Australia vs New Zealand Women Predictions - Mooney to get Australia off to a flying start

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Beth Mooney scored 138 off 75 balls in the 3rd WODI against India.
Georgia Plimmer scored 112 off 120 balls in the 3rd WODI against Sri Lanka.
Can Australia Women beat New Zealand to get their World Cup campaign off to a powerful start?

Beth Mooney hits to leg against India. (credit: Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)

Australia vs New Zealand Women Predictions

Australia comes into the World Cup on the back of an excellent 2-1 series win over India. The last time they played New Zealand was in December 2024, when Australia won 2-0. I am without hesitation backing Australia to win their opening match in the World Cup against New Zealand.

Australia Women’s Beth Mooney has scored 77*, 138 & 59* in her last 4 innings.
Australia Women’s Ellyse Perry has scored 30*, 44 & 68 in her last 3 innings.
New Zealand Women’s Georgia Plimmer hit 48 runs in boundaries in her 120-ball 112 against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand Women’s Suzie Bates scored 53 against Sri Lanka.

Head-to-Head

Australia Women have won four of their last five matches against New Zealand Women. The other match was rained-off.

Australia Women Form

Australia bounced back from losing the 2nd WODI against India to win the 3rd WODI to secure the series 2-1.

Australia powered their way to 412, when they were bowled out off 47.5 overs. Georgia Voll (81 off 68), Ellyse Perry (68 off 72) and Beth Mooney (138 off 75) demolished the Indian attack in a record-breaking innings.

India put up a strong chase but couldn’t match their opponents’ runrate. They were bowled out for 369 off 47 overs, with Kim Garth (3/69, econ 7.66) the pick of the Aussie bowlers.

Australia Women Team News

Australia are in excellent form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.

New Zealand Women Form

New Zealand Women made it two wins from their last two matches when they beat Sri Lanka by 98 runs to clinch the three-match WODI series 2-0.

Suzie Bates (53 off 69) and Georgia Plimmer (112 off 120) added 108 for the 1st wicket as New Zealand posted an impressive 280/6 off their 50 overs.

Jess Kerr (3/22, econ 2.20) was sensational with the ball, reducing Sri Lanka to 23/3 inside the first 10 overs. Fran Jonas (3/40, econ 4.00) sliced through the lower middle-order as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 182 off the last ball of their innings.

New Zealand Women Team News

There are no injury reports from the New Zealand Women squad.

Verdict

Australia v New Zealand Women

I am backing Australia Women to win. I am also backing Beth Mooney to top score for Australia Women.

Georgia Plimmer is a good bet to top score for New Zealand Women.

Australia Women Win

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