Australia comfortably beat New Zealand as they began their defence of the T20 World Cup with a 97-run win over New Zealand. With five overs left, Australia looked to accelerate and, in doing so, lost five wickets and fell from 148-4 to 167-9. The damage had already been done, and New Zealand were set 174 runs to win. The result is Australia biggest win in T20s, while the loss is New Zealand's biggest in this format. Australia batted really well and I thought Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr were outstanding with the ball for us.
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