10-year record snapped as Aussies crush Kiwis

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Alyssa Healy and Ash Gardner person played starring roles arsenic Australia got its T20 World Cup run disconnected to a flyer with a crushing triumph implicit New Zealand.

Australia has won the past 2 editions of the tournament, and 5 of the past six, and showed it volition beryllium a unit to beryllium reckoned with erstwhile again successful the 97-run win.

New Zealand won the flip and inserted the Aussies in, lone to beryllium met with a blitz from Healy (55 disconnected 38), Aussie skipper Meg Lanning (41 disconnected 33) and Ellyse Perry (40 disconnected 22), arsenic the reigning champions posted 9-173 successful its 20 overs.

The tally pursuit was implicit earlier it began, with Megan Schutt removing New Zealand's opening brace of Suzie Bates and skipper Sophie Devine successful her archetypal over.

New Zealand concisely rebuilt, but ne'er truly threatened the mammoth Australian total, earlier Gardner wrecked the tally chase.

The prima all-rounder ran done New Zealand's mediate and little order, finishing with unthinkable figures of 5-12 disconnected her 3 overs arsenic the Kiwis were rolled for conscionable 76. She was named the Player of the Match for her spell.

Gardner's spell gave her the grounds for the champion bowling figures for an Australian pistillate successful T20s played extracurricular of Australia, surpassing Julie Hunter's 5-22 against the West Indies successful 2012.

Australia volition adjacent beryllium successful enactment erstwhile it faces Bangladesh successful a Group A clash connected Wednesday morning.

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