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Bring it on, says White Ferns captain

Satterthwaite eyes Adelaide as the first of two finals as New Zealand bid to end 20-year Rose Bowl drought

New Zealand captain Amy Satterthwaite has a simple sentiment ahead of Sunday's must-win second ODI in Adelaide: Bring it on!

Australia took a 1-0 lead in the three-game Commonwealth Bank ODI series with a narrow five-run victory at the WACA Ground on Friday, with Satterthwaite's 92 not enough to get her team over the line in the dying stages of the chase.

The White Ferns now need to win both remaining games – beginning with Sunday's match at Karen Rolton Oval – if they're to win back the coveted Rose Bowl trophy for the first time since 1999.

"It's pretty raw, but we have to put it into perspective that we've still got two games of cricket left and we've got a good opportunity," Satterthwaite said after the final-over defeat.

"The pleasing thing is we showed a lot of fight and we really took it to them in the first game.

"It's just like two finals, isn't it? Bring it on.

"We know we have to play good cricket against this side, we knew that at the start of the series and I guess it's no different now.

"We've got to build on what we did today and there were some really positive things."

Satterthwaite stars to lead NZ fightback

A strong performance with the ball led by quicks Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair and Sophie Devine removed key Australia batters Alyssa Healy (4), Meg Lanning (6), Ellyse Perry (6), Beth Mooney (13) and Elyse Villani (18) all cheaply.

A fighting 67 from Rachael Haynes and cameos from lower-order batters Jess Jonassen (36) and Ashleigh Gardner (34) helped Australia to 241 all out, their lowest ODI total since early 2016 and their lowest against New Zealand since 2011.

After despite losing Devine (3) and Bates (8) in the early stages of the chase, the White Ferns still managed to put themselves in a winning position thanks to Satterthwaite's 92 and Katie Perkins' 48, before Jonassen's late fightback with the ball took the wind out of the chase.

"I think there's a lot of room for improvement, and that's almost the scary part," Satterthwaite said.

"We played pretty well and to take 10 wickets was outstanding, but I think we had too many extras if we're honest and it just felt like we leaked a few boundaries at the wrong time.

"I was pleased we did build a couple of big partnerships after losing a few early wickets … and the way our bowlers stuck at it and bowled Australia out, it's not often you get to do that."

Australia also believe they have room for improvement, and player-of-the-match Jonassen said her team would look to iron out their performance with both bat and ball ahead of Sunday's game.

"We dropped the first game of the last series (against New Zealand), so to have first one under the belt is quite nice," Jonassen said.

"But we know they'll come out just as hard, if not harder next match so we really have to be on our game.

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"The good thing out of today is we have a lot of areas we can still polish up in the next few games, hopefully we can do that and get a win next match as well."

The second ODI gets underway at Karen Rolton Oval at 10.20am local time on Sunday (10.50am AEDT).

The match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports and the Seven Network and can be live streamed via Kayo, with news, scores and highlights on cricket.com.au and the CA Live App.

CommBank ODIs v NZ 

Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Georgia Wareham

New Zealand squad: Amy Satterthwaite (c), Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Hayley Jensen, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin, Katie Perkins, Anna Peterson, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

February 22: First ODI, Perth: Australia won by five runs

February 24: Second ODI, Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide

March 3: Third ODI, Junction Oval, Melbourne