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Gardner's rescue act keeps the Rose Bowl in Australia

Early wickets give New Zealand an opening before Ashleigh Gardner and Georgia Wareham turn the second T20I Australia's way.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 295,458 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (17,147).

Australia v New Zealand | Second T20I Highlights

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0:10Bree Illing removes Voll and Litchfield, giving New Zealand early control.
1:34Gardner begins rebuilding Australia's innings with boundaries and sixes.
3:10Gardner reaches her half-century and continues attacking alongside Carey.
4:17New Zealand's chase begins, with Kim Garth taking an early wicket.
6:05Wareham contributes a run-out and a sharp catch as wickets fall.
7:46The final over settles the match and the Rose Bowl's destination.

Georgia Voll and Phoebe Litchfield are out early, and Ellyse Perry's promising boundary shots end with a catch in the outfield. New Zealand has Australia under pressure at North Sydney Oval. Then Ashleigh Gardner starts clearing the rope.

Her 85 supplies the recovery at the heart of cricket.com.au's "Australia v New Zealand | Second T20I Highlights." Gardner drives, hits towering sixes and keeps attacking alongside Nicola Carey, giving Australia's bowlers a total they can defend rather than a rescue job of their own.

Georgia Wareham helps make sure of that. Her work includes a run-out of Maddy Green, a sharp catch to remove Jess Kerr and late wickets with the ball. Australia wins comfortably, takes an unassailable series lead and retains the Rose Bowl.

The highlights drew about 240,000 views within their opening sixteen hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for regular videos. The comment section is also already several times busier than a typical full first day.

Gardner's hitting is a recurring topic there, while other viewers question New Zealand's scoring tempo through the middle of its chase. That contrast runs through the package itself: Australia's innings finds its acceleration after early trouble; New Zealand's never gathers enough momentum.

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What viewers say

Hope Gardner stays in form. Excellent hitting.
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Gardner show ⚡️
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Fabulous.
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The facts

Channel: cricket.com.au
Subscribers: 10,500,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 9,163,465
Channel views, pace per day: 1,973,525 (on a normal day: 1,258,086)
Video published: October 20, 2026
Video views so far: 240,206 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 295,458

The numbers

The match highlights are drawing an unusually large early audience for cricket.com.au's regular videos, with comments also arriving well above the usual first-day level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

17,147

this video

295,458

subscribers

10,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

6,467,698,840

views per day

1,973,525