Chasing a target of 270 runs at the Basin Reserve, New Zealand’s team could manage 35 for five in 11.1 overs after scoring 22 runs for no loss in four overs.
Eventually, he was all out for 128, with the lone vice-captain Amy Satterthwaite scoring 44 off 67 balls.
Sophie said, “Our batting performance was poor, we saw that the way Amy tried to bat from there, you could have taken your time.” We knew that our plan was lacking, but we could not do what we should have done today. Australia drew up the blueprint, we weren’t able to do that.
Sophie spoke about Australia’s batting depth on the reasons that influenced New Zealand’s massive defeat by 141 runs, most notably an unbeaten 48 off 18 balls by Ashleigh Gardner.
He further said, so we wanted to bowl first, stop them, but it shows the quality of the Australian team, even if you drop their three-four wickets, they keep the run-rate under control, they have done better today. batted.
He further said it was a combination of both poor bowling and Gardner’s batting. The way she hits the ball is hard to stop, she was brilliant.
Sophie lamented the lack of wickets for New Zealand while chasing 270, a target she often achieved in the ODIs against India in February.