at an average of 43.5 and picked up 4 wickets with the best figures of 4/42.
Jess Jonassen picked up most wickets in the last series against New Zealand Women. She scalped 8 wickets in 3 matches at an economy of 3.35 runs per over, with the best figures of 4/36.
Top Picks – Bowlers
Jess Kerr picked up 3 wickets in 2 matches in the last series against England Women. Overall in her short career, she has picked up 5 wickets in 4 matches.
Megan Schutt managed to pick up 5 wickets in 3 matches in the last series against New Zealand Women. Overall in her 62 ODI matches, she has scalped 92 wickets at an economy of 4.22 runs per over.
Top Picks – Wicketkeepers
Alyssa Healy scored 134 runs in 3 matches at an average of 44.66 in the previous series against New Zealand. Overall in her ODI, she has notched 1772 runs at an average of 32.81.
NZ-W vs AU-W Must Picks for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
| Player | Statistics (Last 5 ODs) | Dream11 Points |
| Rachael Haynes | 353 runs | 35, 179, 103, 153, 19 |
| Ashleigh Gardner | 195 runs and 3 wickets | 113, 54, 84, 59, 42 |
| Meg Lanning | 207 runs | 19, 1, 41, 139, 112 |
| Amy Satterthwaite | 304 runs and 5 wickets | 222, 158, 153, 14, 15 |
| Megan Schutt | 7 wickets and 25 runs | 47, 42, 37, 43, 98 |
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for NZ-W vs AU-W Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Katey Martin, Alyssa Healy, Amy Satterthwaite (vc), Rachael Haynes (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning, Amelia Kerr, Jess Jonassen, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Megan Schutt
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for NZ-W vs AU-W Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Katey Martin, Lauren Down, Amy Satterthwaite, Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Meg Lanning (c), Frances Mackay, Ellyse Perry, Hannah Rowe, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt
NZ-W vs AU-W Risky Captaincy Choices:
Katey Martin has scored 31 runs in her last 2 matches. She generally bats in the middle order and has scored 1455 runs in 77 innings. She can be a risky captain to pick.
Ellyse Perry hasn’t bowled much after coming back from injury, which is why not many people have made her their captain. She can be a differential in this regard.
Player you should avoid:
New Zealand Women’s batswoman Maddy Green has only scored 67 runs in her last 5 matches. Owing to her bad form, she is a player you should give a miss while picking your team.
