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Unbeaten Aussies down White Ferns

Perry, Jonassen make it three from three in WWC17 with a five-wicket win over the Kiwis

The score: New Zealand 9-219 (Perkins 52, Bates 50, Jonassen 3-33) in 50 overs lost to Australia 5-220 (Perry 71, Lanning 48, Peterson 2-27) by five wickets in 48.4 overs

The match in a tweet: Three from three! Jess Jonassen puts New Zealand in a spin before a brilliant 71 from Ellyse Perry maintains Australia’s unbeaten run 

The hero: It was a close call between Ellyse Perry and Jess Jonassen, but Perry’s gritty anchoring role that saw Australia through a tricky chase just eases out the left-arm tweaker’s heroics. Coming to the crease with Australia 2-72, Perry found herself in a very familiar role: in partnership with Meg Lanning. While the Australian skipper was at the crease, Perry was happy to play the support role, knocking around singles and letting Lanning do the attacking. But once Kerr removed Lanning and Elyse Villani in the space of two balls and Perry was joined by Alex Blackwell, the required run rate began to creep higher for Australia, leaving them needing 55 runs from the final 10 overs. It was then that Perry accelerated, releasing the tension with a well-struck boundary off Erin Bermingham before reaching her 19th half-century from 72 deliveries. On an aging pitch that made batting tougher than in the previous Bristol matches, Perry put on 71 runs with Lanning (48) before sharing a 76-run stand with Blackwell (36no). She couldn’t see Australia home, holing out in the deep on 71 with scores tied, but it affected nothing except her average as the defending champions eased home with eight balls to spare.

The turning point: Jonassen takes this one. The left-arm spinner turned the White Ferns innings on its head when she took three wickets in the space of 16 balls. Australia had done well to restrict New Zealand to 0-33 from the first 10 overs, while the introduction of leg-spinner Amanda Jade-Wellington in the 12th over reaped immediate rewards as she removed Rachel Priest (15 off 31) with her first legal delivery. But it was the return of Jonassen in the 21st over that shook the White Ferns. First, she had Satterthwaite trapped lbw for 21 (40), and two balls later, Katey Martin caught behind for naught. White Ferns captain Suzie Bates, the rock of the Kiwi innings, brought up a half-century in her 100th ODI from 71 deliveries, but her celebrations were cut short the next ball when she was adjudged lbw again to the bowling on Jonassen, leaving New Zealand in a precarious position at 4-96.

Jonassen, Schutt restrict White Ferns

The support act: Ashleigh Gardner (1-32), whose off-spin has proved very effective in shutting down New Zealand run-machine Amy Satterthwaite in previous encounters, helped build the pressure early and was rewarded with the wicket of the dangerous Sophie Devine (14 off 30). Megan Schutt picked up three wickets to continue her good record in Bristol, including two wickets in the final over. 

Records galore as Aussies maintain perfect start

The history repeating: There was a strong sense of déjà vu when 16-year-old leg-spinner Amelia Kerr was brought on for a second time in the 34th over. Lanning was on 48 when she advanced towards a delivery from the teenager – whose first two overs had gone for 11 – but only found the edge of her bat, handing ‘keeper Priest a fumbling catch. The very next delivery Elyse Villani was bowled – a replica of what occurred in Mount Maunganui earlier this year, when the teenager also found herself on a hat-trick after taking the wickets of Lanning and Villani from consecutive deliveries. And as she managed when in the same situation earlier this year, Blackwell again saw off the hat-trick ball. Unfortunately for the teenage spinner, her efforts weren’t enough to snatch a win as she finished with 2-42 from her eight overs.

Sixteen-year-old NZ leggie takes two in two balls

The consolation effort: While Bates kept the scoreboard ticking early with her 23rd ODI half-century, the later resistance came from Katie Perkins. The White Ferns No.6 – best known for her interesting habit of performing burpees on the sidelines while waiting to bat – proved a thorn in the Australians’ side by rotating the strike while wickets fell around her to bring up a half-century from 57 deliveries. Her 49-run seventh-wicket stand with Bermingham (35 off 42) added crucial runs for the New Zealanders before Perkins was run out on 52, having collided with Perry.

The stat: When Perry reached 57, she brought up her 2000th one-day run. To demonstrate just how far Perry’s batting has come and how her role in the Australian team has changed, her first 1000 runs came in 45 innings. Her next 1000? In just 19.  

The shot: A booming six from Lanning that went back over the head of Bermingham and struck the sight screen at the Ashley Downs end of the ground.

The next stop: Australia head back to Leicester, where they’ll meet Pakistan on Wednesday. For the White Ferns, Taunton beckons where they’ll meet the win-less West Indies on Thursday.


Australia XI: Bolton, Mooney, Lanning (c), Perry, Villani, Blackwell, Healy (wk), Jonassen, Wellington, Gardner, Schutt 

New Zealand XI: Bates (c), Priest (wk), Satterthwaite, Martin, Devine, Perkins, Peterson, Bermingham, Kerr, Tahuhu, Huddleston


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