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Match Referee David Gilbert: New Zealand women were fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the first T20I, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.

Australia won the first T20I in Mackay by five wickets and the second match by 29 runs at the same venue. It was found that the opposition team, the White Ferns were short of the acceptable over-rate in the series opener.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine pled guilty to the offence and accepted the sanctions so there was no need for a formal hearing.