The most familiar of foes has become a thorn in Australia's side at this World Twenty20 championship.
Days after Steve Smith's side was defeated by New Zealand's Black Caps in its opening group stage match, the defending champion women's team has also fallen to our nearest cricketing neighbour. 
The Southern Stars were thrashed in fact, failing to adjust to the painfully slow and low pitch at Nagpur's Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as the White Ferns breezed to a six-wicket victory with 22 balls remaining.
The defeat, which effectively hands New Zealand top spot in group A of the women's tournament, was a stumble in the ambitions of Meg Lanning's side to complete a fourth successive World T20 triumph.
The Australians were always up against it after slumping to 4-4 as New Zealand captain Suzie Bates bowled out her opening pair, spinners Morna Nielsen and Leigh Kasperek, in the first eight overs. Nielsen delivered a staggering 21 dot balls in her four overs.
Lanning was run out for nought and as they struggled to manufacture their own pace, with only a gritty 42 from 48 balls from Ellyse Perry and support from all-rounder Jess Jonassen (23 from 22) salvaging the total of 8-103.
If that seemed as if it might present a serious challenge for the Kiwis to chase in the conditions then they had other ideas. Openers Bates (23) and Rachel Priest (34) led the pursuit with a minimum of fuss.
"We certainly made it look very difficult to bat, especially early on," Perry said. "Obviously New Zealand bowled really well and their spinners were quite accurate."
Australia are now second in their group, four points behind NZ, with games against Sri Lanka (Thursday) and Ireland (Saturday) in Delhi to come.