Summary

  • Devine's 57 off 36 helps NZ post 160-4

  • White Ferns hit tournament's highest score so far

  • Bates & Plimmer put on quickfire 67 for first wicket

  • Watch: NZ's Kerr avoids embarrassing run out

  • New Zealand won toss and bat first in Dubai

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter

  1. Ind 99-8

    Hey, there's a shot.

    Shreyanka Patil really gets hold of a reverse sweep off Amelia Kerr and the ball breaks through Eden Carson at backward point to reach the boundary.

    That's the spinner's day done, 1-19 for her.

  2. Ind 94-8

    Lea Tahuhu wraps up her overs, conceding three singles from her final over to finish with mighty figures of 3-15.

    Shreyanka Patil takes a massive waft at Tahuhu's final delivery, but the ball passes through to the keeper.

  3. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    'Mighty' hit from New Zealand's Georgia Plimmer for six to extend lead

    I really do think that start from Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer stunned India and they haven't been able to grab the momentum back from then on. They have let that run-out decision that didn't go their way against Amelia Kerr also affect them too much and their attitude hasn't been great.

  4. Ind 91-8

    Asha Sobhana comes in at 10 for India, her target just lasting the overs at this stage.

    She takes a final ball single to mid-on.

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    WICKET

    Vastrakar b A Kerr 8 (Ind 90-8)

    Oh, that's not a catch.

    Amelia Kerr sends down a googly that's far too good for Vastrakar, breaching her defence and clipping the top of the off stump.

    The New Zealand spinner nonchalantly raises her finger, another one down.

  6. Ind 88-7

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    Shreyanka Patil can't get off the mark from her first two balls.

    Not really worth even mentioning the required run-rate at this stage.

  7. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    This is looking like it's going to be a battering for India. Deepti Sharma just had too much to do. New Zealand are very happy, but they also seem very focused. They're not celebrating wickets too much and just want to see this through.

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    Deepti c Devine b Tahuhu 13 (Ind 88-7)

    More chips than my takeaway the other night.

    Deepti Sharma lobs another simple catch to Sophie Devine at cover.

    A second wicket for Lea Tahuhu, with New Zealand's bowlers setting up some good catching practice tonight.

  9. Ind 86-6

    What would typically be a decent over for India, nine from Eden Carson's last including a tasty final ball cover drive by Vastrakar that goes for four.

    But the required run-rate is now up at 12.50, it's still not enough.

    Carson finishes with figures of 2-34.

  10. Ind 77-6

    Pooja Vastrakar gets a run from her first ball, working the ball through mid-wicket for a single.

    India need more than that though, they haven't hit a boundary since the end of the powerplay.

  11. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    India are crumbling here and there is no way you could see them winning this game. But if they go down to a massive wicket, the consequences could be enormous.

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    Reddy c Bates b Mair 1 (Ind 75-6)

    New Zealand pluck another India wicket out of the Dubai sky!

    Reddy steps back, forward, balloons the ball high into the covers.

    Suzie Bates is set to take the catch for about a minute before the ball drops comfortably into her hands.

    A second wicket for Rosemary Mair, India into the tail.

    India's Arundhati Reddy caught by Suzie Bates off the bowling of Rosemary Mair

  13. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Test Match Special

    The crowd do seem rather stunned and we see that happen a lot when India are not performing to expectations. I also wonder if the pressure that built on India in the build-up is taking its toll. There's so much talk that this is their World Cup to win.

  14. Ind 74-5

    Four runs from Amelia Kerr's second over, some way short of what's required.

    Arundhati Reddy gets her first run with a single to mid-wicket.

  15. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Test Match Special

    That feeling of frustration is just over-flowing from India now. I've seen them getting really emotional today, we see it in the men's game also, and you've got to learn to keep that under control.

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    WICKET

    Ghosh c Devine b Tahuhu 12 (Ind 70-5)

    Well, Ghosh won't be hanging around to enact that tactics talk...

    A slower ball from Lea Tahuhu utterly befuddles the India batter and she spoons the ball high in the air.

    Sophie Devine runs in from mid-on to take the catch and Ghosh swipes her bat furiously.

    And that required run-rate has crept above ten now as well.

    India's Richa Ghosh caught by New Zealand's Sophie Devine off the bowling of Lea Tahuhu

  17. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    I'm glad I don't have to give a 15-minute summary of this game because I would have no idea where to start!

  18. Ind 63-4

    98 needed from 60 balls

    India run two more runs off a Carson wide, with the New Zealand bowler seemingly sceptical that the ball didn't contact either bat or Ghosh's body.

    We reach the halfway stage with India needing almost 10 an over and New Zealand in control.

    The players will take drinks and a member of India's coaching team comes on to earnestly talk tactics with the batting pair.

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  19. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Test Match Special

    That was a proper clanger, there's no other way to describe it. Some of the fielding today has been really poor.

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    Deepti dropped on 0

    Ind 58-4

    Should have been five down.

    Deepti Sharma whips Eden Carson's ball towards Brooke Halliday at mid-on, who flails at what should be a simple catch and doesn't even get a touch.

    Deepti runs two to take India to 58-4.