New Zealand v Australia: third women’s one-day international – live

Key events

25th over: New Zealand 123-3 (Devine 14, Halliday 1) King resumes and Devine finds a single to get Halliday some strike to see if she can get off the mark, which she does with a very nice sweep shot. There’s a little bit of life in this innings, but is it enough to get NZ to victory? Halfway through their innings now and they’ve got a bit of a mountain to climb, but it’s not impossible.

24th over: New Zealand 119-3 (Devine 11, Halliday 0) NZ were looking like they might find a way to win this game when Bates and Kerr were in, but the momentum has swung hard in the past couple of overs. This over is where Devine and Halliday start to build it back in their direction again, with Devine taking 10 runs from the first three balls of the Sutherland over, which starts to make up for all those dots. Sutherland fights back with two dots, before Devine finishes with a single.

23rd over: New Zealand 108-3 (Devine 0, Halliday 0) Another over from King and now it’s Halliday’s turn to look frustrated as she can’t get a big shot away and everything she plays keeps finding the field. King slightly releases the pressure with a wide after 10 dot balls in a row from Australia.

22nd over: New Zealand 107-3 (Devine 0, Halliday 0) Devine will want to be out there for a long time now – not just to give her team the best chance of victory, but also because she will want to give herself plenty of time before she has to be in a room with Melie Kerr, who must be fuming right now. Sutherland dots her up aggressively, building on Devine’s frustration and bowling a maiden.

21st over: New Zealand 107-3 (Devine 0, Halliday 0) Alana King comes on to bowl for the first time today, looking to make another breakthrough. Either Devine or Kerr (and preferably both) needs to make a big score today to give NZ a chance, so the sooner Australia can dismiss one (and preferably both), the more comfortable they’ll feel. Devine gives us a Marnus Labuschagne style leave – there’s a big flourish of the bat – and then Australia appeal for a stumping, but the third umpire can see that Devine is safely back in her crease. She then runs Kerr out – taking a run when the ball goes straight to Litchfield of all fielders is a real choice.

WICKET! Kerr run out (Litchfield) 22 (New Zealand 107-3)

Devine looks desperate to get off strike and runs out the set batter in a very silly move with a run that was never on. Absolutely not what NZ needed.

20th over: New Zealand 106-2 (Devine 0, Kerr 21) Sutherland returns for her second spell – she is Australia’s only wicket taker so far today. Bates gets an outside edge, which might have found a second or third slip, but unfortunately for Australia there are no slips in place and it goes for four, as does the edge from the next ball to bring up Bates’s 50. Sutherland takes her second wicket late in the over to dismiss Bates.

WICKET! Bates c Perry b Sutherland 53 (New Zealand 106-2)

Just as Bates looked like making a huge score, she loses her patience and sends the ball flying towards Perry, who holds on to a tough chance.

50 for Suzie Bates!

Not the way she would probably have liked to do it – with a streaky edge for four – but she’s happy with the runs and will hope to go on with it and lead her country to victory.

19th over: New Zealand 98-1 (Bates 45, Kerr 21) Brown starts the over with very nice line and length, she will want to find some consistency with that through this over. She finds some nice variation in pace, which keeps the batters guessing as her slower ball is considerably slower than her pace on delivery.

18th over: New Zealand 95-1 (Bates 43, Kerr 20) Gardner continues and Bates finds a boundary with a very nicely played cut shot from the second ball. Kerr and Bates bring up their 50 partnership, which they will want to keep building.

17th over: New Zealand 90-1 (Bates 38, Kerr 20) NZ are looking a bit more settled now and more often starting overs with a single, rather than a dot, which keeps the strike turning over and releases the pressure. Brown sends down a short ball and Bates mistimes it and skies it, but it falls safely in front of fine leg. It’s not a sensational over for NZ, but they still come away with six runs from it, which will keep them happy.

16th over: New Zealand 84-1 (Bates 35, Kerr 18) Gardner takes the first over after drinks and Bates uses her footwork early to find a gap and flick it past deep midwicket for a once bounce four. Picking up a boundary early in the over is important for NZ, as it takes the pressure off knowing those 5-6 runs an over are much easier to get from there. They get six from this over and they’re ticking along fairly nicely for now.

15th over: New Zealand 78-1 (Bates 30, Kerr 17) These are two highly experienced batters for NZ at the moment and you get the feeling that it’s the key partnership. Brown is bowling some very nice line and length and they’re finding it tricky to face her at the moment. Eventually Kerr finds one she can pull – it doesn’t reach the boundary, but they run two and the next ball plays a textbook straight drive back past Brown for four. Drinks are on the field now.

14th over: New Zealand 70-1 (Bates 29, Kerr 10) We get our first taste of spin for this innings, with Gardner coming on for her first over. Kerr finds a run from her Sydney Sixers teammate immediately, then there’s an appeal for LBW on Bates, but it seems to be one of those appeals that’s more about tricking the batters into not running than an actual appeal. Then she sends a lovely shot over long on for a four and it’s a much better over than the last two.

13th over: New Zealand 63-1 (Bates 24, Kerr 8) We get our first look at Darcie Brown for today – there just seems to be a never-ending supply of fast bowlers for Australia. Brown starts with three dots. She has incredible pace, but can sometimes be guilty of missing her length a little and can be expensive if she’s not on target. But it’s a good over from her, with just one run from it.

12th over: New Zealand 62-1 (Bates 24, Kerr 7) Bates and Kerr pick up a single each from Perry to start the over. They’ll be aware they need to keep on getting 5-6 runs an over so as not to let the run rate get away from them. Perry is not going to make that easy for them, she has tightened up her line and length this over. They only manage three from this over and that builds the pressure.

11th over: New Zealand 59-1 (Bates 23, Kerr 5) Sutherland resumes and there’s an almost appeal for LBW on Kerr early in the over, but no one is very interested in it. Kerr is able to find some space through the infielders and she and Bates run well to pick up three. Five from the over to keep the run rate moving.

10th over: New Zealand 54-1 (Bates 22, Kerr 1) Ellyse Perry comes into the attack now, taking over from Garth. She starts with a dot – it’s worth keeping an eye on these dots, because it already feels like NZ are allowing far too many. Perry releases the pressure with a wide next ball, but then she finds the line she was looking for with a wide-ish (but not wide) ball. And then Perry bowls a very un-Perry-like delivery with a waist high full toss that Bates delightedly pulls for four. Perry finishes the over well with three dots.

9th over: New Zealand 49-1 (Bates 18, Kerr 1) Sutherland continues after her miserly first over and she breaks the partnership almost immediately, bowling James to bring Amelia Kerr to the crease. Kerr gets off the mark with a little edge and Bates manages to bring a positive out of the over with a nice pull shot for four, followed by a quick single to keep the score moving.

WICKET! James b Sutherland 24 (New Zealand 43-1)

James looks to be aggressive once again, but she’s beaten by a full, straight delivery from Sutherland that goes cannoning into her stumps.

8th over: New Zealand 43-0 (Bates 13, James 24) Garth continues her spell and Bates is able to pick up a single straight away. James mistimes a pull shot and it goes up very high in the air, but it falls safely. The next ball she finds the timing on her pull shot and sends it flying over the boundary rope. There’s yet another scoop to follow and it goes over the boundary as well for consecutive fours. In her frustration, Garth bowls a wide on what should have been the last ball of the over.

7th over: New Zealand 30-0 (Bates 12, James 13) Sutherland enters the bowling attack for the first time today. She starts with a dot, as Bates plays cautiously as she tries to get her measure. Bates plays nice shots for the next couple of balls, but can’t pierce the field – she is looking for runs, but they’re just not on for her. Finally it’s an overthrow that breaks the barrage of dots. There’s another LBW appeal on the last ball of the over, but the umpire shakes her head and Australia doesn’t review.

6th over: New Zealand 29-0 (Bates 11, James 13) Garth catches the edge of Bates’s bat to start the over, but it hits the outstretched hand of Gardner and falls safely. James looks a little flustered as she comes on strike and swings wildly at a wider ball, but doesn’t make contact. Garth keeps on delivering the dot balls and nearly frustrates James into giving her wicket away, attempting another scoop on a ball that just wasn’t right for it. She finally picks up a run late in the over and Bates is able to finish off with a single as well.

5th over: New Zealand 26-0 (Bates 9, James 12) Schutt continues despite her expensive over, looking to reel the scoring back in. She starts with a dot and is looking good, but James pulls out the scoop once again and sends the ball sailing down past third for another four. She appears quite comfortable out there and rotates the strike back to Bates with a nicely played glance.

4th over: New Zealand 20-0 (Bates 8, James 7) Garth resumes and the batters look a little more tentative against her to start, but midway through the over, Bates comes charging down the wicket and finds the long on boundary. Garth adjusts well and finishes the over with three dots.

3rd over: New Zealand 15-0 (Bates 4, James 7) Bates starts by stepping away outside leg stump again, which she’s found to be a good tactic against Schutt. There’s a muted appeal for LBW next ball, but the umpire isn’t interested and the Australians don’t review it. Bates gets off strike with a strong pull shot, then James gets the first boundary of the innings with a very nicely timed scoop shot. It’s an expensive over for Schutt and a productive one for NZ.

2nd over: New Zealand 4-0 (Bates 1, James 2) And just as customarily, we see Kim Garth opening the bowling from the other end, with James on strike. The first ball of Garth’s over is a beauty, but it narrowly misses everything and flies through to Mooney at keeper. The statisticians have confirmed that if NZ chase this down, it will be the second highest successful chase in women’s ODI history, so that highlights the huge task that the White Ferns have ahead of them. James picks up two runs from a streaky edge down to third to get off the mark and looks a little more settled with that out of the way.

1st over: New Zealand 2-0 (Bates 1, James 0) Megan Schutt takes the new ball for Australia, as she customarily does. Bates starts defensively, seeing out a couple of dots. On the fourth ball of the over, she steps away from her stumps and gives herself some room and manages to flick the ball away for a single to give James the strike. James is watchful early as well, wary of Schutt’s full length.

Players are back on the field and we’re ready to get the NZ batting innings underway!

Just having a little check in on the weather after the first ODI was rained out and the second was rain affected with DLS coming into play in the second innings. But things are still looking fine in windy Wellington, it’s currently 19 degrees and Met Service in NZ is telling me there’s a 0% chance of rain.

Megan Maurice

Hello everyone, I hope you’ve enjoyed the first innings today. It’s an interesting one – as James noted, it’s the first time Australia have been bowled out batting first in an ODI in five years, so that sounds like it would be quite favourable for New Zealand, but Australia have also put a big total on the board and it will be a tough chase.

New Zealand didn’t fill me with confidence with the way they went about their chase in the second ODI a couple of days ago, so they’ll need to show a lot more intent and play some big shots from the outset if they want to have a chance of chasing this down. But with players like Bates, Devine and Kerr, it’s certainly a possibility. I really liked the looked of Bella James at the top of the order the other day too, so if she can stay out in the middle a bit longer today, that could go a long way towards setting them up for success.

It should be a fascinating innings coming up, so stay with me and we’ll power through together!

James Wallace

After a hefty partnership between Healy and Litchfield at the top of the order the Kiwis hit back with four quick wickets. Ash Gardner and Annabel Sutherland then rebuilt for Australia with the former finding the boundary with regularity before falling with five overs to go.

New Zealand need to score 291 runs to level the series 1-1.

That’s me done. Megan Maurice will be along very shortly to guide you through the chase. Bye!

Australia all out for 290!

Rosemary Mair picks up Kim Garth for her third wicket and that’s it for the Aussies! They are bowled out batting first in an ODI for the first time in five years – 2019 the last time they surrendered some overs in their first dig.

WICKET! Schutt run out (Green) 2 (Australia 288-9)

Direct hit and gone! Schutt tries to steal a single to mid on but Maddy Green swoops and throws down the stumps with the batter inches short!

48th over: Australia 288-8 (Schutt 4, Garth 8) Eden Carson finishes her spell with a thrifty over, just two singles taken off it. She closes her stint with 0-53 off her ten, she’s held up her end very well. Two overs to go.

47th over: Australia 286-8 (Schutt 3, Garth 7) Four runs off Devine’s ninth over, New Zealand have pegged Australia back but this target is still going to be a lofty one. In fact, I think it might already require the second biggest Women’s ODI chase in history.

46th over: Australia 282-8 (Schutt 2, Garth 6) Six runs taken off Eden Carson as Australia target 300. Here comes Sophie Devine to try and stop them.

45th over: Australia 275-8 (Schutt 0, Garth 1) Kerr finishes with 4-54 off her ten overs. Brilliant bowling. Megan Schutt and Kim Garth the new batters at the crease with five overs left.