42/5 (6.4)
CR : 6.30
89/6 (9.0)
CR : 9.89
England Women won by 23 runs (DLS METHOD) 🏆
Player of the Match
Charlie Dean
2/3
6.3
4
S Glenn to I Gaze
FOUR! A much-needed one for NZ! Full and around off. Gaze creates some room and drills it through cover-point region for a four.
6.4
1
S Glenn to I Gaze
Drops the ball short on the stumps. Gaze pulls it down to deep mid-wicket for a run.
2:28 AM IST, 21:58 Local Time: The rain has gotten heavier and the umpires call for the covers. The players trudge off the field. New Zealand Women are currently 23 runs behind according to the DLS method.
2:34 AM IST, 22:04 Local Time: The players and umpires shake hands and the match has been called off. England win by 23 runs (DLS) to go 2-0 up in the series.
ENGW won by 23 runs (DLS METHOD)
2:37 AM IST, 22:07 Local Time: England Women continue their dominance over the White Ferns, winning by 23 runs (DLS) in a rain-affected game to go 2-0 up in the 5-match series.
Earlier, after being invited to bat first in a rain-curtailed 9 overs game, England Women lost Danielle Wyatt for a 3-ball duck but Maia Bouchier (23) and Alice Capsey (28) scored at a brisk pace from the word go and provided the necessary acceleration in the innings. Heather Knight contributed 15 runs off 8 balls, while Sophie Ecclestone's six off the last ball of the innings helped the hosts post 89 runs.
Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr bagged a couple of wickets each for the White Ferns, while Hannah Rowe and Leigh Kasperek contributed one wicket each.
In pursuit of 89 runs, New Zealand Women lost wickets at regular intervals and half of their side were back in the hut for just 42 runs in 6.4 overs when the rain appeared again, leading to the match being called off. England Women won by 23 runs by the DLS method.
Barring, Brooke Halliday, no other White Ferns batter touched the double-digit score. Barring, Brooke Halliday, no other White Ferns batter reached double digits.
Charlotte Dean bagged a couple of wickets for the hosts, while Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Bell, and Sophie Ecclestone celebrated a solitary wicket.
Earlier, after being invited to bat first in a rain-curtailed 9 overs game, England Women lost Danielle Wyatt for a 3-ball duck but Maia Bouchier (23) and Alice Capsey (28) scored at a brisk pace from the word go and provided the necessary acceleration in the innings. Heather Knight contributed 15 runs off 8 balls, while Sophie Ecclestone's six off the last ball of the innings helped the hosts post 89 runs.
Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr bagged a couple of wickets each for the White Ferns, while Hannah Rowe and Leigh Kasperek contributed one wicket each.
In pursuit of 89 runs, New Zealand Women lost wickets at regular intervals and half of their side were back in the hut for just 42 runs in 6.4 overs when the rain appeared again, leading to the match being called off. England Women won by 23 runs by the DLS method.
Barring, Brooke Halliday, no other White Ferns batter touched the double-digit score. Barring, Brooke Halliday, no other White Ferns batter reached double digits.
Charlotte Dean bagged a couple of wickets for the hosts, while Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Bell, and Sophie Ecclestone celebrated a solitary wicket.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Charlotte Dean
That's all from our side as well, folks! For now, this is Deepak Prakash signing off on behalf of esteemed co-commentator Arijit Kundu and scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. CHEERS!