- New Zealand set 242 to win after England bowled out in 48 overs
- Brunt the local hero as England cruise in first ODI
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1st over: New Zealand 4-0 (Bates 2, Devine 2) Katherine Brunt bowls the first over, and gets plenty of movement from the start – and almost a reward, as her fourth delivery, to Bates, is chopped down into the turf and just past the stumps.
Right, the players are back out. Suzie Bates has her bat in her hand. Let’s do this.
But this is still a tough ask. New Zealand don’t habitually knock off 240+ to seal ODI victories – indeed, they have only done it three times in the last decade. They’ll need a good start, and then to avoid the kind of wobble that took them from 70-0 to 75-4 in the first ODI the other day.
Hello world! This is intriguing. I imagine England fell well short of the target they set themselves. For a start they failed to bat out their 50 overs – it’s five years since they last failed to get at least into the 50th over when batting first in an ODI, and 14 of their last 15 efforts have gone the distance.
Hope you enjoy the second innings, I leave you in the very capable hands of Simon Burnton.
New Zealand’s ground feeling was a bit sloppy-seconds, but they pulled off a couple of cracking catches. Smart bowling by Watkin, especially, and Huddleston. An impressive second-spell by the nerveless Kerr. England should win this still, but it depends what Bates and Devine had for breakfast. Sugar Puffs or Shredded Wheat? We shall see.
But who knows, it could be enough. On a pitch that was slow and tricky to score off, Beaumont and Sciver showed how you should do it - watchful but aggressive. And, largely, square of the wicket. Driving vertically turned out to be a dangerous game.
48th over: England 241 all out (Elwiss 18 not out). So England are back in the pavilion with two overs to spare. Well that was somewhat of a surprising end. Whimper, not bang.
A thwack and a first-ball duck, a classy diving catch by Bates at mid-off.
A mix-up which leaves George stranded, run-out by a handful of strides.
47th over: England 237-8 (Elwiss 16, George 8) Kasperek keeps it tight and England hobble towards the finish line. No fireworks here. Still, the sun is shining and they’re keeping it ticking over.
46th over: England 234-8 (Elwiss 15, George 6) Kerr has rediscovered her discipline in this spell, not put off by the tonking she got from the England top-order earlier on. What an smashing temperament, teenager or no teenager. The last ball gets pulled for four by Elwiss.
45th over: England 228-8 (Elwiss 10, George 5) Four to George, leonine hair hanging out of her helmet as Watkin loses her line. Her first four in international cricket! Something to celebrate this evening. England have lost their mojo here.
44th over: England 223-8 (Elwiss 9, George 1) Big lbw appeal against George, turned down, and who hits her first runs in ODI cricket. Elwiss misses out on choice runs when she misses a full toss.
43rd over: England 220-8 (Elwiss 8, George 0) Just reward for Watkin and a brief stay for Marsh.
Ooops. The ball hit centrally and looked as if it was going to knock out leg.
42nd over: England 216-7 (Elwiss 7, Marsh 0) Shin becomes knee. An important wicket for New Zealand - and Brunt walks off, entertaining but not fulfilled.
Another super catch! This time by Satterthwaite who came round from deep mid wicket and caught it low as it was dying on her.
41st over: England 216-6 (Brunt 24, Elwiss 7) Elwiss is experimenting, a pull, a reverse sweep, against Kasperek. Brunt’s getting itchy feet again, a one-handed drive to finish the over.
40th over: England 212-6 (Brunt 23, Elwiss 4) Four from Kerr’s seventh over.
39th over: England 208-6 (Brunt 22, Elwiss 1) Still mulling over that fabulous catch which has given New Zealand more than a finger, perhaps a shin, in the door.
What a catch from Bates, leaping, left-handed and backwards, at mid-off.
38th over: England 202-5 ( Sciver 51, Brunt 20) And that’s fifty for Nat Sciver, from 54 balls, her first fifty since the World Cup. A smart innings. And this on top of the player of the match award in the last game - her form, at last, has returned. A very welcome friend. Another classy over from Watkin - England’s batters struggling to give her some welly.
37th over: England 197-5 ( Sciver 47, Brunt 19) Big squeaky appeal from Kasperek against Brunt -her second clever shout of the day - and the second that looks out on replay. Six scampered runs from the rest of the over as England thrash away but fail to reach the boundary.
36th over: England 191-5 ( Sciver 45, Brunt 15) Kerr returns and it is a neater over. Brunt sweeps - for one. Sciver knocks one off her toes for another. And they scamper on.
The sun bakes down. Kerr bowls with a huge hankerchief hanging out of her back pocket.
35th over: England 186-5 ( Sciver 43, Brunt 12) Watkin, who whizzes through her overs like a yo-yo, bowls a tight over - just two off it.
34th over: England 184-5 ( Sciver 42, Brunt 11) “Gemme to the strikers’s end!” yells Brunt. She takes a step down the pitch to Huddleston, has a swipe that beats Amelia Kerr and gets her boundary. Huddlestone delivers a full toss “Yes please!” says Brunt. But a not fully-efficient pull and a super bit of fielding means she only gets two. Sad face.
33rd over: England 175-5 ( Sciver 40, Brunt 4)
32nd over: England 172-5 ( Sciver 39, Brunt 2) Some lumpy fielding again by New Zealand, the sort of over-dive that my sons are expert at when trying to get each other into trouble. And Sciver gets her four. A full toss from Huddleston only gets a single. And Brunt’s off the mark - though not quite with the aplomb that she was looking for.
31st over: England 165-5 ( Sciver 34, Brunt 0) Brunt has got serious ants in her pants this afternoon, looking to jettison the ball up to Belper at every opportunity. Neat over by Watkin, but TMS tell me that’s the eleventh wide of the day.
30th over: England 163-5 ( Sciver 33, Brunt 0) Important wicket that, Wyatt had looked in fine touch. Brunt has a good old-fashioned swipe at a wide one from Tahuhu, and misses. Tahuhu really has struggled with her line today - perhaps the gusty wind Mel Jones was talking about at the start is to blame.
Wyatt seeemed to lose concentration there, a shorter ball that she steered straight to Sophie Devine at backward point.
29th over: England 151-4 ( Sciver 30, Wyatt 8) Watkin, owner of the longest, blondest ponytail in cricket, bowls a neat little over. A maiden.
28th over: England 159-4 ( Sciver 30, Wyatt 8) Tahuhu starts as she finished her last spell, with a wide one. Wyatt shovels the next shorter one for two then, eye in, cuts Tahuhu for four. Rescues herself with three fuller balls. Dot, dot, dot...
27th over: England 151-4 ( Sciver 28, Wyatt 2) A crucial wicket for New Zealand as England were starting to rev up the engines and head out of sight. Wyatt off the mark straight away.
Some breathing space for New Zealand as Beaumont, briefly reprieved for a possible no-ball, walks off after a cracking little innings.
26th over: England 146-3 (Beaumont 66, Sciver 26) Kerr has been expensive today: five overs for 43.
25th over: England 137-3 (Beaumont 64, Sciver 21) Five singles off Watkin’s first five balls, including an lbw shout against Sciver, rescued by an inside edge onto her pad. And that’s halfway!
24th over: England 132-3 (Beaumont 62, Sciver 16) Nine runs from Amelia Kerr’s over including a most delicate little dabble from Beaumont behind square and down to the boundary. Good placement from both batters to keep the New Zealand fielders running about from here to there and back again.
23rd over: England 123-3 (Beaumont 54, Sciver 15) A maiden! And a rush of blood from Beaumont who misjudges and cross-switches the ball just short of Green at mid on.
22nd over: England 120-3 (Beaumont 53, Sciver 13) And with a slow full-toss that’s Beamont’s fifty. Her 11th in ODIs. Well played! A steady effort, just what England needed, 7 fours, 58 balls.
21st over: England 114-3 (Beaumont 48, Sciver 12) Devine bowls a pedestrian full toss and Beaumont thrashes it through the offside for four, then a thick edge takes her to 48. Beaumont removes her gloves, gets on her knees and rubs her hands on the dusty pitch as if making some shortbread. It’s a hot day out there. And she can smell that fifty.
20th over: England 107-3 (Beaumont 42, Sciver 11) A nice steady over from Huddlestone, three off it. Trees looking beautiful against the blue sky at Derby. Great shapes - cylinders and triangles, like in a child’s drawing.
19th over: England 104-3 (Beaumont 41, Sciver 11) It turns out she’s going to play her attacking game! Shot of the day from Sciver against Kasperek, a cover drive that slows just before the boundary rope and England run three. Then another - gorgeous! -a cut to the cover-boundary.
18th over: England 93-3 (Beaumont 40, Sciver 1) An eventful over: a hobbling Huddlestone falls over in her follow-through Then a no-ball - the free hit is a full-toss which is hit for two by Knight. Then the wicket. New Zealand now on top. Let’s see how Sciver plays.
Knight looks to cut and gets a nick behind. The end of a slightly awkward-looking innings.
17th over: England 88-2 (Beaumont 39, Knight 13) A very am-dram lbw appeal by Kasperek against Knight, but the umpire is not interested. Later replays on Sky suggest it was out. Beaumont sweeps straight to the fielder on the boundary and England hustle through for a single. And another.
16th over: England 83-2 (Beaumont 37, Knight 11) Four wides rather spoils the analysis of a super little over from Amelia Kerr. And that’s drinks - England will be the happier of the two sides, I guess, though they’re not out of sight yet.
15th over: England 75-2 (Beaumont 36, Knight 9) A tight over from Kasperek, just three runs off it.
14th over: England 72-2 (Beaumont 34, Knight 8) Knight edges Kerr, a thick edge past slip for four. Satherwaite is moved a bit wider and Knight is looking conflicted here - forward/back; defence/attack? Kerr drops short and Beaumont jiggles down the pitch and flat bats her straight for four.
13th over: England 59-2 (Beaumont 28, Knight 1) A chance here for New Zealand to get stuck into this intimidating England line up. Knight edges her first ball just short of slip. A good over from Kasperek.
Don’t expect to see this from Taylor, an unbalanced shot, back leg dangling, and the ball goes straight to mid-on.
12th over: England 57-1 (Beaumont 28, Taylor 8) YoungKerr, who was the best New Zealand bowler in the first ODI, imposes some control.
11th over: England 53-1 (Beaumont 26, Taylor 6) Beaumont has got her eye on Kasperek. She advances down the pitch and clops it, straight back over the bowler’s head for four. Taylor sweeps nicely, just one run but a beautiful sound, coconut shell on coconut shell.
10th over: England 44-1 (Beaumont 19, Taylor 4) Taylor gets off the mark with a edge down past the keeper for four. She dropped her hands but wasn’t so much in control that she didn’t immediately turn to see where the ball had gone.
Ooh that was an ugly shot. Jones was caught out of position, crab-like, by a wide one, and gave a simple catch to backward point
9th over: England 40-0 (Jones 20, Beaumont 19) Huddlestone is replace by Suzie Bates after four good overs, 0-11. Bates leaks runs straight away as Beaumont gets into her stride, a sweep down to fine-leg, then a wristy pull, more lovelier than the first.
8th over: England 28-0 (Jones 19, Beaumont 8) A low full toss from Devine doesn’t get punished by Beaumont. A strangled appeal for lbw against Jones, impresses no-one not even the bowler. And some great ground fielding at last by New Zealand on the boundary.
7th over: England 28-0 (Jones 19, Beaumont 8) Huddleston continues methodically and eeek that’s a horrible bit of fielding at mid-off, it seemed to go right through her fingers, giving Jones a four. The pony-tailed Huddleston looks really rather cross.
6th over: England 18-0 (Jones 10, Beaumont 7) A bowling change: Devine for the off-target Tahuhu. She’s more on the money immediately. Ah, and that’s an extra-cover drive for four by Amy Jones off the penultimate ball of the over.
5th over: England 18-0 (Jones 10, Beaumont 7) A better over by Huddlestone as the England batswomen/batters/bats/batsmen - I know there is currently debate about this and I’m still not sure of the correct terminology: I’d love your opinions - look frustrated. Then the first dodgy bit of fielding by New Zealand at extra-cover relieves the pressure.
4th over: England 14-0 (Jones 7, Beaumont 6) Tahuhu runs in and delivers a most tasty long-hop. Jones says yes please and tucks in for a boundary. Batting doesn’t look easy on this pitch, but New Zealand aren’t making bowling look easy either.
3rd over: England 8-0 (Jones 2, Beaumont 5 ) Beaumont takes a couple of demi-steps down the pitch to Huddleston, but can’t beat the field. A maiden.
And in other news all members of the football team trapped in the cave in Thailand have been safely rescued. Praise be indeed.
2nd over: England 8-0 (Jones 2, Beaumont 5 ) Tahuhu serves up a soup that is mostly short and wide and without most seasoning. A lovely backward cover drive for four from Beaumont. The pitch is looking not quite the belter it was heralded as.
1st over: England 1-0 (Jones 1, Beaumont 0) A bit of a damp squib of a first over from Huddleston. The first ball faded and didn’t carry through to Katey Martin Then, an inside edge from Jones to get off the mark. Then A very wide non-wide. Then a less wide non-wide. Then two dots.
And England walk out past the little All Stars and the New Zealand huddle.
England:
Both sides’ fielding fell apart a bit in the sun on Saturday - am curious to see how they fare today. As someone wiser than me observed then, it is the one facet of the game that can definitely be improved with practise, practise and more practise.
This time, England don’t have to battle with a World Cup game, though Wimbledon might yet be causing a few distractions.
The quite marvellous Mel Jones is sussing out the pitch. She says conditions are “almost perfect,” with a gusty wind from the media end that should make captains and batters wary. You heard it from Mel first.
Hello and welcome to Derby where the women’s cricket waltzer pauses for today. I love Derbyshire, but sometimes the weather does let it down. Not this British summer though - gorgeous weather shining down over the Peak District as England’s women hope to continue their domination over New Zealand, exemplified by the 142-run win at Headingley on Saturday.
This is the second match of the three-games series - New Zealand really do need to get a win on the board having been whitewashed in the T20 series too.
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