Summary

  • NZ (won toss) `beaten by 46 runs

  • Beaumont, dropped on 64, hits 97 from 65 balls

  • England captain Heather Knight out with hamstring injury - Nat Sciver leads side, Emma Lamb debuts

  • NZ's Suzie Bates back after injury for first international for 11 months

  • First of three women's T20 internationals, Chelmsford

  • Tweet using #bbccricket or text 81111 (standard message rates apply)

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Kal Sajad

  1. 6 runs

    Eng 56-1

    Maybe the pitch isn't too bad after all.

    Hayley Jensen comes into the attack, and is greeted by a glorious lofted drive over mid-off for six by Nat Sciver.

    Have a bit of that.

  2. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Now that we're after the powerplay, Beaumont will now look to turn the good balls into singles and then capitalise on the bad balls.

  3. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    New Zealand are keeping themselves in the game by bowling in good areas.

  4. Eng 50-1

    Beaumont 28, Sciver 6

    Nat Sciver is struggling to get going here.

    She finds the fielder three balls in a row, but spooning the last ball into the mid-on region for a single.

    This pitch might be a bit slower than we thought. In Sciver, and Beaumont - two very experienced players - England will be calculating what is a good score.

  5. Here's how Danni Wyatt was out for 14.

    She'd just hit three successive boundaries, so whether she needed to come down the pitch is the question, but it is the way she plays.

  6. Eng 47-1

    England end the powerplay with a single. A productive one.

  7. Tymal Mills
    England pace bowler on BBC Two

    That was a very tough one. She has done well not to show too much pain, it would have hurt.

  8. dropped catch

    Beaumont dropped on 26

    Big moment!

    Tammy Beaumont advances down the pitch, and thwacks one straight back at Sophie Devine, who can't quite untangle her arms and legs quickly enough to take the catch.

    It would have been a spectacular catch.

  9. Eng 45-1

    Almost!

    Unsurprisingly Sophie Devine has kept herself on, and Tammy Beaumont plinks one up in the air, and three fielders converge, but it falls safely.

    One - Jess Kerr, I think - stumbles, and is almost reminiscent of a rearing horse as he looks to recover her balance.

  10. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on BBC Two

    England have only lost one match - out of 14 - when they've scored more than 40 in the powerplay.

  11. Eng 43-1

    Beaumont 24, Sciver 3

    Oh! Almost the prized scalp of Nat Sciver for New Zealand.

    She looks to flick away, connects away, but it falls just short of Suzie Bates at mid-wicket.

    That would have been a huge wicket.

  12. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    That was really well placed from Beaumont. She knew the fielder was up, made good connection and found the gap.

  13. Eng 42-1

    Lovely!

    Tammy Beaumont pierces the gap in between point and the cover, and picks up her third boundary.

    Don't bowl short and wide to Beaumont.

  14. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    England are going along well. Although Wyatt's innings didn't last long, she's given England a kick start.

  15. Eng 36-1

    Excellent from Sophie Devine, with just three singles coming from her second over.

    She's conceded just eight from her two overs.

  16. It's a happy birthday to ex-England captain, ECB managing director of women's cricket - and soon-to-be MCC president - Clare Connor.

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  17. Eng 33-1

    Stand-in captain Nat Sciver is the new batter, and she gets off the mark straight away, and in trademark fashion too.

    She goes deep in her crease and crunches a pull through mid-wicket for a couple.

  18. Kate Cross
    England seamer on BBC Two

    That was a really smart bit of bowling. She took the pace off the ball as she saw Danni Wyatt advancing.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt st Martin b Kasperek 14 (Eng 31-1)

    Gone this time!

    Danni Wyatt looks to come down the track, but misses with the drive, and is tidely stumped by Katey Martin.

  20. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Danni Wyatt is so strong. She gave herself room to hit over extra cover. She's one of those batters who is so hard to bowl at.