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 20:32 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Kate Cross
    England seamer on BBC Two

    The classic when you're fielding square of the wicket - the keeper's screaming "Spin!" at you, and Sophia Dunkley lost it on the second bounce.

  2. NZ 46-2published at 7 overs

    Target 185

    Ahh! Sophia Dunkley misfields in the deep - outdone by the bounce of the ball which spins and wrong-foots the fielder to gift New Zealand four more.

  3. Postpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Kate Cross
    England seamer on BBC Two

    Sarah Glenn's not a big spinner of the ball, but she's a skiddy bowler and gets it to hurry on, she keeps it really simple and keeps the stumps in play.

  4. NZ 41-2published at 6.3 overs

    Another bowling change as Sarah Glenn comes on. The leg-spinner offers a freebie down the leg side but Green can't quite capitalise.

    Glenn goes short and Satterthwaite powerfully pulls through mid-wicket for four. Great shot.

  5. NZ 35-2published at 6 overs

    Target 185

    Another good over for New Zealand - 10 from it.

    These are the two wickets to fall so far...

  6. NZ 33-2published at 5.4 overs

    Another close call for New Zealand. Sattherwaite lofts it down the ground, Ecclestone is back peddling at mid-on and the ball goes agonisingly over her outstretched left hand.

  7. NZ 29-2published at 5.2 overs

    Talking of the England captain, she's brings herself on and is greeted with a Satterthwaite swat through the leg side for four.

  8. How's stat?!published at 20:25 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on BBC Two

    Sophie Ecclestone bowls in a very different way to Leigh Kasperek, who I gave the big talk-up to earlier before she was hammered for 54, She's five or six miles an hour quicker.

  9. Not outpublished at 5 overs

    NZ 25-2

    Missing leg stump. Not the best review from stand-in England skipper Nat Sciver. As you were.

  10. Postpublished at 20:24 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Ecclestone thinks it's high.

  11. NZ 25-2published at 4.6 overs

    Has Ecclestone nabbed a wicket? Green is struck on the back pad. It's give not out but England, after taking a little while, decide to review. It looks high to me.

  12. Postpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Ecclestone has an arm ball that's impossible to pick, and she reads the pace of a pitch so well for someone so young. As soon as she figures out what the pitch is doing, she can work out whether she needs to bowl quicker or slower. That's why she's the number one-ranked T20 bowler in the world, and she's also one of the cleanest hitters in this England side.

  13. Nz 25-2published at 4.4 overs

    The world's best T20 bowler, according to the rankings, is introduced to the attack. But Sophie Ecclestone bowls a rare wayward delivery and Green guides it down to the fine-leg boundary for four.

  14. NZ 19-2published at 4 overs

    Three boundaries from the over as Sattherwaite clips a poor Farrant delivery for four. What an eventful start to this New Zealand reply.

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

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Mady Villiers needs to grow a little bit there! She's an unbelievable fielder, she got a hand to it but those ones either stick or they don't.

  16. NZ 11-2published at 3.4 overs

    Four more but can this go down as a drop? It would be pretty harsh! Farrant lifts it up and (just) over Mady Villiers, who gets her right hand to the ball but can only tip it over the bar.

  17. Postpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Tymal Mills
    England pace bowler on BBC Two

    Satterthwaite just relieves the pressure a little bit, it was in the slot and she waited for it really well.

  18. NZ 7-2published at 3.3 overs

    Shot! Sattherwaite lofts it over mid-on for four.

  19. NZ 7-2published at 3.2 overs

    Close! Green drills it back towards the bowler, Farrant sticks a hand out but can't quite reach it for the catch or to deflect the ball onto the stumps.

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

    Tymal Mills
    England pace bowler on BBC Two

    New Zealand have come into the game without any real match sharpness.