After winning, Australia Women jumped to first spot in the latest Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, and now, they are leading the chart with a impressive NRR of +1.780. Australia Women’s National Cricket Team defeated New Zealand Women’s National Cricket Team in the match no.2 of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 by 89 runs. The Player of the match was Ashleigh Gardner for her impressive batting and bowling in this game. She smashed 115 crucial runs in 83 balls and led her team in strong position.
Both teams played excellent cricket, but Australia outsmarted New Zealand, and now they will be playing their next match against Sri Lanka Women. Along with Sophie Molineux, Annabel Sutherland also did great; she also took three wickets in this match. Australia Women looks perfect, they have quality batting and bowling and they are expected to lift the trophy again.
Sophie Devine was the only batter from the New Zealand side who stood against Australian bowlers and played a decent knock of 112 runs, but couldn’t lead his team to victory. New Zealand’s journey in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 have just started. They have played good cricket, but they need to focus more on their batting and pace bowling in the future.
Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 Points Table:
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| 1 | Australia Women | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.780 |
| 2 | India Women | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.255 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka Women | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.780 |
| 4 | New Zealand Women | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.255 |
| 5 | Bangladesh Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| 6 | England Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| 7 | Pakistan Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| 8 | South Africa Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
AUS-W vs NZ-W Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 Match Highlights:
After winning the toss in their first game of Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, Australian Women decided to bat first and they had a decent start in the powerplay as Kiwi bowlers were not leaking the runs over Australian batters. However, Australia Women’s batters were continuously trying to hit the ball out of the boundary, but they failed, and the wickets also kept falling.
Skipper Alysa Healy tried to make a partnership but got out by scoring just 19 runs but Phoebe Litchfield stood on one end and she played a crucial inning of 45 runs in 31 balls. Ashleigh Gardner also supported Litchfield and scored 115 runs; both players led Australia Women to an excellent 326 runs on the scoreboard from a situation that could have collapsed under 200.
From New Zealand bowling, Jess Kerr and Lea Tahuhu was the key bowler in today’s match for Bangladesh, they got three crucial wickets, whereas Amelia Kerr and Breearne Illing got two wickets each. New Zealand Women could have done much better in the death overs and restricted Australia Women under 2500.
In the second inning, New Zealand Women had to chase the target of 327 runs, and they had a bad start, after the powerplay got over, they were still losing their wickets against Australia Women’s bowlers. New Zealand’s middle order collapsed, and they were able to score 237 runs in 43.2 overs. Sophie Devine played a wonderful innings of 112 runs, but it was of no use as the team lost the match by 89 runs.
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