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
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...
Izzy Gaze is next in
JM Kerr c Knight b Ecclestone 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
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
Jess Kerr is in, after some useful blows in the first T20I
SW Bates c Glenn b Dean 4 (24m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
In walks Maddy Green
BM Halliday lbw b Dean 14 (8m 9b 1x4 1x6) SR: 155.55
Charlie Dean from the Cromwell Road End