Women’s World Cup: New Zealand Vs. Australia, Two jaw-dropping catches. Two spectacular catches, that attracts the attention of cricket fans.
On Sunday, Australia defeated archrivals New Zealand by a 141-run margin at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Wellington. In a dominant performance, the record six-time world champions defended 269/8 and bowled their opponents out for 128 at Basin Reserve. During the game, two spectacular catches were made, which drew the attention of cricket fans. The first came from Maddy Green of New Zealand, who ran to her left from long on and took an acrobatic catch to dismiss Australia’s Ellyse Perry off the bowling of Lea Tahuhu.
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New Zealand Vs. Australia Two jaw-dropping catches.
Watch Maddy Green’s catch:
Later in the game, Amelia Kerr of New Zealand edged a Darcie Brown delivery towards the slip cordon.
Beth Mooney of Australia dived to her right to make a low, one-handed catch.
Watch Beth Mooney’s catch:
Meanwhile, nearly every member of Meg Lanning’s powerful side contributed significantly, with Perry (68) and Tahlia McGrath (57) scoring valuable half-centuries and the returning Ashleigh Gardner (48* from just 18 balls) putting the finishing touches on an Australian flurry with the bat.
But it was with the ball that the Australians really shone, with teenager Brown (3/22) ripping through the New Zealand top-order and Amanda-Jade Wellington (2/34) and Gardner (2/15) putting the finishing touches on an impressive team performance.
With three wins in a row, Australia has reclaimed first place in the tournament standings, while New Zealand has dropped to fourth and is still fighting for a place in the semi-finals.
Australia 269/8 (Ellyse Perry 68, Tahlia McGrath 57, Lea Tahuhu 3-53) defeated New Zealand 128/10. (Amy Satterthwaite 44, Lea Tahuhu 23; Darcie Brown 3-22).
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