New Zealand v Australia: first women's ODI – live!

3rd over: New Zealand 3-1 (Down 0, Satterthwaite 1) Schutt is moving it one way, Vlaeminck the other. After misdirecting down the legside, she’s back on her mark, Satterthwaite off-strike via her pad. Sure enough, Down is beaten outside the off-stump to finish. That’s the right-hander match-up the quick will want next up.

2nd over: New Zealand 1-1 (Down 0, Satterthwaite 1) That Jensen dismissal gets better with every replay! In the air, it starts wider than the tramtracks on the off-side before going on to eventually hit leg stump. Staggering stuff. Ohhh, and she nearly does it again to finish, Down just up to the task. Between times, the captain Satterthwaite – a left-hander – was beaten by a long way before getting off the mark with a leading edge out to the covers. Remarkable movement.

And here’s the wicket. Drink it in.

Oh me! That’s the stuff of dreams from Schutt, bowling Jensen with her first ball with a massssssive inswinger. Extraordinary stuff!

1st over: New Zealand 0-0 (Down 0, Jensen 0) Delightful shape from Vlaeminck right away, beating Down’s outside edge with a classy outswinger. Serious pace, too – such an exciting combination, especially with her slingy side-on action. The pitch they are using today will also be used on the second and third ODIs, so it should have a bit of juice in it for the quicks early on. It’s a really good over throughout, giving it a chance to hoop throughout. A maiden.

The players are on the field! Tayla Vlaeminck, the Bendigo Bullet, has the new ball in her hand for the first over of the match. Lauren Down is on strike, opening with Hayley Jensen. PLAY!

A punchy and truthful tweet from Hayley Matthews. Difficult to believe the extent to which the Windies have regressed from this moment five years ago, the day they defeated Lanning’s Australians in the World T20 Final. The big question: why has this happened?

A killer fact from the best women’s cricket statistician in the world.

So, that explains why they’re bowling first.

New Zealand XI as named: Hayley Jensen, Lauren Down, Amy Satterthwaite (capt) Amelia Kerr, Karey Martin, Maddy Green (wk), Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair.

Meg Lanning at the toss. “We have chased well in the past so we’re looking to getting out in the field early.” She says they “haven’t spoken at all” about the ODI record. Amy Satterthwaite says she also would have bowled. Lea Tahuhu is back for the White Ferns, which really does bolster the New Zealand seam attack. “Any win we get over them is a special one (their T20 triumph on Monday) and gives us confidence of what we can do in this series.”

Australia as named: Alyssa Healy (wk), Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning (capt), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Tayla Vlaemnick.