Match Details

ENGW vs NZW 5th T20, ENGW vs NZW 2024

ENGW

138-518.5

England Women won by 5 wickets 🏆

NZW

20.0136-6

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ENGW - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	44	33
10 Over	62	65
15 Over	106	103

NZW - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	42	29
10 Over	50	50
15 Over	87	84
20 Over	120	136

Commentary

So, that also brings an wrap to our coverage of this 5-match T20I series. England win by 4-1. For now, this is me Hiren Kumar signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Ayan Chatterjee and scorer/analyst Ghanendra Singh Thakur. CHEERS!!

Heather Knight goes across and collects the trophy and will now take it to her team mates. They will pose for photographs in front of the Winners Banner. They deserve the win today and the series win 4-1.

Heather Knight (England Women Captain): "Yeah, very pleased. Particularly, with the way we started. Our bowlers were excellent. I think Gaze batted well for them in the end. Also credit to the batters to chase it down with ease. Yeah, it was exciting to watch (On Lauren Filer). She's got some pace and it was good to watch and is a wicket taking threat. Yeah, i think so we are playing some good cricket. It was been a good development for the team. Surely, we will need to have a different approach for the ODI series coming up."

Amelia Kerr(New Zealand Women Captain): "We lost wickets in the powerplay. Issy had a great partnership with Brooke. Issy was outstanding and gave us a score where we had something to bowl at. England are a quality side and were always ahead of us. They pulled out from difficult situations. Today was a great turn around but we bowled no balls in the end. Hope Sophie recovers, but loved and honoured leading here at the Basin Reserve in front of my family. Look, they have got match winners and so do we. Change of formats and need longer partnerships and efforts. Let's see how things pan out. Need to prepare well."

Maia Bouchier (Player of the Series): "No I don't think so, Could have done better. But the way Heather and Nat finished it off was good to see. A bit of pressure helped us a bit and done that a little bit for the bikers. Happy to do well at my level and at this level. Definitely consistency is important at all levels and need to perform all the time. I think have worked on my mental game and avoided distractions. To see that come on the pitch, is great to see. Always trying to enjoy myself and the team. It has come off really well and I have smiles on my face."

Player of the Series: Maia Bouchier.

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Player of the Match): "Yes, conditions were to my liking and bowled at the right areas to give rewards. Nice to adapt to different conditions and do it well out there. It was a well-timed chase. Me and Heather could have finished it off, but we were comfortable out there. We build partnerships and longer we batted, the better it was for us."

Player of the Match: Nat Sciver-Brunt.

8:25 AM IST, 3:54 PM Local Time | England win by 5 wickets and seal the series by a margin of 4-1. Another clinical performance by them. A close finish in the end but England have emerged victorious again.

Opting to bat first, the England bowlers were all over the hosts. They lost three wickets inside the powerplay and also failed to build up partnerships in the middle. Their top order and middle order was both dismissed cheaply today. Isabella Gaze played a blinder of a innings in the end by scoring 51* off just 28 balls. Brooke Halliday was also decent at the other end and scored 33 runs which helped them cross the 130-mark.

With the ball, the England bowlers were outstanding with the new ball and also in the middle overs. Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Eccelstone were the pick of the bowlers and picked up 2 and 3 wickets respectively. They were a bit expensive in the death but overall it was a clinical performance by them.

Coming to the chase, England were off to cautious start. They lost Maia Bouchier early today but Alice Capsey and Danielle Wyatt did well to build up a partnership and scored 25 and 21 runs respectively. In the end, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Skipper Heather Knight scored 31 and 35 runs respectively. They could not finish the game for the team but made sure they were in the driving seat.

For New Zealand, they did well to pick up a early wicket but failed to pick up wickets at regular intervals in the middle. Skipper Amelia Kerr and Lea Tahahu were the pick of the bowlers and picked up 3 and 1 wickets respectively. So, England seal the series by 4-1 and will be high on confidence heading into the ODI series. Stay around for the presentations coming your way.

18.5 R Mair to S Dunkley

4 FOUR! That is the game for England! Short and wide outside off, Dunkley cuts it away through the point region square of the wicket as the ball races away to the fence for a boundary. England wins this game by 5 wickets and clinch the series by the margin of 4 matches to 1.

18.4 R Mair to S Dunkley

2 Good length on the pads, Dunkley flicks it away to the midwicket region and hustles back for the second run. The throw is wild and Gaze does well to collect it in the end.

Sophia Dunkley is the new batter on the crease.

New batsman on crease

Career

Sophia Dunkley

25 yrs

#26 (Batsman)

Best

MATCHES54
RUNS795
SR115.00
AVG22.00

Out

H Knight

35(28)

c J Kerr b R Mair

4s/6s

4/0

125.00

Mair strikes and Knight has to depart.

18.3 R Mair to H Knight

W WICKET! Fuller length that sits on the wicket, Knight makes room and looks to go up and over covers. The ball goes straight into the hands of Jess Kerr. She makes no mistake as New Zealand keeps on fighting. Knight departs as the 5th one goes down here.

18.3 R Mair to H Knight

WD Short of a length wide outside off, Knight looks to carve it away and the ball goes over the head of the batter. Wide is called.