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. England turn to spin as Sophie Ecclestone comes into the attack.

    The spinners did the damage in the first game.

  2. NZ 34-2

    Alice Capsey is grimacing and holding her head after diving to claw back the ball on the boundary, saving one run.

    The physio runs out to take a look but Capsey is soon smiling so I don't think it is too serious.

    The over ends on a high note for New Zealand as Kate Cross is too short and Amelia Kerr pulls away powerfully for four.

    This feels like a big partnership.

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

    Sophie Devine used the pace well. Short and bit of width, able to lay it off through the backward point region.

  4. NZ 26-2

    That's a good shot.

    It is a touch wide from Kate Cross and Sophie Devine gets on top of the cut, beautifully guiding it past backward point and deep third for four.

    We have not seen that enough from New Zealand, who have trundled through the powerplay.

  5. NZ 20-2

    Amy Jones is standing up to Kate Cross as England look to turn the screw.

    It is another maiden for Cross, who is 1-9 from five overs.

  6. Suzie Bates was furious with herself after this dismissal and you can understand why. She got the shot all wrong and Amy Jones made no mistake.

  7. NZ 20-2

    A welcome boundary for New Zealand - but it should not have been.

    Sophie Devine plays a cut straight down to Alice Capsey at deep third, but Capsey fumbles and the ball dribbles over the rope.

  8. Here is the first wicket of the match, with Kate Cross dismissing Georgia Plimmer for three.

  9. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer in Worcester

    As the first ODI showed, Brooke Halliday and Maddy Green are both solid batters but this is the big partnership for New Zealand if they are going to post a match-winning total rather than just a competitive one.

    Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr can't really afford to get out, but they also can't get bogged down and have to take the attack to England especially before Sophie Ecclestone comes on.

  10. NZ 14-2

    Fresh from that reprieve Amelia Kerr helps herself to back-to-back twos with drives through the covers.

    Five runs off the over - New Zealand's best since the first over of the match.

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

    There's a lot at my age that's gone - but not my hearing! She got a knick on that.

  12. Not out

    Kevin Howells is spot on - as usual. Snicko shows the faintest of edges and Kerr survives.

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

    I thought I heard bat on that - but the umpire was very quick in raising the finger.

  14. New Zealand review

    Is this another? Kate Cross gets one to straighten on Amelia Kerr and thump into her pads.

    The finger goes up but Kerr goes for a review.

  15. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer in Worcester

    Suzie Bates reacts after being dismissedGetty Images

    Suzie Bates is absolutely furious with herself, there was a proper whack of the bat on to her pads as she stormed off.

    That's the second time in two games that she has been dismissed being rushed by Lauren Filer's extra pace.

    Filer is proving to be a very handy asset for Heather Knight.

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

    Filer has got Suzie Bates's number so far in this series. A misjudgement of length, half-way through the pull shot when it was only thigh high, led to the big top edge. Once again, the pressure telling from England.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Bates c Jones b Filer 5 (NZ 10-2)

    Big wicket.

    Suzie Bates wanted to show some aggression but gets her attempted pull shot all wrong, with the ball flying off a top edge into the grey Worcester sky, with Amy Jones safely pouching the catch.

    New Zealand in trouble.

  18. NZ 8-1

    Amelia Kerr is the new batter as Kate Cross completes a wicket maiden.

    That's three maidens in a row for England, who are offering these New Zealand batters nothing.

  19. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer in Worcester

    Kate Cross celebrates a wicketGetty Images

    Kate Cross' wicket, but credit to Lauren Filer too for building the pressure with her tight spell.

    New Zealand are a very top-heavy side and as it showed in Durham, England will know they are now only one wicket away from having them in trouble already.

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

    A loose shot, errant shot. She's someone who likes to be scoring quickly, and struggled through to three from 14 deliveries.