Captain Alyssa Healy and Pheobe Litchfield are walking out to the middle after being sent in by the White Ferns.

It is a green pitch that greets them in Wellington, after spending several days under the covers.

The White Ferns will need to make the most of the opening overs, with the ball expected to do a bit.

A win for Australia and they will retain the Rose Bowl, which they have held since 2000.

• Australia is on a 13-match winning streak against New Zealand in ODIs. This is the longest streak they have held over the White Ferns.
• New Zealand’s last ODI win over Australia was a five-wicket triumph in February, 2017.
• Australia has won their previous eight ODIs away from home, and lost just two since the start of 2018.
• The White Ferns have just one win from their past seven ODIs at the Basin Reserve.

Australia fast bowler Kim Garth is reprimanded for using inappropriate language after being hit for a boundary during the third ODI against India.

A fast bowler angry after being hit to the boundary? Well, now I have heard everything.

We will get cricket today — unlike the first game which was a complete washout.

There is rain in Wellington forecast for this afternoon, anywhere between 2pm to 5pm local time.

That would be when New Zealand is batting in the second innings.

Let’s hope the weather stays away and we get a full match.

1. 1.Suzie Bates
2. 2.Bella James (debut)
3. 3.Amelia Kerr
4. 4.Sophie Devine (captain)
5. 5.Brooke Halliday
6. 6.Maddy Green
7. 7.Lauren Down
8. 8.Izzy Gates (wicketkeeper)
9. 9.Rosemary Mair
10. 10.Molly Penfold
11. 11.Eden Carson

1. 1.Alyssa Healy (captain)
2. 2.Pheobe Litchfield
3. 3.Ellyse Perry
4. 4.Beth Mooney (wicketkeeper)
5. 5.Annabel Sutherland
6. 6.Ash Gardner
7. 7.Tahlia McGrath
8. 8.Alana King
9. 9.Kim Garth
10. 10.Megan Schutt
11. 11.Darcie Brown

Australia’s captain Alyssa Healy is fit and back in the team.

She missed the India ODI series with a knee injury.

She told broadcaster TVNZ she is thrilled to be back out on the ground.

“It’s like first day of school, back out here playing cricket again,” she says.

“I’m really excited and I know the girls are too. It’s been a long couple of days of waiting for a game.”

Australia will bat first at the Basin Reserve.

New Zealand won the toss and captain Sophie Devine has elected to field first.

The opening match of the three-match ODI series between Australia and New Zealand has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Good morning Australia.

After a complete washout of the first match, we return to the Basin Reserve in Wellington with hopes of some cricket.

The Rose Bowl between Australia and New Zealand is now a two-match showdown, following Game I’s abandonment.

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