White Ferns

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Ellyse Perry

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What a headache for the White Ferns (Newsroom)

A crushing defeat to Australia in the Cricket World Cup has left the White Ferns under must-win pressure for the remainder of their round-robin games to ...

Look out for what she can achieve with a few more days back in the outdoors. Wellington was on a hat-trick and the Australians were completely in control (although Satterthwaite bravely fought on to 44). “So it's not an ideal position to know that every game is potentially - and that's a key word – must-win, but we’ve found ourselves losing two out of four and it's just reality,” Oram said. In the next over, Martin missed a full-toss from Australian spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington that hit her on the front foot. Gardner admitted having found it tough watching from her hotel room, dealing with mild Covid symptoms, as her team-mates notched up their first two wins of the tournament. But she also revealed she'd found herself puffing in the outfield, with a “really heavy chest” at times during the game. Out on the pitch, Martin had a brief chat to Amy Satterthwaite, who was on seven. But they'd knocked off similar chases this summer, they all knew the way the fast and true Basin Reserve outfield played and the mischief the brisk south-easterly was making (other than forcing the Aussies to wrap themselves in towels to stay warm). “It was an interesting one. With the next over, Australian dangerwoman Rachael Haynes was toppled by Lea Tahuhu, and the World Cup favourites were struggling at 56/3. They talked for a while, but she carried on. Slowly the batting pair built momentum.

White Ferns remain upbeat despite Aussie World Cup mauling (1 News)

Ashleigh Gardner's power hitting put Australia in control before NZ's batting collapse but coach Carter is hopeful of bounce back against South Africa.

Likewise with the batting, we’ve always been able to get past those early wickets … obviously yesterday we just got blown away early.” They effectively got into us early and we weren’t able to recover. We don’t see that power too much within the international female game.

White Ferns slump against Australia (RNZ)

The White Ferns have fallen to a weak 141-run defeat to their favoured trans-Tasman rivals in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in Wellington.

At 35-5 New Zealand were in dire trouble as their run chase was stuttering to a close. New Zealand's run chase was off to an extremely poor start with Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr unable to find the scintillating form they displayed in their warm-up win against their trans-Tasman rivals. New Zealand had the visitors on the ropes with three early wickets in the first 25 overs after putting the experienced Australians in to bat.

Blown away: White Ferns embarrassed by Australia at World Cup (New Zealand Herald)

The White Ferns have blown one chance to beat Australia, and now they have to fight to ensure they get another. An embarrassing 141-run defeat in their ...

No New Zealand bowler was safe as 105 runs came off the last 10 overs, 55 off the last five and 30 off the last two, with Gardner, playing her first match since recovering from Covid-19, smiting the last ball for six to complete a superb fightback. The Kiwis were brilliant for the first 25 overs then awful for the next 55, having Australia at 97-3 at the halfway mark, only for the visitors to first rebuild, then emphatically blast their way to 269-8, and finish off the turnaround by reducing the Ferns top order to rabble at 35-5. The White Ferns have blown one chance to beat Australia, and now they have to fight to ensure they get another.

White Ferns in 'must win' territory at Women's Cricket World Cup ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Heavy defeat to Australia has left them likely needing three wins from three matches against South Africa, England, and Pakistan.

Like elite athletes at their peak, our sports journalists are highly trained in the art of news. So we're asking you to support us with more than your attention. Win two, and they might be able to sneak in – just – but it will likely come down to net run rate to break a tie. He felt the White Ferns had let things slip towards the back end of Australia’s innings as they “flicked the switch and were able to grab control of the momentum of the game, and they carried that into their bowling” and acknowledged the manner of their defeat – their second-largest by runs against Australia – “was not great”. Oram said the White Ferns had looked at their target of 270 and felt it was within reach, but that quickly changed as they slumped to 35-5, one ball into the 12th over of their batting innings. “It was like, you know, the proverbial happens, we didn't front up today, in the second half of the game in particular, but with that in mind ... we need to learn from it, park it, and move on and make sure that we're ready to go for South Africa.

Live updates: Cricket World Cup - White Ferns v Australia at Basin ... (Newshub)

NZ 128 (30.2 overs). Satterthwaite 44, Tahuhu 23, Martin 19, Brown 3/22. Australia 269/8 (Perry 68, McGrath 57, Gardner 48no, Tahuhu 3/53).

What the White Ferns must do to get their World Cup back on track (SEN)

Bob Carter's side were brushed aside by Australia in Wellington on Sunday, losing by 141 runs in their fourth match of the tournament on home soil. On the back ...

Ash Gardner wrestled momentum back at the end, and they (the White Ferns) sort of lost their way a little bit.” The White Ferns currently occupy fourth position on the table with four points from four matches, with South Africa (third) on the same amount of points from their two outings and West Indies (fifth), also on four points, having one game in hand. “I think some of it has to go back on the coaching staff and how they got the players ready to approach this game,” Priest said.