Australia hammer
New Zealand by 232 runs to sweep the Rose Bowl seriesThey have now won 21 ODIs in a row, equalling the all-time record 6.49am BST
And that is that. The bad news? It’s almost impossible to see how this
Australian team play again during the home summer, their next assignment likely to be a tri-series in New Zealand, along with
England, in February. That’s the window when the ODI
World Cup would have (and should have) been played, but that’s a conversation for another time. The good? The Women’s Big Bash begins in just a couple of weeks, a competition that has had a lot to do with the development and dominance of this remarkable outfit. Thanks for your company throughout the course of the last couple of weeks on the OBO. Until next time, bye for now! 6.45am BST
Rachael Haynes is the player of the match and the series. Quite right, too. She is talking now. “Meg can captain for as long as she wants but it is a really great team to lead. The great thing about today was some new players getting an opportunity and making the most of it.” On the win record, Haynes says it “is a really special thing” for the players to reflect on into the future. Sophie Devine talks now. She’s clearly gutted. “In the second game we showed we can take it to the best team in the world but we couldn’t today.” She adds that it is important to find the positives, including Amy Satterthwaite’s return just eight months after giving birth. Onto the Women’s Big Bash for Devine and about half a dozen of her teammates. Meg Lanning now collects the Rose Bowl. “Our bowlers made it really difficult to score. It was nice to finish like that.” On the record, she says they are “very proud” of being able to stitch this streak together across the course of three years.