New Zealand Women vs Australia Women Match Preview, 3rd T20I

New Zealand Women (NZ-W) and Australia Women (AUS-W) will face each other in the third and the last T20I of the series. Having won the series comfortably, Australia Women will hope to achieve a clean sweep by winning the third match. The Trans-Tasman teams will face each other on Wednesday, March 26, at 7:15 AM (IST) at the Wellington Regional Stadium, in Wellington.

The outcome of the third T20I will not have any impact on the eventual result of the series. But NZ Women will hope to end the series on a high by avoiding a clean sweep. For that to happen, the hosts will have to beat the best team in the world. The world champions need to be at their best, as they haven't won a game against Australia Women in their last 5 encounters.

Both teams have some of the best players in their team. NZ Women have experienced players like Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Lea Tahuhu, and Amelia Kerr in their lineup. Likewise, Australia Women have terrific players like Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Scutt, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, and others in their lineup.

Match Details

Pitch Report

The third T20I between Australia Women and New Zealand Women will take place at the Wellington Regional Stadium, aka Sky Stadium in Wellington. The stadium has longer straight boundaries and fairly shorter side boundaries. Batters would want to target the square region to make the most of the dimensions.

Drop-in pitches are used as surfaces at the venue, which helps the batters. However, the weather is usually overcast and helps the pacers with some early swing. As it will be a day game, the team winning the toss would want to bat first. With the progression of the match, the wicket is likely to get slower.

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Head-To-Head Record

New Zealand Women and Australia Women have faced each other in 54 T20Is. In as many matches, Australian women have an upper hand with a total of 31 wins to their name. While New Zealand Women have won 21 matches, none of them have come in their last 5 matches.

Predicted XIs:

New Zealand Women - Suzie Bates (C), Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Jess Kerr, Polly Inglis (WK), Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair, Eden Carson.

Australia Women - Beth Mooney (WK), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath (C), Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.