White Ferns celebrate their T20 World Cup victory at Dubai. Photo: AFP / GIUSEPPE CACACE
The first Rose Bowl one-day cricket international between the White Ferns and Australia has been called off over rain in Wellington.
The covers did not come off at the Basin Reserve on Thursday.
New Zealand last held the Rose Bowl trophy in 1999.
Games two and three will also be played in Wellington on Saturday and Monday.
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The White Ferns will be without their top ODI wicket-taker Lea Tahuhu for the Rose Bowl series against Australia.
Ben Sawyer has been reappointed White Ferns mentor for two more years.
Promising White Ferns opening batter Georgia Plimmer will miss the Australia ODI series in New Zealand because of a groin injury.
There is no test cricket on the horizon for the White Ferns.
The world champion White Ferns are to return home to countrywide celebrations.
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