thirty fourth over: England 143-4 (Sciver 36, Dunkley 21) Kerrs on at each ends. Amelia retains it tight with only a couple coming off her over. Beat that, sis.
61 wanted off 96 balls for England. Six scalps for New Zealand.
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thirty third over: England 141-4 (Sciver 36, Dunkley 19) Sciver steps away to present herself room and slots Jess Kerr over broad mid-off to choose up 4. She’s doing her finest to present Greenway her want… however nearly offers it away off the ultimate ball – a mistimed flick leading to a vanguard that loops into the air for what looks like an age however there isn’t a fielder shut sufficient to swoop in for the catch.
23:57
thirty second over: England 137-4 (Sciver 32, Dunkley 19) The wonderful Lydia Greenway on commentary needs England to chase this down in a scientific means moderately than spluttering over the road… or succumbing to the strain of the event state of affairs. This feels just like the essential partnership for each side. Jess Kerr is coming into the assault from the opposite finish.
23:55
thirty first over: England 134-4 (Sciver 30, Dunkley 18) Unbelievable over for England as Sciver launches Halliday over mid-on for 4. A single brings Dunkley on strike and he or she climbs into the ultimate ball earlier than drinks – smearing it straight for a 72 metre SIX!
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thirtieth over: England 123-4 (Sciver 25, Dunkley 12) Kerr affords Dunkley an excessive amount of width and he or she accepts with a thudding minimize shot for 4 runs. A large down the leg aspect is adopted by an inside edge that squirts away fantastic and the batters come again for a pair. 20 overs to go. This feels edgy. A fox has began making horrible noises proper exterior my window. An indication? An omen? Of what? Dunno.
23:44
twenty ninth over: England 116-4 (Sciver 25, Dunkley 6) Halliday hops in for an additional and there’s only a couple off it.
England want 88 runs from 126 balls. New Zealand want six wickets.
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twenty eighth over: England 114-4 (Sciver 24, Dunkley 5) A dangerous paddle sees Dunkley get off the mark, she then goes onerous at a full ball and will get it by means of the sector to choose up 4. England choose up eight runs from the over, can these two batters get them shut?
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twenty seventh over: England 106-4 (Sciver 22, Dunkley 0) Brooke Halliday it was who bought the breakthrough, whirling away in all her wrong-footed delightfulness. She sends down a wicket-maiden. An impressed bowling change. Sophia Dunkley is the brand new batter.
23:33
Wicket! Jones ct Satterthwaite b Halliday 1 (England 106-4)
Poor shot from Jones. She limply pulls a full toss straight to brief mid-wicket. Recreation on!
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twenty fifth over: England 106-3 (Sciver 22, Jones 1) Right here’s Nat Sciver! A full toss by Mackay is bunted away for 4, Sciver’s first actual shot in anger. The digicam zooms in on her and he or she seems to be steely eyed and decided. England want her right here. Ton up for the holders after half the overs.
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twenty fourth over: England 99-3 (Sciver 16, Jones 0) Amelia Kerr retains the strain on. Only a single to Nat Sciver, who has been fairly subdued up to now on this innings. Amy Jones is the brand new bat and pats a number of again, all the higher to get her eye in.
23:24
Knight lbw b Mackay 42 (England 98-3)
They usually do! Heather Knight will get out the reverse sweep as soon as extra however misses. Large attraction and the finger is raised! Knight critiques… is that this sliding down? Nope! Ball monitoring reveals the ball clipping the leg bail – Knight has to go. New Zealand prise the door ajar.
twenty third over: England 98-3 (Sciver 15, Jones 0)
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twenty second over: England 93-2 (Knight 41, Sciver 14) A greater over from Kerr, three from the over. New Zealand have to make one thing occur right here.
23:16
twenty first over: England 93-2 (Knight 40, Sciver 13) Affirmation that Lea Tahuhu won’t come again onto the sector following her hamstring damage. We want her properly.
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twentieth over: England 90-2 (Knight 39, Sciver 11) Amelia Kerr is on for a twirl however she isn’t fairly discovering her line and size. She’s both too far exterior off or sliding into the pads to be labored away. Knight does precisely that off the ultimate ball of the over, glancing away to convey up a boundary. It’s gone a little bit flat on the market for the White Ferns.
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18th over: England 83-2 (Knight 34, Sciver 9) Reverse sweep for 4 off the ultimate ball of the over. Pre-meditated by Knight and performed with aplomb. Exhibiting all her class right here the England skipper.
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sixteenth over: England 73-2 (Knight 27, Sciver 6) England choose up seven runs from Rowe to remain forward of the run price. They’re at present ticking alongside at 4.29 with the RR at 3.96. They want 131 from 33 overs to maintain their World Cup marketing campaign alive.
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fifteenth over: England 66-2 (Knight 22, Sciver 5) Oh no! It seems to be like LeaTahuhu has tweaked a hamstring, she pulls up lame after 4 balls of the over and has to limp off the sector with the kiwi physio. Brooke Halliday comes on to finish the over, leaping in as she does, Mike Procter-ish, off the incorrect foot. And he or she practically has a wicket off her second ball! Nat Sciver plinks a drive within the air to a diving Maddy Inexperienced who indicators right away that the ball bounced into her palms. Effectively performed all-round-perhaps other than Sciver.
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14th over: England 65-2 (Knight 21, Sciver 5) An enormous attraction for lbw however it’s one which peters out right into a groan because the New Zealand gamers realise that Nat Sciver has inside edged into her pad, her bacon duly saved. Drinks.
Simply time to have a butchers* at that Heather Knight seize for the umpteenth time.
*Am I hungry? Very meaty stuff, particularly given the hour.
22:38
twelfth over: England 57-2 (Knight 17, Sciver 1) A maiden from Tahuhu (which is a stunning surname, particularly to kind if I could also be so daring) Knight has regarded cagey for the reason that fall of Beaumont. She is foxed by a cutter that sees her by means of the shot early and nearly, nearly plops the ball straight to brief cowl. Appears like one other wicket or two and this whole and the strain may start to inform.
22:34
eleventh over: England 57-2 (Knight 17, Sciver 1) Kerr continues and England choose up 4 from the over. Congratulations to Lea Tahuhu!
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Wicket! Beaumont b Tahuhu 25
The win predictor flashes up with England at 77 per cent… however that will probably be all change as Lea Tahuhu bowls Beaumont! Full, contact of motion and the bails are despatched flying into the breeze. That’s the tip of the powerplay, honours about even.
tenth over: England 53-2 (Knight 14, Sciver 0)
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ninth over: England 48-1 (Beaumont 21, Knight 14) New Zealand may need to strive a change of tempo right here, Knight and Beaumont take a look at ease with the seam up, pitched up stuff in the mean time. A sq. drive brings Beaumont 4 and England seize seven from the over with out having to interrupt sweat.
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eighth over: England 41-1 (Beaumont 16, Knight 13) Shot! Heather Knight reveals all of her class by unfurling a textbook on-drive off the brand new bowler, Lea Tahuhu. Full face, makers title. Pleasant. These two look in fantastic fettle, gliding, punching and driving with ease to choose up ten runs off the over.
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seventh over: England 31-1 (Beaumont 13, Knight 6) Heather Knight, little question nonetheless on a excessive after that phenomenal catch of her personal earlier, is into her work with a crisp drive off a low full toss by means of the covers for 4.
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sixth over: England 26-1 (Beaumont 13, Knight 1)England and Beaumont bust the shackles with a few leg aspect boundaries, too full and straight from Rowe and he or she is picked off. She responds with a good yorker that Beaumont digs out properly.
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fifth over: England 17-1 (Beaumont 5, Knight 0) Kerr joins the dots to make it again to again maidens. England simply re-calibrating right here after the early gung-ho.
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4th over: England 17-1 (Beaumont 5, Knight 0) Rowe follows up her fantastic little bit of fielding by reeling off a maiden. Together with an absolute peach of an out-swinger to beat Heather Knight. Peach. Jaffa. Whichever fruit you like.
22:00
Wicket! Wyatt ct Rowe b Kerr 12
One other Beaumont single brings Wyatt on to strike and he or she smears one other 4 with a drive lofted by means of the covers. It’s curtains the subsequent ball although as one other aerial drive is plucked out of the powder gray sky by Hannah Rowe! A fantastic seize. Wyatt regarded in good knick, massive wicket.
third over: England 17-1 (Beaumont 5, Knight 0)
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2nd over: England 12-0 (Beaumont 4, Wyatt 8) Hannah Rowe from the opposite finish and it’s a little bit of a blended bag. A single to Beaumont brings Wyatt on strike. Rowe beats her with a magnificence that holds its line however Wyatt isn’t perturbed, she greets a full ball with a lofted drive for 4 over mid-off.
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1st over: England 7-0 (Beaumont 3, Wyatt 4) The wind is gusting by the seems to be of the gamers’ billowing shirts. Jess Kerr steams in to Tammy Beaumont. Contact of inswing. Three dots after which a shorter ball is hauled into the leg aspect by Beaumont to get England’s trigger underway. They scamper again for 2. A drop and go single brings Danni Wyatt on to strike and he or she slaps a full toss away for 4 by means of the covers along with her very first ball! A present from Kerr and Wyatt doesn’t miss out. Seven off the primary.
21:43
Thanks Megan and g’day everybody! Jim right here in a pitch black South London. Google maps tells me I’m about 11, 388 miles from the motion at Eden Park in Auckland. Feels additional if something…
I’m on the Ovaltine and prepared for the decision of the second half of this do or die recreation between holders and hosts. The place’s your cash? The New Zealand gamers are in a huddle and the England batters whirl and stretch and stride purposefully to the crease.
Let’s do that.
21:23
New Zealand 203
Megan Maurice
This was actually not what we have been anticipating after that glorious begin from Devine and Bates. Brunt and Shrubsole struggled firstly, however good captaincy from Knight saved the innings. Reasonably than push her senior bowlers by means of, she took an opportunity on Cross – paired with the skilled Sciver – and it paid off in a giant means, with the scoring drying up instantly. Then it was Ecclestone and Dean who have been so economical, but additionally took some very key wickets and actually pushed NZ into the hazard zone. The lack of Devine to damage was unlucky for NZ, as if she had been capable of bat on, it could have been a distinct story. She is such a talismanic captain and might actually form an innings. She didn’t look fairly proper when she got here again and wasn’t capable of proceed her momentum. Maddy Inexperienced was strong, however not sensational and Jess Kerr’s late hitting regarded prefer it may do some injury, nevertheless it was too little, too late. This doesn’t appear like sufficient runs on what we noticed yesterday was a very good batting wicket, however something may occur from right here. NZ are determined to remain alive on this event and perhaps they will pull off a miracle with the ball? Keep tuned, as a result of it’s sure to be an interesting second innings. I’ll hand you over now to the wonderful James Wallace, who will take you thru England’s batting innings. Thanks for hanging out with me – I’ll see you for an additional OBO very quickly!
Brunt takes the penultimate over and Jess Kerr seems to be extra like Melie Kerr as she cuts it superbly by means of the hole for a boundary. Subsequent ball she pulls it, however can’t discover the hole this time and it’s only a single. Brunt’s subsequent ball is a contact too full and Inexperienced drives it properly, however there’s a fielder on the boundary to limit her to 1. Kerr picks up the place she left off and brings up the 200 for NZ with a well-timed steer previous deep backward level for 4. However then she goes for 2 and miscommunication between the batters sees her out and NZ can’t end their overs.
21:15
WICKET! Jess Kerr 13 ro Brunt, NZ 203
There’s a combination up between the batters going for a second run and Kerr is gone, simply as she was batting so strongly. A disappointing end.
Sciver takes again over from Brunt and Inexperienced is dealing with up. She scampers by means of for a single off the second ball of the over to convey up her 50 – her first in a World Cup. She’s been key for NZ right now, however will want she’d been capable of create a much bigger strike price. Kerr will get herself off strike once more in a short time and so they’re actually solely working in singles right here in the mean time. Inexperienced pulls one aggressively, however once more it’s only a single that leaves Kerr on strike for the final ball of the over. She dashes by means of to maintain the strike.
Issues are trying increasingly dire for NZ now and so they’re struggling to recover from 200 right here, which is an actual fear. Ecclestone bowls her final over and begins with three dots to Kerr earlier than a single will get Inexperienced again on strike. Inexperienced is trying annoyed at her incapacity to penetrate the sector and she will be able to solely handle a single to finish the over, nevertheless it means she retains the strike not less than.
One other Brunt over and after a few dots, she will get Kerr on strike, which is what England will need in the mean time. Kerr strikes it confidently, however she will be able to’t get it previous the sector. She settles and will get off strike subsequent ball as Inexperienced makes her away in the direction of 50. That is significantly better bowling from Brunt, solely two from the over.
Ecclestone bowls her ninth over and Inexperienced retains the strike rotating. Jones makes use of her fast palms to finish Rowe’s innings and it’s as much as Jess Kerr now.
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20:59
WICKET! Hannah Rowe 5 c Jones b Ecclestone, New Zealand 184-9
Very fast palms behind the stumps from Jones to choose up a little bit edge from Rowe and it’s extra bother for NZ.