New Zealand men's team had to face defeat in the final of T20 World Cup 2026 and the team missed out on winning its first title. But on the other hand, New Zealand women's team is continuously maintaining its dominance. Current champion New Zealand has made a successful start under the leadership of the new captain just before this year's Women's T20 World Cup. New Zealand had made a clean sweep of 3-0 in the T20 series played against Zimbabwe. Now in the ODI series too, the Kiwi team completely wiped out Zimbabwe and its star was captain Amelie Carr, who took a hat-trick and took 5 wickets in the last match and also played a strong inning of 80 runs.

The captain single-handedly won

The last match of the women's ODI series was played between New Zealand and Zimbabwe on Wednesday 11 March in Dunedin. In this, host New Zealand batted first and made a big score of 303 runs after losing 6 wickets. Captain Karr and young batsman Maddy Green played the biggest role in taking the team to this point. The Kiwi captain came into the opening and played a strong inning of 80 runs, while Maddy Green missed a century and was out after scoring a quick 94 runs.

Looking at the condition of the previous matches of the series, this target was already looking difficult for Zimbabwe. Then Emily Karr made it impossible with her leg spin. New Zealand's pace attack destroyed Zimbabwe's top order and then the Kiwi captain destroyed the middle and lower order in a spell of just 3.1 overs. During this, he also hit a hat-trick in the 24th over of the innings. Ultimately, Amelie Karr took 5 wickets in 3.1 overs and bundled out Zimbabwe for just 103 runs.

Amelie was a superhit in the series

With New Zealand's 200-run victory, the series also became a clean sweep of 3-0. Captain Emily Carr was declared the star of this match and series. From the very first match, Emily Carr wreaked havoc on Zimbabwe with her batting and bowling. In the first match, he took 4 wickets, while in the second match, he took a record 7 wickets and also scored 45 runs. In this way, in the 3-match series, he scored 140 runs with his bat, while he also took 16 wickets in his account, which also included a hat-trick.