Australia have slammed the brakes on New Zealand to claim their T20 series with a game in hand and inflict a ninth-straight loss on the Kiwis in the format.

Australia defeated New Zealand by 29 runs in the second T20I at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay to seal the three-match T20I series. Captain Alyssa Healy gave a cracking start as she made 38 runs off 25 deliveries.

Highlights of the second Women's Cricket Twenty20 International match between Australia and New Zealand which took place at Great Barrier Reef Arena Mackay.

Australia and New Zealand have not met in a bilateral T20I series since March 2021. That series finished drawn 1-1 after the series decider in Auckland was washed out. Neither Australia nor New Zealand have previously played a T20I in Mackay, but the Aussies did host India in an ODI series at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in 2021, winning 2-1.

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New Zealand have been going through a rough patch in international cricket, T20Is in particular and have lost seven matches in the format in a row. In such a form, facing Australia can be tough but before the Women's T20 World Cup,

Australia 142 (Healy 38, Perry 34, Kerr 4-20) beat New Zealand 113 for 7 (Bates 34, Gardner 3-17) by 29 runs Ashleigh Gardner made a successful return from a concussion scare to claim three wickets and help Australia claim an untidy and unconvincing series-win over New Zealand after a stunning collapse with the bat in the second T20I in Mackay.

Ashleigh Gardner starred with the ball in her return to Australia’s XI, helping her team scrap their way to a 29-run series-sealing victory over New Zealand in the second T20I in Mackay. After Alyssa Healy’s 25-ball 38 handed Australia a flying start at the Great Barrier Reef Arena,