Bouchier, Capsey and Dean see England through in the wet
Hosts go 2-0 up in series after New Zealand fall short in severely rain-affected game
09/07Result
2nd T20I (N), New Zealand Women tour of England at Brighton, Jul 9 2024
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![England Women]( "England Women")
89/6 (9/9 ov) -
![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
42/5 (6.4 ov, target 66)
Player of the Match
09/07Result
2nd T20I (N), New Zealand Women tour of England at Brighton, Jul 9 2024
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![England Women]( "England Women")
89/6 (9/9 ov) -
![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
42/5 (6.4 ov, target 66)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Best performances - Bowlers
CE Dean
- O1
- M0
- R3
- W2
- Eco3.00
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
LMM Tahuhu
- O2
- M0
- R20
- W2
- Eco10.00
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England Women led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-20.50
Match days
9 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
ENGLAND WOMEN 89/6 (9 OVERS)
- Maia Bouchier23 (15)
- Alice Capsey28 (15)
- Lea Tahuhu2/20 (2)
- Amelia Kerr2/21 (2)
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN 42/5 (6.4 OVERS)
- Sophie Devine9 (9)
- Brooke Halliday14 (9)
- Lauren Bell1/6 (1)
- Charlie Dean2/3 (1)
Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Alan Gardner
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
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