
Match 10 – Australia v New Zealand
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 8 October
Australia 148/8 (20.0) beat New Zealand 88 (19.2) by 60 runs
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13 – A dominant display at Sharjah saw Australia women stretch their winning streak at T20 World Cups to thirteen consecutive matches. This run stretches across three editions of the tournament, beginning with their group stage match against Sri Lanka at Perth in 2020.
Australia lost three of their first four meetings with New Zealand at T20 World Cups (with the vital exception being a victory in the 2010 final), but now have a 5-3 record at the event against the White Ferns, after wins at the last four editions since 2018.
148 – While they fell away toward the end of the innings, Australia’s total was still by far the highest made at Sharjah during this World Cup, beating England 125/3 against South Africa the day before.
3,000 – Alyssa Healy became the eighth woman to bring up 3,000 career runs in T20Is, and the fastest to that mark in terms of balls faced:
- 2,321 Alyssa Healy (AUS)
- 2,461 Smriti Mandhana (IND)
- 2,470 Sophie Devine (NZ)
- 2,597 Meg Lanning (AUS)
106.67 – Beth Mooney’s innings of 40 featured two fours and 32 non-boundary runs scored off 30 non-boundary balls. Known as one of the most productive runners in the game, this was the highest non-boundary strike rate of Mooney’s T20I career.
2,000 – Ellyse Perry’s runs (30) saw her become the third woman to complete the 2,000 run, 100 wicket career double in both the T20I and ODI formats. The others are New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and West Indies’ Hayley Matthews.
46 – Player of the match, Megan Schutt (3.2-1-3-3) became the outright highest wicket-taker at Women’s T20 World Cups:
- 46 Megan Schutt AUS (26 innings)
- 43 Shabnim Ismail SA (32 innings)
- 41 Anya Shrubsole ENG (27 innings)
- 40 Ellyse Perry AUS (42 innings)
143 – Schutt also drew level with Pakistan’s Nida Dar on the most overall career wickets in women’s T20Is.
3 – Schutt finished with the fewest runs conceded by a bowler who has taken three or more wickets in a Women’s T20 World Cup innings:
- 3-3 Megan Schutt (AUS) v NZ, 2024
- 3-4 Dani Hazell (ENG) v BAN, 2014
- 3-4 Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG) v SA, 2018
Annabel Sutherland took her career best T20I figures (4-0-21-3), while Sophie Molineux finished with her best analysis in a T20 World Cup match (4-0-15-2).
7 – Australia’s seven wickets taken bowled (2 Schutt, 2 Molineux, 2 Sutherland, 1 McGrath) were a new record in a Women’s T20 World Cup match.
88 – New Zealand’s total was their fourth lowest at a T20 World Cup. Three of those four lowest totals have occurred in the White Ferns’ last six matches at the tournament since 2023, indicating the downturn in fortunes for the 2009 and 2010 finalists.
6 – While New Zealand ended up comfortably outplayed, they did still have significant success with the ball at the death. In slipping from 109/2 to 138/8, Australia suffered their joint heaviest 3rd to 8th wicket collapse in a T20I. The only previous time Australia had suffered such a collapse was also against the White Ferns, crumbling from 36/2 to 65/8 at Lincoln in March 2008.
4 – Melie Kerr’s figures were the fourth best taken for New Zealand women at a T20 World Cup. The White Ferns have had as many four-fers in 2024 than at all eight previous editions combined:
- 4-15 Nicola Browne v PAK at Basseterre, 2010
- 4-19 Rosemary Mair v IND at Dubai, 2024
- 4-22 Sophie Devine v WI at Wankhede, 2016
- 4-26 Melie Kerr v AUS at Sharjah, 2024
Kerr is the only woman in T20I history to take two four-wicket hauls in their career against Australia.
7.60 – Having taken three wickets at Mackay during the bilateral series that preceded this World Cup, Brooke Halliday (2-0-16-2) maintained her wicket-taking habit against Australia. Against all other nations in T20Is, Halliday has bowled 9.0 overs and taken one wicket at an average of 60.00, compared with 4.4 overs against Australia that have netted her five wickets at an average of 7.60.
7.04 rpo – Despite playing both their opening games at a sluggish Sharjah (average run-rate 5.62 rpo, compared with 6.19 in Dubai), Australia have been the fastest scoring batting side in the tournament so far. Underlining their status as clear favourites for the title, and demonstrating their total mastery of conditions so far, Australia have also been the most economical bowling unit (4.60 rpo).
Stats derived from ESPncricinfo statsguru.