It was a do-or-die encounter for Australia and New Zealand as both the teams were tied at 4 points before their final match in Group A. This implied that the Monday's encounter was a virtual quarterfinal for both the teams.
Leg-spinner Georgia Wareham was declared the Player of the Match for her figures of 3 for 17.
In a bid to boost the run-rate, Mooney was caught out at boundary ropes, courtesy a brilliant airborne catch by Suzie Bates.
The win for New Zealand means Group A is perfectly set-up for a final showdown, with a Trans-Tasman match on Monday seeing them face Australia, with the winner set to reach the semifinals.
Riding on Shafali's knock on Thursday, India inched past New Zealand by 3 runs in their nail-biting encounter at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020.
Shafali Verma, who scored 46 off 34 balls, was declared the Player of the Match.
India went all guns blazing and were good at one stage with 68 for 1 in 9 overs. But the latter half of the match saw India score only 65 runs in 66 balls.
For India, Smriti Mandhana and Radha Yadav are in for Arundhati Reddy and Richa Ghosh.
