The Aussie Women will take on the New Zealand Women in a Group B encounter of the Women's T20 World Cup 2016 Monday at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
The global women's twenty20 event will witness the first trans-Tasman clash when the defending champions "Southern Stars" take on the "White Ferns" at Nagpur's turning pitch.
Watch the live stream of the match here, here and here and live scores here, here and here. The day night twenty over match starts at 3:30 p.m. local time (10 a.m. GMT/5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT) on March 21.
The Kiwi ladies, who outclassed Sri Lanka in their first encounter of the tournament, registered a massive 92-run victory over inexperienced Ireland at Mohali's IS Bindra stadium last week. "It was a very pleasing win because it was a complete performance with bat and ball. We needed such a win because we play Australia next and have to be at the top of our game," New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates said on Friday.
The Aussie women, on the other hand, registered a six-wicket win against South Africa in a Group A match of the 10-nation Women's WT20 on Friday. An unbeaten 52-run stand between skipper Meg Lanning (30) and Alex Blackwell (44) guided Australia to chase down a modest 103 with six wickets and nine balls to spare.
The Australian Women cricket team's coach Matthew Mott praised "inspirational" skipper Meg Lanning for her decision to play despite a gastro illness. "She really battled. She was very sick and we were worried she wouldn't be able to play. She was really struggling. Our doc got some injections into her and got her fit enough to bat. It was a pretty fantastic innings," Mott told AAP. "It took every ounce of courage she had to get out there. To bat like she did, having almost come off your death bed, it was pretty inspirational."
The Probable Squads:
Australia Women- Kristen Beams, Alex Blackwell, Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Sarah Coyte, Rene Farrell, Holly Ferling, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney, Erin Osborne, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani.
New Zealand Women- Suzie Bates, Erin Bermingham, Sophie Devine, Leigh Kasperek, Felicity Leydon-Davis, Katey Martin, Sara McGlashan, Thamsyn Newton, Morna Nielsen, Katie Perkins, Anna Peterson, Rachel Priest, Hannah Rowe, Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu
