# Australia women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2015–16

The Australian women's cricket team toured New Zealand in February 2016. The tour included a series of three WODIs and three WT20Is. The WODIs were part of both the Rose Bowl series and 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship. Australia won the ODI series by 2–1 and New Zealand took the T20I series by 2–1.

## Squads

| ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| New Zealand | Australia | New Zealand | Australia |
| Suzie Bates (c) Sophie Devine (vc) Erin Bermingham Leigh Kasperek Katey Martin (wk) Sara McGlashan (wk) Thamsyn Newton Morna Nielsen Katie Perkins Rachel Priest (wk) Hannah Rowe Amy Satterthwaite Lea Tahuhu | Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Grace Harris Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Beth Mooney Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt | Suzie Bates (c) Sophie Devine (vc) Erin Bermingham Leigh Kasperek Felicity Leydon-Davis Katey Martin (wk) Sara McGlashan (wk) Thamsyn Newton Morna Nielsen Katie Perkins Anna Peterson Rachel Priest (wk) Hannah Rowe Amy Satterthwaite Lea Tahuhu | Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Lauren Cheatle Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Grace Harris Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Beth Mooney Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani |

## ODI series

The three match series is part of both Rose Bowl series and 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.

### 1st ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 20 February 10:30 NZDT (UTC+13) Scorecard
| New Zealand 202/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 193 (49.4 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 72 (88) Grace Harris 3/32 (10 overs) Jess Jonassen 3/32 (10 overs) | | Beth Mooney 53 (77) Lea Tahuhu 3/34 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 9 runs Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Kathy Cross (NZ) and Tony Gillies (NZ) Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Beth Mooney (Aus) and Thamsyn Newton (NZ) made their ODI debut.
* ICC Women's Championship points: New Zealand Women 2, Australia Women 0

### 2nd ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 22 February 10:30 NZDT (UTC+13) Scorecard
| New Zealand 206/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 210/2 (41 overs) |
| Sophie Devine 67 (102) Jess Jonassen 5/50 (9 overs) | | Meg Lanning 114* (113) Lea Tahuhu 1/35 (8 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 8 wickets Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Kathy Cross (NZ) and Tony Gillies (NZ) Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* ICC Women's Championship points: New Zealand Women 0, Australia Women 2

### 3rd ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 24 February 10:30 NZDT (UTC+13) Scorecard
| New Zealand 243/5 (50 overs) | v | Australia 244/4 (48.4 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 110 (133) Jess Jonassen 1/25 (6 overs) | | Meg Lanning 127 (135) Leigh Kasperek 2/37 (6.4 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 6 wickets Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Kathy Cross (NZ) and Ashley Mehrotra (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Amy Satterthwaite (NZ) and Meg Lanning (Aus) scored 2,000 ODI career runs.
* ICC Women's Championship points: New Zealand Women 0, Australia Women 2

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 28 February 14:00 NZDT (UTC+13) Scorecard NZ Cricket scorecard
| Australia 113/7 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 114/6 (18.3 overs) |
| Meg Lanning 30 (28) Leigh Kasperek 4/7 (3 overs) | | Suzie Bates 33 (32) Megan Schutt 2/11 (4 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 4 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Kathy Cross (NZ) and John Bromley (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd T20I

* 1 March 16:00 NZDT (UTC+13) Scorecard
| Australia 116/6 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 117/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 55* (47) Leigh Kasperek 3/26 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 54 (53) Meg Lanning 2/17 (2 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 5 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd T20I

* 4 March 16:00 NZDT (UTC+13) Scorecard NZ Cricket scorecard
| Australia 145/7 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 128/8 (20 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 43 (43) Thamsyn Newton 2/16 (2 overs) | | Suzie Bates 54 (43) Ellyse Perry 2/15 (4 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 17 runs Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Ashley Mehrotra (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.