- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.4 steps outside leg stump, and Tahuhu follows her to minimise width. Bouchier has to adjust late, looking to drive down the ground... and she can only pick out Green at long-on! Useful cameo from Bouchier comes to an end 32/21.6 slashed to Jess Kerr at short third! Wyatt sits deep and opens the face, looking to loft behind square on the off side. But it flies straight to the fielder in relatively tight, who takes a sharp chance to send Wyatt packing for a third-ball duck 15/17.4 gives herself some room outside leg stump but can't make a clean connection this time, and Jess Kerr settles underneath the skier at short third! Kasperek flicked this out the front of the hand and it moved away from the bat to deceive Capsey. Well bowled, good comeback 75/45.4 timber! Better line and length, keeping the stumps in play, and NSB loses her middle stump as she looks to swipe Tahuhu over the leg side for six more. The Zing bails light up and Tahuhu breaths a sigh of relief 52/38.3 comes dancing down again, but can only miscue back to Kerr this time! Another googly which seems to skid on, and Knight's attempt to muscle it down the ground ends up back in the bowler's hands for a sharp return catch 83/58.5 skips down and is comprehensively stumped! Gibson gives Kerr the charge but the flat trajectory means it slides under the bat, and Gaze is quick to knock the bails off. Gibson smiles sheepishly as she wanders back to the dressing room for a two-ball duck 83/6Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL89/6 (9 Overs, RR: 9.88)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1.6 ov), 2-32 (Maia Bouchier, 3.4 ov), 3-52 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 5.4 ov), 4-75 (Alice Capsey, 7.4 ov), 5-83 (Heather Knight, 8.3 ov), 6-83 (Danielle Gibson, 8.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Kerr 2 0 20 0 10.00 4 0 2 1 0 HM Rowe 1 0 7 1 7.00 3 1 0 0 0 SFM Devine 1 0 9 0 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 LMM Tahuhu 2 0 20 2 10.00 6 3 1 0 0 AC Kerr 2 0 21 2 10.50 3 2 1 0 0 LM Kasperek 1 0 11 1 11.00 1 0 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.5 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 31/41.4 dug in, cramped for room, Devine pulls... straight to mid-on! Bell gets her line right and picks up the first wicket of the innings. Devine was looking to make room again but the angle was against her, head throw back in frustration as she realised where it was going. Capsey holds the catch by her shoelaces 11/12.2 full, clipped - and taken! Kerr pays for not keeping the ball down, another good take from Capsey. She'd taken a couple of steps out of her ground and struck it pretty sweetly. But it flew at a nice, catchable height to the right of midwicket, where Capsey swooped to gather 12/24.1 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 28/35.2 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 32/5Extras1 (w 1)TOTAL42/5 (6.4 Overs, RR: 6.3)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sophie Devine, 1.4 ov), 2-12 (Amelia Kerr, 2.2 ov), 3-28 (Brooke Halliday, 4.1 ov), 4-31 (Suzie Bates, 4.5 ov), 5-32 (Jess Kerr, 5.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Nat Sciver-Brunt 2 0 10 1 5.00 8 2 0 0 0 LK Bell 1 0 6 1 6.00 4 1 0 1 0 S Ecclestone 2 0 17 1 8.50 2 0 1 0 0 CE Dean 1 0 3 2 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 S Glenn 0.4 0 6 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0
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
Match Notes
- Rain: England Women - 0/0
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 3.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 1 wicket)
- England Women: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
- Innings Break: England Women - 89/6 in 9.0 overs (AE Jones 4, S Ecclestone 6)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 3.0 (Mandatory - 16 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 4.1: Review by New Zealand Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JD Middlebrook, Batter - BM Halliday (Struck down)
- Rain: New Zealand Women - 42/5 in 6.4 overs (ML Green 5, IC Gaze 8)
Match Coverage
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