Summary

  • England reach World Cup semi-finals

  • Eng 284-9: Sciver 129, Beaumont 93

  • Beaumont & Sciver add 170 from 52-3

  • NZ 209: Bates 44, Satterthwaite 35

  • Hartley 3-44, Shrubsole 2-19

  • Australia & South Africa also into semis

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Justin Goulding

  1. dropped catch

    Marsh dropped on 3 - Eng 284-9

    And that's that. Laura Marsh is dropped by Green at deep mid-wicket off the final ball of the innings, she and Alex Hartley scamper two and England end their innings on 284-9.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Shrubsole b Kerr 0 (Eng 278-9)

    Will England even bat out the overs? Anya Shrubsole is bowled round her legs as she misses with a sweep. Amelia Kerr, the 16-year-old, finishes with 4-51 from nine overs. Top effort.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Brunt c Green (sub) b Kerr 9 (Eng 277-8)

    They're dropping like flies now. Kerr drags one down but Brunt doesn't give it the treatment it deserves, instead miscuing a cut to cover, where Maddy Green dives forward to take a smart catch.

  4. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    England will still have 300 in their sights. This shows it is a difficult wicket to come in on.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Gunn st Priest b Bermingham 1 (Eng 277-8)

    Jenny Gunn comes... Jenny Gunn goes. Charging down the track to Erin Bermingham, she swipes, she misses, and Rachel Priest has the easiest of stumpings.

  6. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    What an innings from Sciver. It has changed the game for England.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Sciver c Satterthwaite b Kerr 129 (Eng 269-6)

    Finally, Sciver goes. And I make no apologies for saying I'm disappointed. An attempted mow over mid-wicket can't quite clear Satterthwaite, and Sciver departs for 129, made off only 111 balls. A standing ovation from the crowd and pats on the back from the New Zealand fielders as she departs. Take a bow. A second wicket for Kerr, who's kept tossing them up.

  8. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It has been a tough day in the field for New Zealand. They started well but the partnership from Sciver and Beaumont has just blown them away and I think we will have more fun in these last four overs.

  9. Eng 263-5

    Brunt is off the mark with a top-edge sweep off Erin Bermingham. She's not happy but it does the job of getting Sciver on strike. She swats a long hop mercilessly through the covers, then drives beautifully over mid-off with total control. Mark my words, the highlights package of this innings should be essential viewing.

  10. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    This is just a brilliant innings from Nat Sciver. She has shown she has every shot.

  11. Eng 250-5

    Sciver 112, Brunt 0

    As well as Sciver has struck the ball, a feature of her innings has been her placement. Successive twos to the leg-side boundary prompt a change in the field - then Scishe er reverse sweeps for four through the vacant point region. Quite superb. This has been an exhibition.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Wilson c Satterthwaite b Kasperek 10 (Eng 240-5)

    Short and sweet from Fran Wilson, who drills Kasperek to long-on, where Amy Satterthwaite doesn't have to move far to her left to take the catch. Easy pickings.

    That brings in Katherine Brunt, who is winning her 100th ODI cap for England. Kasperek finishes with 2-49 from 10 overs.

  13. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Today without a doubt has been Nat Sciver's best innings and most important innings in terms of the context of the game. It has been exceptional. She will be really chuffed.

    Natalie SciverRex Features
  14. 100 runs

    100 for Sciver

    Eng 236-4

    There it is! Another century for Nat Sciver - and a brilliant one at that. She works Kerr through the vacant mid-wicket and scampers a couple to take her to a 92-ball hundred, her second of the tournament. Very, very well batted. Remember, she came in at 52-3.

  15. Eng 228-4

    Sciver 97, Wilson 3

    Fran Wilson is the new batter - and off the mark second ball. After that splendid effort from Beaumont, the responsibility now falls to Sciver for England's final charge. Six off that Kasperek over.

  16. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Outstanding from Tammy Beaumont. She will be so disappointed not to get her century. You could see what she was trying to do to get the ball over mid on or extra cover. She has done the job for England. She played brilliantly.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Beaumont c Tahuhu b Kerr 93 (Eng 222-4)

    If the grown-ups can't do the job, let the kids have a go. Amelia Kerr, the 16-year-old leg-spinner, gets her reward for tossing it up as Beaumont tries to clear mid-off. She doesn't get enough on it and Lea Tahuhu takes a straightforward catch.

  18. Eng 217-3

    Beaumont 92, Sciver 90

    Another over, another bowling change. This is a scorer's nightmare. Leigh Kasperek, the offie who opened the bowling for New Zealand, returns. Beaumont bottom edges a wild mow just past leg stump - as ugly a stroke as we've seen in some considerable time - but the over yields a single off every ball. Both batters in the 90s now.

  19. Charlotte Edwards
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Sciver plays that shot and it is intentional. Out of everyone I have seen bat I have never seen anyone do it as much as Nat Sciver.

  20. Eng 211-3

    New Zealand skipper Bates isn't shy of a bowling change, I'll give her that. Holly Huddlestone is the latest to get a go, but Sciver doesn't care a jot, collecting a couple to bring up a frankly brilliant 150 partnership.

    But this is arguably the shot of the innings, Sciver diverting a yorker through her legs to fine leg for a couple. That was no accident. I've never seen anything like it. Remarkable.

    Three twos and a boundary off that over.