END OF OVER:20 | 1 Run | IRE-W: 79/9 | RR: 3.95
- Ciara Metcalfe0 (9b)
- Lara Maritz1 (3b)
- Jess Watkin4-0-13-1
- Sophie Devine3-1-4-1
5:15pm Ireland finish with three runs off their last three overs and Metcalfe gets an unbeaten innings for her last one. Ireland came apart after Delany's wicket. They were 69 for 3 at that point with five overs to go. The acceleration just didn't happen. Gaby Lewis was organised and very impressive at the start of the innings, and the opposite by the time it ended. She fell with 28 balls left and Ireland made only 8 runs from there. A nice effort from New Zealand again, on a pitch that stayed low. They bowled straight, they bowled slow, and they strangled Ireland. They'll look to finish this quickly.
19.6
0
Watkin to Metcalfe, no run, short of a length wide outside off, throws the bat at it and gets a thick edge to short third
19.5
0
Watkin to Metcalfe, no run, length ball spinning away from off, looks to whip across the line and is beaten
19.4
0
Watkin to Metcalfe, no run, length outside off, defended to point off the back foot
19.3
0
Watkin to Metcalfe, no run, length outside off, opens the face and runs it to short third
19.2
1
Watkin to Maritz, 1 run, full on off stump, swept to deep square
19.1
0
Watkin to Maritz, no run, length at off stump, blocked on the front foot
END OF OVER:19 | (wicket maiden) | IRE-W: 78/9 | RR: 4.10
- Ciara Metcalfe0 (5b)
- Lara Maritz0 (1b)
- Sophie Devine3-1-4-1
- Jess Watkin3-0-12-1
18.6
0
Devine to Metcalfe, no run, short of a length outside off, beaten on the cut
18.5
0
Devine to Metcalfe, no run, length ball at off stump, cuts away past the bat and the stump as she looks to drive through cover
Goes around the wicket
18.4
0
Devine to Metcalfe, no run, length outside off, drives inside the line and is beaten on the outside edge
18.3
0
Devine to Metcalfe, no run, slower ball lobbed up at middle stump. Turned to midwicket off the inside half
18.2
0
Devine to Metcalfe, no run, length ball slanted across the corridor, sways at it and misses
18.1
W
Devine to Garth, OUT, Garth reviews an lbw decision. She was caught in front of the stumps by a slower ball landing on a length. She was looking to flick and that caught her above the knee flap. And it is hitting leg. Decision stands.
KJ Garth lbw b Devine 1 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20.00
END OF OVER:18 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE-W: 78/8 | RR: 4.33
- Lara Maritz0 (1b)
- Kim Garth1 (4b)
- Jess Watkin3-0-12-1
- Leigh Kasperek4-0-19-3
17.6
0
Watkin to Maritz, no run, low full toss drifted away outside off, tapped straight to short extra cover
17.5
W
Watkin to Waldron, OUT, tapped back to the bowler. Length ball loops at an off stump line. She steps out and lifts it to Watkin's right. As simple as that.
MV Waldron c & b Watkin 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
17.4
0
Watkin to Waldron, no run, length outside off, skids past the outside edge
17.3
1
Watkin to Garth, 1 run, length outside off, leading edge to extra cover as she steps out and closes the face
17.2
0
Watkin to Garth, no run, length outside off, skids past the outside edge as she looks to stab through cover
17.1
1
Watkin to Waldron, 1 run, short of a length outside off, walks into the off side and flicks to short fine's left
END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE-W: 76/7 | RR: 4.47
- Kim Garth0 (2b)
- Leigh Kasperek4-0-19-3
- Amelia Kerr4-0-18-2
16.6
W
Kasperek to Richardson, OUT, finds long-on. Lobbed up wide outside off, fetches it with the turn to try and clear the boundary but Bates takes it well inside
EAJ Richardson c Bates b Kasperek 5 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
16.5
0
Kasperek to Richardson, no run, length on leg stump, looks to sweep and cops it on the outside part of the pad
16.4
0
Kasperek to Richardson, no run, length at off, steps out and gets an inside edge onto pad as she looks to sweep
16.3
0
Kasperek to Richardson, no run, length outside off, punched to mid-off
16.2
4
Kasperek to Richardson, FOUR, nicely played. Length ball outside off, steps out to make the pitch of this and hit against the turn to clear mid-off to her left
