fittingly Taylor wins England the match as her innings carried them home, it was full on off and she drove nicely past mid-on down to the fence
NZ Women vs ENG Women, 1st T20I at Wellington, Feb 17 2012 - Match Result
ENG Women won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
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England get the win fairly comfortably in the end. Suzie Bates expresses her displeasure with New Zealand's recent efforts with the bat, while Charlotte Edwards is beaming and delighted with the win and Anya Shrubsole's five-wicket bag. Shrubsole, the Player of the Match, says she just tried to bowl straight and is glad she got the rewards.
full outside off and powers the drive with the bottom hand straight to mid-off
tucks a ball on middle to the right of midwicket
outside off and drives to cover
comes down and chips over the bowler's head to the right of mid-off
very wide down leg, miles past the sweep
comes down the track and gently works to long-on
works to mid-on and sets off as soon as she hit it
gets forward and pushes to cover
charges down and can't hit the full toss past the bowler
gets forward and defends nicely down the track
tucks off the pads into the leg side
charges down the track and smacks a full ball outside off flat and to the left of mid-off out to the fence
full on off and driven back to the bowler
chips down the track and works to long-on
full outside off and hits it to mid-off too well to think of a single
full outside off and drives through the covers
goes back and punches through the covers into the deep
square drives to the cover sweeper
gets nicely beside the line of a half-volley outside off and beats both short and conventional cover with the drive which heads to the fence
Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
Toss | England Women, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2011/12 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | England Women led the 5-match series 1-0 |
Match number | WT20I no. 130 |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.45 start, First Session 14.45-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.15, Second Session 16.15-17.30 |
Match days | 17 February 2012 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
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