Summary

Live Reporting

by Jonty Colman & Ffion Wynne

  1. Frankie Mackay
    Ex-New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Two

    Amy Jones is fabulous with the gloves on. It almost ended up as a yorker.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    A Kerr st Jones b Dean 43 (NZ 112-5) Target 156

    Amelia Kerr's impressive innings is over.

    Charlie Dean beats Kerr, who was on the charge and the ball is taken at pace by Jones.

    Kerr realises she is quite a way out of her crease, but before she could do anything to salvage herself, Jones whips the bails off. Great keeping.

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

    A couple of sixes could warm this game up.

  4. NZ 111-4

    Target 156

    Sophie Ecclestone's impressive 34-match run of consecutive wickets comes to an end.

    Her final over ends in seven runs, albeit no boundaries, but rarely for her, no wickets.

    New Zealand need 45 runs off 18 balls to win.

  5. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on BBC Two

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    Sophie Ecclestone has gone 34 consecutive games, stretching back to 2023, where she has taken a wicket. She's not got one today yet though.

  6. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Two

    England have been electric and tenacious in the field today.

  7. NZ 104-4

    Target 156

    An over consisting of just four runs and a wicket leaves the situation as a very challenging one from a New Zealand perspective.

    They need 52 off 24 balls or 13 runs an over to win, to put it simply.

  8. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Two

    It wasn't Lauren Bell's best ball of the day but it was the change of pace and the cross seam. It would've been wide if Halliday had left it alone.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Halliday c Jones b Bell 25 (NZ 103-4) Target 156

    A brilliant grab from Amy Jones!

    The delivery from Lauren Bell was probably going to be called a wide, but given the nature of the situation, Brooke Halliday had a thrash at it and edges behind.

    It kept low and Amy Jones reacts excellently to her left and takes the catch.

  10. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    This is game on at Lord's.

  11. NZ 100-3

    Target 156

    Brooke Halliday helps to bring up a 13-run over and England's 100 with a thick outside edge to the boundary rope.

    New Zealand need 56 from five overs. Game on.

  12. Earlier, Brooke Halliday also found six with this great shot.

  13. 6 runs

    NZ 93-3

    Target 156

    All the way from Amelia Kerr!

    She goes from 30 to 36 in one thumping drive down the ground.

    Initially, it looked to be four, but it pitched on the rope and is rightly given as six.

  14. New Zealand are still in this, but they remain behind the rate.

    Worm

  15. NZ 87-3

    Target 156

    In true Lauren Filer fashion, as she has done quite a few times in this match, she's recovered from a first-ball boundary with a tidy over.

    Eight runs come from it, but at this stage, England will be pleased with it.

    New Zealand need 69 runs to win off the final six overs.

  16. NZ 83-3

    Target 156

    Lauren Filer comes back into the attack and again, her first ball of the over goes for four.

    A wider ball offers Brooke Halliday the chance to go at it and she gets enough on the shot for four.

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    Jack Rule: What’s sad to think is that was probably the last time that we will see Suzie Bates & Sophie Devine playing for NZ in England. They really haven’t had the summer that you think they would like to finish on. The decline of the NZ team is just so sad to see.

  18. NZ 79-3

    Target 156

    Charlie Dean responds well with the ball after a good couple of overs for New Zealand's batters.

    Just four runs come from the over. All singles.

  19. NZ 75-3

    Target 156

    Sophie Ecclestone with an unusually expensive over by her standards, with 11 coming from it.

    England stick with spin for the next over in Charlie Dean.

  20. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    It's not often you see Ecclestone go the distance!