Australian women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2008–09
# Australian women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2008–09

The Australia women's national cricket team toured New Zealand in February 2009. They played against New Zealand in five One Day Internationals, which were competed for the Rose Bowl. The series was drawn 2–2 after the final match was abandoned due to rain.

## Squads

| New Zealand | Australia |
| - | - |
| Haidee Tiffen (c) Suzie Bates Nicola Browne Abby Burrows Sophie Devine Lucy Doolan Katey Martin (wk) Sara McGlashan Beth McNeill Rachel Priest (wk) Kate Pulford Amy Satterthwaite Sarah Tsukigawa Aimee Watkins | Karen Rolton (c) Sarah Andrews Alex Blackwell Leonie Coleman (wk) Jess Duffin Lauren Ebsary Rene Farrell Jodie Fields (wk) Delissa Kimmince Shelley Nitschke Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Leah Poulton Emma Sampson Lisa Sthalekar |

## WODI Series

### 1st ODI

* 1 February 2009 Scorecard

| Australia 150/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 151/8 (45.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Jodie Fields 52 (94) Abby Burrows 2/15 (7 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 49* (91) Rene Farrell 3/26 (8 overs) |

* New Zealand Women won by 2 wickets Cobham Oval, Whangārei Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ) Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Jess Duffin, Erin Osborne (Aus) and Abby Burrows (NZ) all made their WODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 3 February 2009 Scorecard

| New Zealand 218/7 (50 overs) | v | Australia 214/9 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Haidee Tiffen 64* (103) Lisa Sthalekar 2/40 (10 overs) | | Lisa Sthalekar 72 (116) Suzie Bates 3/40 (10 overs) |

* New Zealand Women won by 4 runs Cobham Oval, Whangārei Umpires: Barry Frost (NZ) and Gary Baxter (NZ) Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 6 February 2009 (D/N) Scorecard

| Australia 258/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 154 (39.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shelley Nitschke 73 (85) Nicola Browne 2/51 (10 overs) | | Aimee Watkins 34 (32) Lisa Sthalekar 3/16 (7.5 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 104 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Evan Watkin (NZ) and Phil Jones (NZ) Player of the match: Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 8 February 2009 Scorecard

| Australia 307/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 263 (48 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Lauren Ebsary 86 (76) Beth McNeill 2/52 (10 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 67 (76) Emma Sampson 3/34 (6 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 44 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Dave Quested (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ) Player of the match: Lauren Ebsary (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 12 February 2009 Scorecard

| New Zealand | v | Australia |
| - | - | - |

* Match Abandoned Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
* No toss.
* No play possible due to rain.
