Player of the Match
Player of the Match

10.10pm: Presentations time... think they might be indoors. Ah, nope umbrellas it is. Player of the Match is Charlie Dean after taking 2 for 3 in her one over: "Bit of a burglary, I thought Capsey and Bouch set a platform. We took wickets in the powerplay which made it easier for me. I'm looking to take wickets, keep getting better."

NZ captain Sophie Devine: "Credit to the groundstaff to get some cricket on. We knew they'd come out hard for nine overs, I thought we did reasonably well, probably 20 runs more than we wanted. Quick turnaround to the next T20 in Canterbury, so reflect and move on. Watch some footage and have some conversations. How can we best attack this England side that have been dominant so far?"

England's Heather Knight: "Good practice of being under pressure and facing some chaos. Need to be calm. Batting, we got the tempo right and then wickets killed the game. Hitting boundaries, hitting the pockets, we kept the scoreboard moving. Ended up being a good score."

Okay, we'll pull the plug on this one. Valkerie Baynes' report will be up on the site shortly, then it's over to the men in the morning for the Lord's Test - and the start of the long goodbye for James Anderson - before we return for the third T20I from Canterbury on Thursday. Cheerio!

10.03pm: Looks like handshakes are being exchanged over by the changing rooms. England win by 23 runs on DLS, and go 2-0 up in the five-match series. A frustrating night, the weather has set in again - but they did well to squeeze in some cricket while it was (relatively) dry. Another tough result for NZ, their fifth defeat in a row across formats on this tour

9.59pm: The rain isn't blowing through here, umpires Middlebrook and Harris coming together for a chat... and the players are going off. We have had enough play to constitute a game, thankfully. The covers are being dragged on by the groundstaff and I think that might be it for tonight

6.4
1
Glenn to Gaze, 1 run, drops short this time, fetched through midwicket for one
6.3
4
Glenn to Gaze, FOUR, floated up and biffed through the covers! Too full and Gaze jumps out to hammer a drive
6.2
0
Glenn to Gaze, no run, punched back to the bowler
6.1
1
Glenn to Green, 1 run, tossed up, cut away going back on off stump, Dean can't collect cleanly

Sarah Glenn on now. Steady drizzle falling

Here's Hypocaust, with the stat you need in your life: "This is the 32nd consecutive innings in all formats in which Sophie Ecclestone has taken a wicket for England. During this run, which began against West Indies in February last year, Ecclestone has taken 70 wickets at 14.84."

END OF OVER:
6 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ-W: 36/5 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 18.33)

  • Maddy Green4 (4b)
  • Isabella Gaze3 (3b)
  • Sophie Ecclestone2-0-17-1
  • Charlie Dean1-0-3-2

And it looks like the rain has returned in Hove...

5.6
1
Ecclestone to Green, 1 run, pushed through on off stump, Green goes back and thumps a pull to deep midwicket
5.5
1
Ecclestone to Gaze, 1 run, flattish and slugged off the back foot down to long-on
5.4
2
Ecclestone to Gaze, 2 runs, angled in on the stumps and shovelled to leg, they come scampering back for two
5.3
0
Ecclestone to Gaze, no run, fizzed down, jabbed away into the off side

Izzy Gaze is next in

5.2
W
Ecclestone to JM Kerr, OUT, catching practice! Slapped to extra cover this time! Not Ecclestone's best ball but it's good enough to send Kerr back for a duck. Touch short, she was looking to crunch through the off side, but picked out Knight for a diving take. NZ right up against it here

JM Kerr c Knight b Ecclestone 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

5.1
1
Ecclestone to Green, 1 run, looped up from round the wicket, Green is forward and prods one into the off side as Ecclestone gives chase

Just past halfway and NZ's RRR is almost 15 an over. Ecclestone for a second

END OF OVER:
5 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ-W: 31/4 (60 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.20, RRR: 15.00)

  • Jess Kerr0 (1b)
  • Maddy Green2 (2b)
  • Charlie Dean1-0-3-2
  • Sophie Ecclestone1-0-12-0
4.6
0
Dean to JM Kerr, no run, dragged down slightly and tugged leg side, can't get it through the ring, though

Jess Kerr is in, after some useful blows in the first T20I

4.5
W
Dean to Bates, OUT, reversed from in front of the stumps... and well held! Dean gets another and it is Bates, who had been starved of the strike and walks off in the fifth over having only faced six balls. Glenn took the catch, anticipating the shot and diving forward from short third. The umpires wanted to check it was clean, but no issues on replay

SW Bates c Glenn b Dean 4 (24m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

4.4
1
Dean to Green, 1 run, flatter, Green advances, whipped away to deep midwicket
4.3
1
Dean to Bates, 1 run, full and hammered, Bates sweeps powerfully but will only get one to the boundary rider
4.2
1
Dean to Green, 1 run, over the wicket, zipped down outside off, bunted through midwicket for one

In walks Maddy Green

4.1
W
Dean to Halliday, OUT, round the wicket, full length and hit the on shin - given! But Halliday reviews James Middlebrook's decision. Looked pretty adjacent but we'll see what the technology says. Definitely no bat as she aimed a reverse-sweep, what does ball-tracking say? Demolishing leg stump! Up goes the finger again and England have another

BM Halliday lbw b Dean 14 (8m 9b 1x4 1x6) SR: 155.55

Charlie Dean from the Cromwell Road End

NZ Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11SW BatesSFM Devine
2nd1SW BatesAC Kerr
3rd16SW BatesBM Halliday
4th3SW BatesML Green
5th1ML GreenJM Kerr
6th10ML GreenIC Gaze