England Women v New Zealand 2024 - March 19th - April 7th

Thursday 22nd March 2024 - Women's International - 2nd Twenty20 Match  - New Zealand Women won the toss and decided to field.

England - 149-7 (20 overs) Knight 56 not out, Beaumont 19, Dean 16, Mair 2-25, Devine 2-30

New Zealand - 134-8 (20 overs) Kerr 44, Bates 19, Devine 17, Bell 2-24, Dean 2-28

England Women win by 15 runs

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England captain Heather Knight has made half-centuries in her past three T20 innings

Heather Knight's half-century helps tourists to 2-0 T20 series lead..By Callum Matthews, BBC Sport.
England captain Heather Knight made another half-century as her side beat New Zealand by 15 runs in the second T20 to take a 2-0 series lead.
England stumbled to 77-6 after being asked to bat but Knight, who made 56 not out, hauled England up to a competitive 149-7 in Nelson.
New Zealand were 100-3 but the wicket of Amelia Kerr (44) started a collapse of five wickets for eight runs.
They finished on 134-8 with Lauren Bell the pick of the bowlers with 2-24.
All of England's frontline bowlers took a wicket, including left-arm spinner Linsey Smith having Suzie Bates caught at short fine leg with her first ball in international cricket since June 2019.

England captain and player of the match Heather Knight: "I am really pleased because we were under the pump. They got away from us in the powerplay but the spin pulled it back for us. We won the game in the middle again.
"I felt like I struggled to get going a little bit. I found it quite hard. I thought they bowled really well and they made it quite tricky for us. It was nice to hang in there and go hard at the end."

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "I thought we got ourselves into winning positions. We just missed a little bit at the end of the innings and again with the bat a great start and we let ourselves down in the middle. There are still some great positives to take.
"They got 20-30 more runs than we would have liked but we're really confident in our batting group. We'll need to have some honest conversations."

Wednesday 27th March 2024 - Women's International Twenty20 Match - At the Basin Reserve - New Zealand Women won the toss and decided to field.

England - 177-3 (20 overs) Bouchier 91, N Sciver-Brunt 29 not out, Capsey 25, Mair 1-28

New Zealand - 130-7 (20 overs) Halliday 25, Bezuidenhout 23, Kerr 21, Dean 4-26, Ecclestone 1-19

England Women win by 47 runs

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Maia Bouchier has scored 217 runs in the first four T20s of the series, averaging 72.3

New Zealand v England: Maia Bouchier hits 91 in fourth T20 to seal series..By Ffion Wynne, BBC Sport.
England sealed a T20 series victory with a game to spare with a dominant 47-run win over New Zealand in Wellington.
England's imposing 177-3 was set up by opener Maia Bouchier's stunning 91 from only 56 balls.
In reply, spinner Charlie Dean took 4-26 as the hosts stumbled to 130-7 from their 20 overs.
The White Ferns were left to rue a sloppy fielding performance, dropping Bouchier twice and missing a stumping.
Captain Sophie Devine was unable to bat after sustaining a quad injury in the field, to further dent New Zealand's hopes of chasing the competitive total.
But they should not have been chasing such a target after Izzy Gaze missed a regulation stumping with Bouchier on 31, Jess Kerr could not hold on in her follow-through when she was on 44 and substitute fielder Leigh Kasperek spilled a tough diving chance on 80.
England were also gifted plenty of runs through New Zealand's substandard ground fielding, and punished their wilting bowlers for 65 runs from the last five overs.
Bouchier's knock included 12 fours and two sixes, before captain Heather Knight's 21 from nine balls and Nat Sciver-Brunt's 29 from 14 balls added the late impetus from which New Zealand never recovered.

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England outclassed New Zealand in all three aspects of the game


Player of the match Maia Bouchier on TNT Sports: "I really enjoyed myself out there. Getting the chance at the top of the order was very special for me - it's something I love doing.
"I liked having the opportunity to go out and play with the intent and positivity that we are always looking for."

England captain Heather Knight: "Maia was outstanding. She kept her game very simple but it was great to see and it was pleasing to finish with some momentum as well.
"It's very windy here so we had to navigate those conditions and rethink a couple of tactics, but our bowlers adapted to it really well."

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "I wanted to get out there and bat, but it was a case of looking ahead to the three one-day internationals later in the series.
"We were poor in the field; we didn't take our opportunities. We know it would be a different story if we took them. Maia was outstanding, but it's something we've got to put right."

Monday 1st April 2024 - Women's International - 1st ODI Match - At the Basin Reserve - England Women won the toss and decided to field.

New Zealand - 207 all out (48.2 overs) Bates 50, Bezuidenhout 35, Kerr 24, Bell 3-41, Dean 3-57

England - 209-6 (41.2 overs) Jones 92 not out, Dean 42 not out, Bouchier 31, A.Kerr 2-46, J.Kerr 2-48

England Women win by 4 wickets

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Amy Jones hit 92 not out, came in with England 58-5

New Zealand v England: Amy Jones guides tourists to victory in first ODI..By Sam Drury, BBC Sport.
Amy Jones hit a superb unbeaten 92 to lead England to a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international.
Needing 208 to win, the tourists slumped to 79-6 in Wellington before being rescued by a record unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 130 between Jones and Charlie Dean.
Jones took the lead, playing a perfectly paced counter-attacking innings, with Dean keeping her cool in a valuable supporting knock of 42 as England got over the line with 8.4 overs to spare.
Dean had earlier taken three wickets to become the fastest woman to 50 ODI scalps in only her 26th game.
The off-spinner made the initial breakthrough after an opening partnership of 90 between Suzie Bates and Bernadine Bezuidenhout.
Bates was dropped twice in the first seven balls of the match and was also fortunate to escape lbw and stumping shouts which would have been overturned had they been reviewed.
She made the most of that good fortune to hit her 34th ODI fifty, but was stumped next ball as the White Ferns subsided to 207 all out.
That looked eminently chaseable at the halfway point but England quickly found themselves in trouble and, when Danni Wyatt was bowled by Amelia Kerr in the 17th over, the visitors were six down and facing defeat.
But Jones and Dean went about rectifying the situation to give Heather Knight's side a 1-0 series lead as the teams head to Hamilton for the second ODI, beginning at 23:00 BST on Wednesday.


Player of the match Amy Jones on TNT Sports: "I was just trying to keep it as simple as possible and focus on one ball at a time. It sounds simple but I knew that if I did that then Deano and I would build a good partnership.
"I tried to be as positive as possible and, when the ball was in my areas, back myself. Then respect the good balls when they bowled in good areas as well.
"I've done a bit of work on mindset going into run-chases. It's an area I've felt I could do better in so I'm pleased that that work has paid off today."

England captain Heather Knight: "I felt like we were in a really good position [at the halfway stage]. The seamers, in particular, bowled really well.
"The way [Jones and Dean] soaked up pressure to build a partnership and then put the pressure back on the Kiwis was a lesson for us all."

New Zealand captain Amelia Kerr: "Kate Cross bowled very well on that wicket. We didn't really have any answers to their changes of pace and variation.
"We were in a position to get 250-plus, but then you look at the bowling side of things and one more wicket and maybe we could have defended 200."

Sunday 7th April 2024 - Women's International - 3rd ODI Match - At Seddon Park - England Women won the toss and decided to bat.

England - 194 all out (46.3 overs) Jones 50, Dean 38, N Sciver-Brunt 27, J.Kerr 3-39, Rowe 3-42

New Zealand - 195-3 (39 overs) Devine 100 not out, Green 38 not out, A.Kerr 31, Ecclestone 1-25

New Zealand Women win by 7 wickets

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Sophie Devine is New Zealand's 4th-highest run-scorer in one-day internationals

New Zealand v England: Sophie Devine's century leads hosts to consolation win in ODI series..By Callum Matthews, BBC Sport.
Captain Sophie Devine hit an unbeaten century to help New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over England in the final one-day international in Hamilton.
England failed to adapt to a slow pitch and were bowled out for 194 in 46.3 overs, despite Amy Jones making 50.
The White Ferns were 14-2 in reply but Devine (100 not out) added 76 with Amelia Kerr and 105 with Maddy Green as they won with a full 11 overs to spare.
England win the ODI series 2-1, having won the preceding T20 series 4-1.
They are next in action on 11th May, when they start a 3-match T20 series against Pakistan at Edgbaston.
That first game will be live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.


England captain Heather Knight: "Today is a bit frustrating. We've probably not been at our best in this ODI series if we're being honest. We've struggled a little bit with tempo, particularly as a batting group, having not played a huge amount of ODIs.
"It is a really good thing for us to work on as a group, particularly in the middle overs and when you're on a tricky pitch.
"There is some reflection to do but overall, I am really pleased with how the tour has gone. We've made some really good learnings and got some really clear learnings that we need to work on as a group."

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "Nat Sciver-Brunt was egging me on saying I had one ball so have a crack, so it was nice to look her in the eye afterwards.
"It was a really clinical job by the group. It was set up by the bowlers - it was a fantastic effort to restrict them to under 200, and then to win with that many overs to spare and wickets in hand just shows that what we're doing is on the right path."

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