drops short this time, fetched through midwicket for one
ENG Women vs NZ Women, 2nd T20I at Brighton, ENG v NZ (W), Jul 09 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd T20I (N), Hove, July 09, 2024, New Zealand Women tour of England
(9/9 ov) 89/6
(6.4/6.4 ov, T:66) 42/5
ENG Women won by 23 runs (DLS method)
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10.10pm: Presentations time... think they might be indoors. Ah, nope umbrellas it is. Player of the Match is Charlie Dean after taking 2 for 3 in her one over: "Bit of a burglary, I thought Capsey and Bouch set a platform. We took wickets in the powerplay which made it easier for me. I'm looking to take wickets, keep getting better."
NZ captain Sophie Devine: "Credit to the groundstaff to get some cricket on. We knew they'd come out hard for nine overs, I thought we did reasonably well, probably 20 runs more than we wanted. Quick turnaround to the next T20 in Canterbury, so reflect and move on. Watch some footage and have some conversations. How can we best attack this England side that have been dominant so far?"
England's Heather Knight: "Good practice of being under pressure and facing some chaos. Need to be calm. Batting, we got the tempo right and then wickets killed the game. Hitting boundaries, hitting the pockets, we kept the scoreboard moving. Ended up being a good score."
Okay, we'll pull the plug on this one. Valkerie Baynes' report will be up on the site shortly, then it's over to the men in the morning for the Lord's Test - and the start of the long goodbye for James Anderson - before we return for the third T20I from Canterbury on Thursday. Cheerio!
10.03pm: Looks like handshakes are being exchanged over by the changing rooms. England win by 23 runs on DLS, and go 2-0 up in the five-match series. A frustrating night, the weather has set in again - but they did well to squeeze in some cricket while it was (relatively) dry. Another tough result for NZ, their fifth defeat in a row across formats on this tour
9.59pm: The rain isn't blowing through here, umpires Middlebrook and Harris coming together for a chat... and the players are going off. We have had enough play to constitute a game, thankfully. The covers are being dragged on by the groundstaff and I think that might be it for tonight
6.4
1
Glenn to Gaze, 1 run
6.3
4
Glenn to Gaze, FOUR runs
floated up and biffed through the covers! Too full and Gaze jumps out to hammer a drive
6.2
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Glenn to Gaze, no run
punched back to the bowler
6.1
1
Glenn to Green, 1 run
tossed up, cut away going back on off stump, Dean can't collect cleanly
Sarah Glenn on now. Steady drizzle falling
Here's Hypocaust, with the stat you need in your life: "This is the 32nd consecutive innings in all formats in which Sophie Ecclestone has taken a wicket for England. During this run, which began against West Indies in February last year, Ecclestone has taken 70 wickets at 14.84."
end of over 65 runs • 1 wicket
NZ-W: 36/5CRR: 6.00 • RRR: 18.33 • Need 55 runs from 18b
Maddy Green4 (4b)
Isabella Gaze3 (3b)
Sophie Ecclestone 2-0-17-1
Charlie Dean 1-0-3-2
And it looks like the rain has returned in Hove...
5.6
1
Ecclestone to Green, 1 run
pushed through on off stump, Green goes back and thumps a pull to deep midwicket
5.5
1
Ecclestone to Gaze, 1 run
flattish and slugged off the back foot down to long-on
5.4
2
Ecclestone to Gaze, 2 runs
angled in on the stumps and shovelled to leg, they come scampering back for two
5.3
•
Ecclestone to Gaze, no run
fizzed down, jabbed away into the off side
Izzy Gaze is next in
5.2
W
Ecclestone to Jess Kerr, OUT
catching practice! Slapped to extra cover this time! Not Ecclestone's best ball but it's good enough to send Kerr back for a duck. Touch short, she was looking to crunch through the off side, but picked out Knight for a diving take. NZ right up against it here
Jess Kerr c Knight b Ecclestone 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0
5.1
1
Ecclestone to Green, 1 run
looped up from round the wicket, Green is forward and prods one into the off side as Ecclestone gives chase
Just past halfway and NZ's RRR is almost 15 an over. Ecclestone for a second
end of over 53 runs • 2 wickets
NZ-W: 31/4CRR: 6.20 • RRR: 15.00 • Need 60 runs from 24b
Jess Kerr0 (1b)
Maddy Green2 (2b)
Charlie Dean 1-0-3-2
Sophie Ecclestone 1-0-12-0
4.6
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Dean to Jess Kerr, no run
dragged down slightly and tugged leg side, can't get it through the ring, though
Jess Kerr is in, after some useful blows in the first T20I
4.5
W
Dean to Bates, OUT
reversed from in front of the stumps... and well held! Dean gets another and it is Bates, who had been starved of the strike and walks off in the fifth over having only faced six balls. Glenn took the catch, anticipating the shot and diving forward from short third. The umpires wanted to check it was clean, but no issues on replay
Suzie Bates c Glenn b Dean 4 (6b 0x4 0x6 24m) SR: 66.66
4.4
1
Dean to Green, 1 run
flatter, Green advances, whipped away to deep midwicket
4.3
1
Dean to Bates, 1 run
full and hammered, Bates sweeps powerfully but will only get one to the boundary rider
4.2
1
Dean to Green, 1 run
over the wicket, zipped down outside off, bunted through midwicket for one
In walks Maddy Green
4.1
W
Dean to Halliday, OUT
round the wicket, full length and hit the on shin - given! But Halliday reviews James Middlebrook's decision. Looked pretty adjacent but we'll see what the technology says. Definitely no bat as she aimed a reverse-sweep, what does ball-tracking say? Demolishing leg stump! Up goes the finger again and England have another
Brooke Halliday lbw b Dean 14 (9b 1x4 1x6 8m) SR: 155.55
Charlie Dean from the Cromwell Road End
end of over 412 runs
NZ-W: 28/2CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 12.60 • Need 63 runs from 30b
Brooke Halliday14 (8b 1x4 1x6)
Suzie Bates3 (4b)
Sophie Ecclestone 1-0-12-0
Nat Sciver-Brunt 2-0-10-1
3.6
1
Ecclestone to Halliday, 1 run
pushed through and worked for one
3.5
6
Ecclestone to Halliday, SIX runs
dropped for six by NSB! Slogged firmly towards wide long-on, Halliday didn't quite have enough on it... but Sciver-Brunt, much like she did at Southampton, botches the catch and ends up palming it over the rope in the process
3.4
2
Ecclestone to Halliday, 2 runs
tossed up and Halliday hoicks across the line. Capsey is running up from deep square leg and gets done by the bounce, allowing them a second
3.3
1
Ecclestone to Bates, 1 run
goes a long way across outside off, squirted back off a leading edge but wide of Ecclestone. They get one down the ground
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