Big losses for Black Caps, White Ferns
- Dave Worsley
- Mar 22
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 22
A double defeat for the New Zealand cricket teams at Eden Park with a couple of big losses to Australia and Pakistan respectively.
The Black Caps batted first against Pakistan and made 204 all out with a ball remaining.
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The innings was held togehter by 94 from Mark Chapman off 44 balls including 11 fours and four sixes.
Others around Chapman seemed to slip away as he held the innings together.
Tim Seifert made 19, Daryl Mitchell 17, Ish Sodhi 10 were the only players toreach double figures aside from captain Michael Bracewell with 31 from 18.
In reply Pakistan scored 207-1 with 24 balls spare as they dispatched the New Zealand bowlers around the stadium, Hasan Nawaz scoring 105 not out and captain Salman 51 not out. Mohammad Haris scored 41.
The sides play again on Sunday.
In the women's game against Australia the White Ferns scored a total of 137-2 after a late flourish by Amelia Kerr and Sophie Devine.
Kerr made 51 from 46 balls while Devine scored 39 from 36 after both players struggled together initially.
Earlier openers Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer did an earnst job with 14 from 14 and 27 from 24.
However Australian openers Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney blazed away from the outset,
Voll was eventually out for 50 from 31 balls while Beth Mooney was 75 nout out.
Phoebe Litchfield went cheaply for two and Elyse Perry was not out three as the visitors won by eight wickets with 39 balls spare.
Lea Tahuhu was the best of the kiwi bowlers with 3-3 from three overs.
The second of the three T20 is at Bay Oval in Tauranga on Sunday,
