Key events
Some nice pre-match reading right here:
New Zealand name an unchanged XI too:
Australia win the toss and will bat first
Alyssa Healy calls the coin correctly and chooses to bat first on a decent looking Wellington wicket. It’s an unchanged XI for the Aussies, we will have news on the White Ferns team ASAP.
I have it on good authority that the weather is clear and bright in Wellington! Toss incoming…
Preamble
James Wallace
Hello and welcome to the third women’s ODI between New Zealand and Australia from Wellington. Jolly Old St Nick might be dousing his abundant whiskers with beard oil and lint rolling his ermine in preparation for another festive jaunt but we’ve still just got time to sneak a game of cricket in before the big man saddles the reindeer and programs the SleighNav.
Australia are looking to finish the year on a high, a victory today will see Alyssa Healy’s side take the series against the White Ferns in their own backyard and will keep the Aussies ticking over nicely before the small matter of *The Ashes* gets underway in January.
As for the home side, after a washout and a rain affected loss in the previous two matches, Sophie Devine and co will be hoping for fair skies and a decent crack at drawing the series one game apiece.
Jim here with the call in foggy old Blighty. I’ll be back for news of the teams and toss shortly, play is due to get underway at 11am local time/9 am AEDT.
Pass me some figgy pudding a shiny white Kookaburra.
