Get Ball by Ball Commentary of England Women vs New Zealand Women, ICC Women's World Cup 2017, 24th Match

5.25pm: Right, that;'s a wrap from us today. Miller's report will see you right and we'll be back for more on Saturday for a tantalising final-round showdown. Cheerio!

5.15pm: That was a pretty comprehensive job from England, racking up the runs and then defending them with aplomb. Nat Sciver showcased her power (and innovation) again in a second hundred of the tournament and then the bowlers shared the wickets around as NZ struggled to keep up with the asking rate.

Nat Sciver is Player of the Match: "Yeah, pretty high, when I went in I knew we needed a partnership, it was trickier to bat today than in previous games. Not necessarily about a target, just getting a partnership and playing smart cricket. Lots of pre-planning but things can change at any minute. [New shot, the 'Natmeg'] Sounds pretty good, I'm still practising it. Starting is the hardest part, we knew we needed to take it deep."

England captain Heather Knight: "Really pleased, that partnership was brilliant. We were really under pressure, hard to bat when bowlers took pace off. Pleased with how girls went about it and getting to the semi-final. Our batters are standing out, four players have scored hundreds, brilliant work been done with the batters, so nice to see and hopefully continues. Alex Hartley is loving it at the moment, she's bowling brilliantly."

New Zealand captain Suzie Bates: "If one of our top order made a big score we thought it was gettable. But Nat and Tammy played really well. [Sciver dropped on 58] Any drop against a quality side is going to hurt you, you have to take your chances... but it might have made our chase a bit easier. [Hartley?] She almost did me earlier, but that one did me. We've played some really good cricket but lost to England and Australia, so we've got a quarter-final against India, we know we can beat them but we've got to play well because one of us is going home."

46.4

Hartley to Huddleston, OUT, flighted, dipping and straightening as Huddleston sweeps, misses... and up goes the finger! Hartley pumps her fists after winning the lbw decision that finishes the NZ innings, giving England a 75-run win and progression to the WWC semis!

HR Huddleston lbw b Hartley 0 (13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

46.3

Hartley to Huddleston, no run, lobbed up on off and driven without timing into the covers

46.2

Hartley to Huddleston, no run, pushed through outside off and chipped to backward point from the crease

46.1

Hartley to Perkins, 1 run, looped up full on off, Perkins reverse-ramps this for one to short third man - more ramps than a skateboard park, this girl

Hartley continues, four overs to go

"Please bowl with Katherine Brunt," wheedles Sanjeev. "My fantasy score is going down...." Are you listening, Heather?

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run | NZ-W: 208/9 (77 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.52, RRR: 19.25)

Holly Huddleston0 (10b)
Katie Perkins42 (52b)

Anya Shrubsole7-2-19-2
Alex Hartley9-1-43-2

45.6

Shrubsole to Huddleston, no run, good length on off, steered to backward point... again there's just an early single to Perkins off the over

45.5

Shrubsole to Huddleston, no run, plants the front foot and defends

45.4

Shrubsole to Huddleston, no run, slips in an attempted yorker, Huddleston watches it on to the toe of her bat

45.3

Shrubsole to Huddleston, no run, length on off, squirted to backward point off the outside edge

45.2

Shrubsole to Perkins, 1 run, full and straight, goes down early and sweeps one to fine leg

NZ Women INNINGS		R	B
SW Bates	stumped	44	68
RH Priest	bowled	12	5
AE Satterthwaite	caught	35	50
KJ Martin	bowled	21	30
SFM Devine	caught	8	10
KT Perkins	not out	43	53
EM Bermingham	caught	19	24
LM Kasperek	bowled	3	6
AC Kerr	run out	0	0
LMM Tahuhu	bowled	11	22
HR Huddleston	lbw	0	13
EXTRAS	(lb 2, w 10, nb 1)
TOTAL	209 (all out; 46.4 ovs)

ENG Women BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
KH Brunt	5.0	0	19	0	3.80
A Shrubsole	7.0	2	19	2	2.71
LA Marsh	10.0	0	48	1	4.80	(1w)
JL Gunn	6.0	0	32	2	5.33	(1w)
A Hartley	9.4	1	44	3	4.55
NR Sciver	2.0	0	12	0	6.00
HC Knight	7.0	0	33	1	4.71	(1nb, 1w)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	14	SW Bates	RH Priest
2nd	75	SW Bates	AE Satterthwaite
3rd	10	KJ Martin	AE Satterthwaite
4th	16	KJ Martin	SFM Devine
5th	18	KJ Martin	KT Perkins
6th	26	EM Bermingham	KT Perkins
7th	11	KT Perkins	LM Kasperek
8th	0	KT Perkins	AC Kerr
9th	36	KT Perkins	LMM Tahuhu
10th	3	HR Huddleston	KT Perkins

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG-W	7	6	1	12	1.295
AUS-W	7	6	1	12	1.004
IND-W	7	5	2	10	0.669
SA-W	7	4	2	9	1.183
NZ-W	7	3	3	7	0.309
WI-W	7	2	5	4	-1.522
SL-W	7	1	6	2	-1.099
PAK-W	7	0	7	0	-1.93

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run | NZ-W: 208/9 (77 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.52, RRR: 19.25)

Match Coverage

Sciver and Beaumont fire England into semi-finals

NZ Women 2nd innings Partnerships

Women's World Cup

END OF OVER:46 | 1 Run | NZ-W: 208/9 (77 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.52, RRR: 19.25)

Sciver and Beaumont fire England into semi-finals

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run | NZ-W: 208/9 (77 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.52, RRR: 19.25)