da dobrowin： Australia dominated all but one New Zealander to claim victory at Adelaide Oval today in the opening match of the women’s one-day cricket series.
da realbet： AAP20-Feb-2002Australia dominated all but one New Zealander to claim victory at Adelaide Oval today in the opening match of the women’s one-day cricket series.Australia won by 53 runs, despite the efforts of New Zealand opener Rebecca Rolls, to take a 1-0 lead in the six-game series.Rolls smashed 61 from 67 balls but found little support as the Kiwis were bowled out for 151 from 46.4 overs in reply to Australia’s 7-204 from 50 overs.Only two other New Zealanders – Paula Flannery (21) and Rachel Pullar (27 not out) – made double figures.Rolls, who struck nine boundaries, was the only Kiwi able to counter a pace bowling onslaught from Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick, who claimed 2-13 from 7.4 overs.Medium pacer Julie Hayes also bewildered batters in snaring 2-20 from 10 overs while Karen Rolton also took two wickets.Earlier, Australian allrounder Melanie Jones top scored as the hosts compiled their competitive total.Jones struck an aggressive 40, the English-born 29-year-old involved in a valuable 65-run partnership with Lisa Sthalekar for the fifth wicket.The pair came together with Australia shaky at 4-93 in the 27th over but Sthalekar made a polished 33 to cap off contributions from captain Belinda Clark (27) and vice-captain Rolton (33).New Zealander Haidee Tiffen collected the bowling honours with 3-32 from eight overs while Nicola Browne claimed 2-29 from 10 overs for the reigning World Cup champions.The teams clash again tomorrow in a day-night fixture at Adelaide Oval.
