- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 leg stump cartwheeling! Big nip-backer, and Brunt hits paydirt. Fullish length, Devine was propping forward to defend, but the ball cut back in and plucked out leg. Looks like Brunt bowled that deliberately as an offcutter. As emphatic a dismissal of an opener as you'll see 2/13.4 Bates picks out midwicket! Flicked nonchalantly off her toes, but straight to Sciver. Comfortable catch inside the ring and Wong has the third England wicket of the evening 12/32.2 done by a bail-trimmer! Brunt has a second, curtains for Kerr! Another fast offbreak and she was looking to swing it leg side, the ball maybe stayed down and beat the bottom edge, before kissing the top of middle. Perfect start for England 10/211.3 SEE YA! Smart from Ecclestone - flight into middle and leg, dip and enough spin to get through the gap between bat and bat and disrupt middle and off! 46/66.3 short ball, chopped leg side, Halliday wanted one... but has only succeeded in running herself out! Green never moved, but by the time she looked up and yelled "No!" her partner was almost at the striker's end. Jones with the throw, and Sciver had all the time in the world to complete the dismissal 21/49.6 pace off again, plinked to point! Wong gets her second of the night, out the back of the hand and Jensen couldn't generate any power on her hack into the off side. NZ five down and floundering at the halfway stage 35/512.5 Just as Tahuhu was getting going, another attempted cut is feathered (under edge) through to Amy Jones. Glenn has more than deserved that. 53/714.4 COMICAL More dreadful running brings an end to Gaze's innings. Rowe hits straight to a fielder and sets off. The throw is straightforward, as is the completion of the run out by Jones 57/814.5 FIRST BALLER Oh this is dire from the White Ferns. Mair comes and goes, playing back to a delivery that skids into her leg stump 57/9Extras9 (b 1, lb 3, w 5)TOTAL71/9 (20 Overs, RR: 3.55)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Sophie Devine, 0.4 ov), 2-10 (Amelia Kerr, 2.2 ov), 3-12 (Suzie Bates, 3.4 ov), 4-21 (Brooke Halliday, 6.3 ov), 5-35 (Hayley Jensen, 9.6 ov), 6-46 (Maddy Green, 11.3 ov), 7-53 (Lea Tahuhu, 12.5 ov), 8-57 (Isabella Gaze, 14.4 ov), 9-57 (Rosemary Mair, 14.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s WD NB K Sciver-Brunt 3 1 4 2 1.33 14 0 0 S Ecclestone 4 0 11 1 2.75 16 0 0 IECM Wong 3 0 10 2 3.33 12 2 0 FG Kemp 3 0 15 0 5.00 12 1 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3 0 14 0 4.66 10 0 0 S Glenn 4 0 13 2 3.25 15 1 0
04/08Result
12th Match, Group B (D/N), Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition at Birmingham, Aug 4 2022
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![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
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![England Women]( "England Women")
72/3 (11.4/20 ov)
04/08Result
12th Match, Group B (D/N), Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition at Birmingham, Aug 4 2022
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![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
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![England Women]( "England Women")
72/3 (11.4/20 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 NOW THEN! An attempt slog sleep goes high and Gaze watches it well to take a tumbling catch towards midwicket. Surely not... 2/18.2 bowled sweeping! Was that the googly? Think so, and it's snuck through under the bat to strike a glancing blow halfway up the off stump. Kerr has another, England just hinting at a wobble 46/36.2 Wide line, Capsey swings hard… and picks out mid-off! She is done for this time, picking out Devine on the edge of the ring. Good catch above her head, and NZ's captain will be feeling a touch better after that overstep 43/2Extras4 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL72/3 (11.4 Overs, RR: 6.17)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Danni Wyatt, 0.6 ov), 2-43 (Alice Capsey, 6.2 ov), 3-46 (Sophia Dunkley, 8.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s WD NB FC Jonas 2 0 10 1 5.00 5 0 0 HNK Jensen 2.4 0 11 0 4.12 11 0 0 LMM Tahuhu 1 0 16 0 16.00 2 0 0 AC Kerr 4 1 27 2 6.75 14 1 0 SFM Devine 2 0 6 0 3.00 11 0 1
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand Women , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days
04 August 2022 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England Women 2, New Zealand Women 0
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