Women's WC: Perry, McGrath down White Ferns

Ellyse Perry, Tahila McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner’s impressive all-around display powered Australia to a crushing 141- run win over New Zealand, their third consecutive, in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup here on Sunday.

Perry (68 off 86) and McGrath (57 off 56) hit fine half-centuries before Gardner played an 18-ball 48-run cameo to help Australia post a challenging 269 for eight after being asked to bat. Defending the target, Australia dished out a cohesive bowling effort to bowl out transtasman rivals New Zealand for 128 in 30.2 overs.

Brief Scores: Australia 269/8 in 50 overs (Ellyse Perry 68, Tahlia McGrath 57; Lea Tahuhu 3-53) beat New Zealand 128 in 30.2 overs (Amy Satterthwaite 44; Darcie Brown 3-22) by 141 runs. Player of the match: Ellyse Perry