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As it happens, this is Australia’s 100th ODI win against New Zealand. Now they will take it to the West Indies on Tuesday at this same venue.
Lanning is praising the depth of her squad, especially the lower order who she says “can rescue our innings”. She is, of course, referring to Gardner, who missed the start of Australia’s campaign after testing positive for Covid but returned in indefatigable fashion.
“It was great to have her back,” Lanning says. “Obviously a tough 10 days for her but she’s come back incredibly well. That innings certainly gave us the momentum heading into the bowling. We thought it was a good score without match-winning and probably went a bit too hard to get their key batters out.”
