• Australia are five-time winners of the Women’s World Cup, with the most recent victory in 2005.
• New Zealand were runners-up in the 2009 World Twenty20 after making just 85 against England in the final.
• Australia had a disappointing campaign in the 2009 Women’s World Cup, where they finished fourth, losing twice to India, although they were the only side in the competition to defeat England, the eventual winners.
• New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins was the leading run-scorer at the 2009 World Twenty20, scoring 200 runs in five innings.
• Ahead of the 2010 World Twenty20, Australia had won only ten of their last 20 matches.
• Ahead of this tournament, New Zealand won 14 of the 22 matches in the Twenty20 format.
