Kiwis no stranger to North Sydney venue

New Zealand skipper Amy Satterthwaite hopes her team's Big Bash experience can help breach Australia's North Sydney fortress in Saturday's opening T20I clash.

Satterthwaite is no stranger to the ground or Australian conditions, having been a fixture of each Rebel WBBL season to date – first plying her trade for the Hurricanes before a move to captain the Renegades last summer.

She's one of five White Ferns squad members who've appeared in the Big Bash, alongside Lea Tahuhu, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine and Hayley Jensen.

Australia have a strong record at North Sydney Oval, where they haven't lost since 2009.

But the new White Ferns skipper is confident her team can use their Big Bash edge to continue their recent strong T20 record against Australia, having claimed seven of their last nine meetings in the format.

"We've had a really fierce rivalry with Australia over the years and playing in conditions where the ball is coming on nicely probably suits a lot of our players," Satterthwaite said on Friday.

"We've been fortunate to have some really competitive games and I think the explosiveness of our batters at times has set us up in a good place and helped us get over the line.

"When you're playing at someone else's home ground, there's a home advantage to a certain extent, but we've got a plot of players who've played at this ground as well, so I think that helps with our experience.

"There'll be a home crowd and those aspects to deal with as well, sure there's a bit of a home advantage but the fact we've had experience here will put us in a good place.

"Playing in those competitions (like the WBBL) has been brilliant … playing alongside that quality of opposition has been huge for our development."

It's New Zealand's explosiveness at the top of the order which Australia skipper Meg Lanning hopes her team can counter in this three-match Commonwealth Bank T20I series, pinpointing it as one of the key differences between the sides in recent encounters.

"They have a very good record against us and that's something we're keen to change," Lanning said on Friday. "We want to make a statement in the first game.

"We're going to have to play really well, but I think it's the perfect preparation for a big tournament like the (upcoming) World T20.

"We've struggled to control some of their batters up top, Suzie Bates has played well against us in the past and controlled their innings, while we haven't been able to gain momentum with the bat against them.

"But our players are much different to when we last played them in a T20I series.

"We've evolved as a team, especially our batting line-up, to be able to deal with their attack and we're confident that if we do play to our strengths, we'll get the results that we want."

CommBank T20 INTLs v NZ 

September 29: First T20I, North Sydney Oval, Sydney

October 1: Second T20I, Allan Border Field, Brisbane

October 5: Third T20I, Manuka Oval, Canberra

Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham

New Zealand squad: Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Sophie Devine, Kate Ebrahim, Maddy Green, Holly Huddleston, Hayley Jensen, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Katey Martin, Amy Satterthwaite (c), Lea Tahuhu, Jess Watkin