Summary

  • England chasing 157 to beat New Zealand in first ODI of three at Chester-le-Street

  • New Zealand bowled out for 156 in 33.3 overs with Charlie Dean taking 4-38

  • New Zealand won toss and bat first

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Live Reporting

Sam Dalling

  1. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Brooke Halliday isn't looking at all comfortable.

  2. NZ 80-5

    Charlie Dean tests Brooke Halliday outside her off stump. He third ball of the over is a beauty which gets past a tentative poke from the Kiwi left-hander.

    England are turning the screw here.

  3. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Sounds

    Charlie Dean is a good option here. She bowls a little flatter and quicker than Ecclestone so when you know the batters aren't really trying to score quickly, they can find themselves trapped on the crease.

  4. The next of England's spin triumvirate into the attack in the form of Charlie Dean.

  5. NZ 80-5

    Left-hander Brooke Halliday sweeps to help one drifting down the leg side from Sophie Ecclestone to the boundary and pick up a much-needed four from a New Zealand perspective.

    The White Ferns need their middle order to get them out of a hole here.

  6. Frankie Mackay
    Ex-New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    Cricket is a game essentially based on failure. As a batter you'll fail far more times than you'll ever succeed. That's what keeps you coming back for more. And then you have that one day out of the box, you'll score a hundred and it justifies it in your mind.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Green lbw b Sciver-Brunt 2 (NZ 75-5)

    Three reds.

    Maddy Green had planted her front foot down the pitch and was a little late on the shot, attempting to work a full-ish ball from Nat Sciver-Brunt.

    The ball-tracking technology backs up the decision by Anna Harris on the field.

    Four wickets for 19 runs. New Zealand are in big trouble.

  8. New Zealand review

    No bat involved.

  9. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Sounds

    Has it done enough to miss leg stump? She will be praying!

  10. New Zealand review

    A nervous wait to see if there's any bat on this first up.

  11. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Sounds

    It's worth her going upstairs because of the state New Zealand are in at the moment. However, it did look good!

  12. New Zealand review

    The White Fearns are big trouble here.

    Nat Sciver-Brunt has trapped Maddy Green lbw. It's given out on field.

    At the last second Green sends it upstairs.

  13. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Sophie Ecclestone now has 103 one-day international wickets to her name. She has gone past Isa Guha and Sophie Devine and is now 23rd on the all time list. The next person for her to catch? Anya Shrubsole with 106.

  14. NZ 75-4

    I've just seen the replay and there's a lovely bit of drift from Sophie Ecclestone for the wicket of Sophie Devine. It's just straightened enough to bring the drive into play.

    A really good catch from Amy Jones who cushioned it into her right glove stood up to the stumps.

  15. Frankie Mackay
    Ex-New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    Sophie Ecclestone celebrates a wicketGetty Images

    I've absolutely put the hex on her! That is just the second time in 160 deliveries of left-arm spin that Sophie Devine has lost her wicket. It was a brilliant catch from Amy Jones.

    New Zealand now have the wobble on!

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Devine c Jones b Ecclestone 13 (NZ 75-4)

    Left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone wheels away around the wicket in that familiar fashion of hers, bowling some testing lengths.

    Her fifth ball does the trick as she draws Sophie Devine into a drive, but instead it skids through into the gloves of Amy Jones who takes a sharp catch.

  17. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    This is the minimum boundary for an international match. 60 yards or, for those who don't deal in old money, 54.86 metres the internet tells me!

  18. NZ 70-3

    Maddy Green is the new batter for New Zealand and she is off the mark with a clip off her pads for a single through mid-wicket off Nat Sciver-Brunt.

  19. Frankie Mackay
    Ex-New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    It will be a very frustrated Melie Kerr walking off. A good length, a little bit of turn and the big top edge. A big wicket for England to pick up at this time. Sometimes when she gets into the mode of wanting to take the game on, it can bring about her downfall.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Kerr c Jones b Ecclestone 10 (NZ 68-3)

    Amelia Kerr dispatches a loose delivery from Sophie Ecclestone for four first up, but is heading back to the pavilion three balls later.

    She attempts to slog-sweep the England spinner and ends up spooning a top edge high into air leaving Amy Jones with a simple catch.

    England have wrestled the momentum back their way after a sloppy start.