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

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  1. Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Spin has generally been the go-to for England at this ground because of the big square boundaries - at the expense of fast bowlers. I'm not bitter about that at all.

  2. WATCH: Farrant takes terrific tumbling catchpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    And the young fans in the crowd were treated to this fantastic grab from Tash Farrant earlier...

  3. Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Kate Cross
    England seamer on BBC Two

    It's good to see so many young girls in the crowd. I think I was 14 when I went to my first women's game, and I was playing in it!

  4. Postpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    New Zealand need something magical to happen. Amy Satterthwaite's given her team a bit of a chance.

  5. NZ 80-5published at 12 overs

    Target 185

    That's some way to get off the mark as new batter Hayley Jensen punches through the off side for four, before Satterthwaite reminds the England team not to get too complacent with a slog-sweep which also races to the boundary.

  6. Postpublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Kate Cross
    England seamer on BBC Two

    This is a bit too easy for England at the moment, with the required run rate over 13. Mady Villiers keeping it simple on her home ground here at Chelmsford - she's an Essex girl, born and bred.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11.1 overs

    Halliday b Villers 2 (NZ 70-5)

    It's a short stay for Halliday.

    A full and straight delivery from Mady Villiers which ricochets off the pad and clatters into the stumps. T

  8. NZ 70-5published at 11 overs

    New batter Brooke Halliday is served a loopy full toss which should go up and over the mid-wicket boundary, but instead it's hit straight to the fielder on the boundary for one.

  9. Postpublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Sarah Glenn's recovered well, New Zealand just don't look quite good enough for this England bowling attack.

  10. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 10.2 overs

    Martin b Glenn 7 (NZ 67-4)

    New Zealand are four down!

    Katey Martin jigs down the track, the ball deflects off her front pad and into the off stump. Sarah Glenn has her first wicket of the game.

    Quite appropriately, Queen's 'Another One Bites Yhe Dust' is being played out at Chelmsford.

  11. How's stat?!published at 20:45 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on BBC Two

    Over the last five years in T20 matches between the top eight teams, England's spinners have the best average - 151 wickets at 17.5.

  12. NZ 67-3published at 10 overs

    Taeget 185

    Villiers goes for seven from her first over. We're at the halfway stage of this second innings and New Zealand need 119 runs in 60 balls. I don't want to say they need a miracle, but they do need something ridiculously special.

  13. Beaumont's best shotspublished at 20:43 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Fancy another look at Tammy Beaumont's wonderful innings from earlier? Well, you're getting it...

  14. NZ 63-3published at 9.3 overs

    Another change in the bowling as Mady Villiers comes on to bowl.

    Satterthwaite is moving about on her crease, trying to make room, and pulls the bowler through square leg for four.

    There haven't been too many positives for the tourists so far today, but Satterthwaite is definitely one. She's on 33 from 22.

  15. Postpublished at 20:41 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Kate Cross
    England seamer on BBC Two

    A much-needed breakthrough - we see it a lot with Sophie Ecclestone, she just finds ways of taking wickets.

  16. Postpublished at 20:40 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

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  17. NZ 59-3published at 9 overs

    Target 185

    Katey Martin is the new batter in for New Zealand as that promising partnership comes to an end.

    Sciver bowls down the leg side, Martin looks to sweep and is fortunate not to nick it.

    Width offered from the England captain, Martin rocks back and dispatches it to the boundary with an elegant cut.

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 7.6 overs

    Green c Farrant b Ecclestone 19 (NZ 52-3)

    It's not the best ball that Sophie Ecclestone has ever bowled but she has her first wicket.

    A short delivery is clubbed by Maddy Green to the square-leg boundary and Tash Farrant - running in form the deep - takes a terrific catch.

  19. 6 runs

    NZ 52-2published at 7.5 overs

    Erm, what was I saying? Maddy Green blasts Ecclestone for six.

  20. NZ 46-2published at 7.4 overs

    It's a dark but clear night, the floodlights are on and the Chelmsford crowd are being treated to a Sophie Ecclestone masterclass. Four dot balls.