Australia Women vs New Zealand Women Cricket: Complete Rivalry Timeline, Head-to-Head Records & Stats

The Australia women’s national cricket team vs New Zealand women’s national cricket team timeline spans over 75 years- from their first Test meeting in 1948 to the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup clash in Indore. Australia leads the all-time ODI head-to-head 99–31 in 132 matches. In T20Is, the record stands at 28–21 to Australia across 52 games. New Zealand’s greatest result in this rivalry remains their 2000 Women’s World Cup Final win by four runs– the only time they have beaten Australia in a major ICC knockout match. This is women’s cricket’s most data-rich, longest-running Trans-Tasman 

AUS-W vs NZ-W at a Glance

The fastest way to understand this rivalry is through numbers- and the numbers are definitive.

Question	Answer
First Match	1948- Test cricket
First ODI	1973 Women’s World Cup
First T20I	2006
ODI Record	Australia 99 wins, NZ 31 wins (132 matches)
T20I Record	Australia 28 wins, NZ 21 wins, 1 tie (52 matches)
ODI World Cup Record	Australia 12 wins, NZ 3 wins (15 meetings)
T20 World Cup Record	Australia 4 wins, NZ 3 wins (7 meetings)
Highest ODI Total	326 all out- Australia, Indore, Oct 1, 2025
Australia’s Lowest ODI Total vs NZ	77 all out- 1993 World Cup
Australia’s ODI Winning Streak	15 consecutive completed ODIs (from Feb 2017)

Win Percentage by Format

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Understanding where New Zealand is competitive- and where they are not- is key to reading the Australia women’s national cricket team vs New Zealand women’s national cricket team timeline accurately.

Format	Total Matches	AUS Win %	NZ Win %
Tests	13	30.7%	7.6% (8 draws)
ODIs	132	75.0%	23.4%
T20Is	52	53.8%	40.3% (1 tie, 1 NR)
ODI World Cup	15	80.0%	20.0%
T20 World Cup	7	57.1%	42.8%

New Zealand is a genuinely competitive T20I side against Australia- winning 40.3% of all T20I meetings. Their ODI record, however, is one of the most lopsided in women’s cricket history.

Complete Timeline: Australia Women vs New Zealand Women (1948–2025)

No single section ranks better for a timeline keyword than a match-by-match chronological record. This is the most complete publicly available timeline of the Australia women’s national cricket team vs New Zealand women’s national cricket team rivalry.

Era 1: Test Cricket Era (1948–1996)

The two nations first played Test cricket in 1948– an era when women cricketers funded their own tours, played on uncovered pitches, and received no central contracts.

Year	Event	Result
1948	First ever Test series	Played in New Zealand
1957	Second Test series	Australia win
1961	New Zealand tour Australia	Drawn series
1972	New Zealand host Australia	Drawn Test
1975	Australia tour New Zealand	Australia win
1986	New Zealand’s only Test win	NZ beat Australia
1996	Final Test between the two sides	Series drawn

Of 13 Tests played, Australia won 4, New Zealand won 1, and 8 ended in draws. New Zealand’s only Test victory in 1986 remains their most significant result across all formats in that decade.

Era 2: ODI World Cup Meetings (1973–2025)

ODI World Cup encounters have defined the public narrative of this rivalry more than any bilateral series. Australia have won 12 of 15 ODI World Cup meetings– but the three New Zealand wins include the most dramatic result in Trans-Tasman women’s cricket history.

Year	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Margin/Note
1973	Women’s World Cup	England	First ODI meeting on record
1982	Women’s World Cup	New Zealand	Australia	AUS win tournament
1988	Women’s World Cup	Australia	Australia	AUS win tournament
1993	Women’s World Cup	England	New Zealand	AUS bowled out for 77
1997	Women’s World Cup	India	Australia	AUS win, NZ are runners-up
2000	Women’s World Cup Final	South Africa	New Zealand	NZ win by 4 runs- NZ win the title
2005	Women’s World Cup	South Africa	Australia	AUS win tournament
2009	Women’s World Cup	Australia	Australia	AUS win tournament
2013	Women’s World Cup	India	Australia	Lanning 112*- AUS win
2017	Women’s World Cup	Bristol, England	Australia	Won by 5 wickets
2022	Women’s World Cup	Wellington, NZ	Australia	AUS win tournament
2025	Women’s World Cup	Indore, India	Australia	AUS win by 89 runs, Gardner 115

The 2000 World Cup Final is the single most important result in this entire rivalry. New Zealand beat Australia by just four runs to lift their only Women’s World Cup title- a result that proved the gap between these teams is never permanent.

Era 3: T20 World Cup Meetings (2009–2024)

The T20 World Cup record between these two sides is the closest of any major ICC tournament- Australia leads 4–3 in seven meetings.

Year	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Note
2009	T20 World Cup	England	New Zealand	NZ beat AUS in group stage
2010	T20 World Cup Final	West Indies	Australia	AUS win Final vs NZ by 3 runs
2012	T20 World Cup	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	NZ beat AUS in group stage
2014	T20 World Cup	Bangladesh	Australia	AUS win
2016	T20 World Cup	India	New Zealand	NZ beat AUS in group stage
2020	T20 World Cup	Australia	Australia	AUS win
2023	T20 World Cup	Paarl, SA	Australia	AUS win by large margin
2024	T20 World Cup	Sharjah, UAE	Australia	AUS win by 60 runs

New Zealand have won three T20 World Cup group-stage matches against Australia- in 2009, 2012, and 2016. They have never beaten Australia in a T20 World Cup knockout match, but their 42.8% win rate in this tournament format tells a genuinely competitive story.

Era 4: Bilateral Series (2006–2025)

Outside World Cups, bilateral series have become increasingly one-sided in Australia’s favour since 2017.

Date	Series	Format	Result
2006/07	NZ tour of AUS	T20I	Australia win 1–0
2007	AUS tour of NZ	T20I	Australia win 1–0
Feb 2017	NZ tour of AUS	ODI	New Zealand last ODI win
Sep 2024	AUS home T20Is vs NZ	T20I	Australia win 3–0
Dec 2024	AUS tour of NZ	ODI	Australia win 2–0 (by 169 runs DLS and 75 runs)
Mar 2025	AUS tour of NZ	T20I	Australia sweep 3–0

Australia have won 15 consecutive completed ODIs against New Zealand– a streak that began after New Zealand’s last ODI win in February 2017. This is the defining statistical fact of the modern era of this rivalry.

Head-to-Head Record: Full Summary

The complete Australia women’s national cricket team vs New Zealand women’s national cricket team head-to-head record.

Format	Total Matches	AUS Wins	NZ Wins	Tie/NR
Tests	13	4	1	8 draws
ODIs	132	99	31	2 NR
T20Is	52	28	21	1 tie, 1 NR
ODI World Cup	15	12	3	0
T20 World Cup	7	4	3	0

Recent Results: Last 6 Completed Meetings

For users tracking current form, these are the most recent AUS-W vs NZ-W results across formats:

Date	Format	Venue	Winner	Margin
Oct 1, 2025	ODI (World Cup)	Indore	Australia	89 runs
Mar 26, 2025	T20I	Wellington	Australia	8 runs
Mar 23, 2025	T20I	Mount Maunganui	Australia	82 runs
Mar 21, 2025	T20I	Auckland	Australia	8 wickets
Dec 23, 2024	ODI	Wellington	Australia	75 runs
Dec 20, 2024	ODI	New Zealand	Australia	169 runs (DLS)

Australia won all six of these meetings across both formats. The 82-run margin in the 2nd T20I at Bay Oval on March 23, 2025, was the most dominant performance- Annabel Sutherland took 4 for 8, one of the best T20I bowling figures recorded in this fixture.

Player Records: AUS-W vs NZ-W

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ODI Batting Records

The Australia women’s cricket team holds every major individual batting record in this fixture.

Stat	Player	Team	Record
Most ODI Runs	Belinda Clark	AUS	2,272 runs
Highest ODI Score	Belinda Clark	AUS	142, Auckland
Most ODI Centuries vs NZ	Meg Lanning	AUS	6 centuries
Top NZ ODI Run Scorer	Debbie Hockley	NZ	1,664 runs
Highest NZ Individual ODI Score	Suzie Bates	NZ	122* vs AUS, Sydney

Meg Lanning’s six ODI centuries against New Zealand is one of the most dominant individual records in women’s cricket bilateral history- no other batter from either side comes close.

ODI Bowling Records

Stat	Player	Team	Record
Most ODI Wickets	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	AUS	79 wickets
Best ODI Bowling Figures	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	AUS	5/27
Top NZ ODI Wicket-Taker	Lea Tahuhu	NZ	Leading NZ wicket-taker (active)

Fitzpatrick‘s 79 ODI wickets at an average of 17.86 in this specific fixture remain historically underappreciated. She averaged under 18 against a team Australia already dominated- the most economical match-winning bowler this rivalry has produced.

T20I Records

Stat	Player	Team	Record
Most T20I Runs vs AUS	Suzie Bates	NZ	1,055 runs
Most T20I Runs vs NZ	Meg Lanning	AUS	663 runs
Most T20I Wickets vs NZ	Ellyse Perry / Lisa Sthalekar	AUS	34 wickets each
Best T20I Bowling vs NZ	Molly Strano	AUS	5/10
Best T20I Bowling vs AUS	Leigh Kasperek	NZ	4/7
Highest T20I Total (AUS)	Australia	—	173/9
Highest T20I Total (NZ)	New Zealand	—	163/7

Suzie Bates’ 1,055 T20I runs against Australia make her the highest-scoring batter in this T20I fixture from either side- a remarkable individual record for a player on the losing side of the overall head-to-head.

Team Batting Records

Record	Team	Detail
Highest ODI Total	Australia	326 all out, Indore, Oct 1, 2025
Australia’s Lowest ODI Total vs NZ	Australia	77 all out- 1993 World Cup
Biggest ODI Win (runs)	Australia	169 runs (DLS), December 2024
Biggest T20I Win (runs)	Australia	82 runs, Bay Oval, Mar 23, 2025

Key Defining Moments in the Rivalry

Three results fundamentally shaped how the Australia women’s national cricket team vs New Zealand women’s national cricket team rivalry is understood today.

1993: Australia Bowled Out for 77

New Zealand bowled Australia out for 77 in the 1993 Women’s World Cup- Australia’s all-time lowest ODI total against New Zealand. It proved that the trans-Tasman gap was not permanent even in Australia’s most dominant era, and it remains New Zealand’s most iconic bowling performance in this fixture.

2000: The Four-Run World Cup Final

New Zealand beat Australia by four runs in the 2000 ICC Women’s World Cup Final in South Africa- the only time New Zealand have beaten Australia in a major ICC knockout event. It remains the most significant result in the history of this rivalry and the only Women’s World Cup title New Zealand have ever won.

2025: Gardner’s Century Rewrites the Record Books

When Australia were 4–113 in the 2025 Women’s World Cup against New Zealand in Indore, Ash Gardner came to the crease and hit 115 off 83 balls– turning a vulnerable position into a 326-run total. Australia won by 89 runs. Gardner became the first Indigenous Australian to score a century in any 50-over World Cup, adding historic weight to an already landmark innings.

Why New Zealand Competes Better in T20Is

The New Zealand women’s cricket team has a 40.3% T20I win rate against Australia compared to just 23.4% in ODIs. The difference is structural, not accidental.

Format Dynamics That Favour New Zealand

• A single match-winning innings from Sophie Devine or Amelia Kerr is enough to win a T20I. In ODIs, one good innings rarely compensates for depth gaps across 50 overs.
• New Zealand’s bowling variety– Amelia Kerr’s leg-spin, Lea Tahuhu’s pace- is harder to neutralise over 20 overs when batters cannot play themselves in.
• Home conditions in New Zealand produce shorter boundaries and lower-scoring environments where Australia’s batting depth advantage shrinks.

New Zealand’s best T20I results against Australia have all come with Devine or Bates at their peak. When those two are dismissed cheaply, New Zealand’s win probability against Australia drops sharply regardless of conditions.

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