Id throw all of it away to win: New Zealands Devine on bittersweet loss towards Australia

The two centurions of the day, Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner and New Zealand’s Sophie Devine, mirrored on their Women’s ODI World Cup sport on the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday (October 1, 2025).

While Gardner’s good 115 proved match-winning for the Women in Yellow, Devine’s perseverant 112 might solely cut back the margin of loss to 89 runs.

“It is fairly bittersweet, to be truthful. I’d throw all of it away to ensure we gained. The factor I’m most pleased with is the battle this workforce confirmed. A few years in the past, we’d have thrown within the towel and been skittled out for 150,” New Zealand skipper Devine stated in the course of the post-match presentation.

A couple of minutes later, Devine, nonetheless visibly drained after a marathon effort within the subject, reiterated her level on the post-match press convention.

“Yeah, regardless of the loss immediately, we pushed the world champs fairly exhausting, and we acquired them nervous at totally different occasions, which doesn’t occur usually,” Devine conveyed.

“At totally different levels, totally different persons are going to face up on this group, and that’s what we’ve spoken about. When it’s your day, you must actually take management of the sport… you must be the one to get this workforce over the road.”

Gardner, who expertly guided the lower-order to assist her aspect get better from 128 for 5 to 326, attributed her fearless method to the belief in Australia’s batting depth.

“We genuinely bat all the best way down. We have that freedom and that confidence inside our group that even when we’re 5 [down] for not too many, we’ve the gamers to return in and alter the sport.”

“I used to be simply being actually proactive by taking the optimistic choices. Because if I am going into my shell, that’s in all probability after I gained’t bat the very best… it was about sticking to my strengths. Yes, the scoreboard was saying one thing, however I used to be making an attempt to take that out of it.”

The scoreboard mirrored an Australia victory and a New Zealand defeat on the finish of the day, although each gamers deserved equal credit score for his or her batting masterclass.