ICC Women's Championship
1st ODI New Zealand v Zimbabwe
University Oval, Dunedin

New Zealand & Zimbabwe get their 2029 World Cup qualification journey underway, as they play each other in an ODI for the first time.

ZIM win the toss and bowl.

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Melie Kerr departs for 15 (18) c Dhururu b Chatonzwa.

New Zealand 48/1 (6.5)

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At 43 years 99 days, Zimbabwe's Precious Marange is the oldest player to feature in a women's ODI in New Zealand, breaking the record of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, who was 42y 241d when she played for England against Australia at Christchurch during the 1982 World Cup final.

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Marange leaps in celebration, as she picks up the wicket of McLeod, caught by Mupachikwa for 35 (43).

New Zealand 81/2 (15.2)

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Oldest player to take a wicket in a women's ODI:

45y 296d Kay Green (ENG) v Yng ENG, 1973
43y 99d Precious Marange (ZIM) v NZ, today
42y 181d Envis Williams (WI) v SA, 2005

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45 ball fifty for Brooke Halliday, her ninth ODI half-century.

Halliday's partnership with Green now 85*.

New Zealand 166/2 (29.0)

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Brooke Halliday brings up her first ODI hundred, off 93 balls (14x4).

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New Zealand post 354/3 (50.0), their third highest total on home soil.

Halliday 157* (118), the third highest ODI score by a White Ferns batter.
Green 67 (80)

Marange 1-52
Chatonzwa 1-59

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Highest ODI score for New Zealand women:

232* Melie Kerr v IRE at Dublin, 2018
168 Suzie Bates v PAK at Sydney, 2009
157* Brooke Halliday v ZIM at Dunedin, today
157 Rachel Priest v SL at Lincoln, 2015
151 Suzie Bates v IRE at Dublin, 2018

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