Summary

  • England beat New Zealand by eight wickets in Worcester to take unassailable 2-0 lead in ODI series

  • Maia Bouchier hits maiden international century off 88 balls as England win with 153 balls to spare

  • Sophie Ecclestone takes five wickets as New Zealand all out for 141

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Live Reporting

Mike Peter

  1. Eng 134-2

    Stinger!

    Having been brought back on strike by a single, Bouchier raps the ankle of Suzie Bates at cover with a fierce drive.

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

    Come on, Bouchier. Give us a game within a game here.

    There's no sense of strain in her shots, it's just a free flow.

  3. Eng 133-2

    Need 9 from 162 balls

    Fantastic shot!

    Bouchier nonchalantly picks up four more, flicking Molly Penfold's delivery off her toes to send the ball down the ground.

    She then moves to 92 with a shot down to long-on.

  4. Eng 127-2

    Bouchier crashes Jess Kerr away from four wide of long-off, before taking a single to bring Nat Sciver-Brunt on strike.

    The all-rounder does her best to keep Bouchier's hundred hopes alive, facing four dot balls to close the over.

  5. Eng 122-2

    Need 20 from 180 balls

    Bouchier moves to 80, driving Amelia Kerr through the covers.

    A century is still just about on, but she'll need to retain almost all of the strike - which she does with a single from the final ball of the over.

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

    There was a giggle from Amelia Kerr to Brooke Halliday there because she knows that was a half-tracker.

  7. Isabelle Westbury
    Ex-Middlesex captain on BBC Sounds

    Heather KnightGetty Images

    That is pretty unfortunate for Heather Knight.

    It hung in the pitch a little bit and didn't bounce as much as she expected.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Knight c A Kerr b Halliday 9 (Eng 115-2)

    Oh, that was unexpected!

    Innocuous delivery from Brooke Halliday that keeps a little lower, Knight goes to smear her through the leg side and manages to hit directly to Amelia Kerr at mid-wicket, who didn't have to move an inch.

    Earlier in the over, Bouchier picked up four at the long-off boundary, not getting hold of the delivery but managing enough to get it over the fielder.

  9. Eng 110-1

    Quieter over, just the single from it as Bouchier works Amelia Kerr square.

    England are 32 runs from their target - how many balls will it take them?

  10. Eng 109-1

    Oooh, close.

    Heather Knight gets a bit overexcited and tries to hare away off for a single into the leg side that isn't on.

    Bouchier sends her back and her dive sees her bat bounce up off the ground - had the throw been direct then she'd have been in trouble.

    The players are taking drinks.

  11. 6 runs

    Eng 109-1

    Heather Knight gets in on the action!

    She clouts Brooke Halliday for a flat six over square.

  12. Eng 103-1

    Hundred up for England as Bouchier hits another four, crashing Amelia Kerr to the left of mid-wicket.

    She moves to 69 from 61.

  13. Eng 96-1

    Three more fours for Bouchier - she's really motoring along now!

    Having brought up her fifty through point she reaches the ropes in a similar area from the following delivery, hitting slightly more loftily.

    The England opener makes it three boundaries in a row with a flick through mid-wicket before pulling the final ball of the over away to make it 17 runs from the over, 16 of them hers.

  14. Eng 84-1

    Thanks Tom, all going along quite nicely here despite the loss of Beaumont

    Heather Knight gets her first run, edging Sophie Devine away to third, before Maia Bouchier brings up her fifty, driving to the right of point for four. It comes off 54 balls.

  15. With England more than halfway to victory it is time for me to hand over Mike Peter to see us home.

  16. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Sounds

    She tried to bowl quicker and it's not easy for a legspinner, and she's dragged it down.

  17. Eng 79-1

    Heather Knight is the new batter to join Maia Bouchier, who has not changed her approach despite that wicket, clubbing a half-tracker from Amelia Kerr through mid-off, before a lofted straight drive lands safe and England run two.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Beaumont run out (A Kerr) 28 (Eng 73-1)

    Out!

    It was by a matter of millimetres, but sharp work from Amelia Kerr brings the wicket.

  19. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Sounds

    It needs another frame!

  20. This is ridiculously tight. There's lots of rock and rolling going on from the third umpire.