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. That is me done - I need a lie down after that innings. It was carnage.

    Kal Sajad will take you through New Zealand's chase.

  2. England hit 24 fours, and two sixes, in that innings. There was some explosive, brutal batting.

    None more so than from Amy Jones...

  3. 'An above par score'

    Tammy Beaumont, who made 97 off 65 balls, on Sky Sports: "It was a lot of fun. It was a pretty good pitch to be honest.

    "I was quite frustrated with my personal performances in the Hundred, I got out in the 40s a few times, so I was desperate to make sure if I got 40 today that I got past 50.

    "It's defendable. I think it will do a bit more under the lights. It is more difficult with pace off, and with our spinners, I think it is above par to be honest."

  4. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    It was as if New Zealand just didn't know where to bowl at Beaumont at the end.

  5. Tammy Beaumont is being embraced by Lisa Keightley and all of her team-mates on the boundary.

    It really was a superb knock.

  6. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    This will be very hard for New Zealand to chase. England have got a world-class bowling attack.

  7. Eng 184-4

    Sophie Dunkley and Tammy Beaumont crossed which means that Dunkley will face the final ball, and she drills it down the ground for a crashing four.

    What a way to finish the innings! Superb from England.

    New Zealand will need 185 to win.

  8. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    An outstanding innings. She's been up and down the order in T20 innings, but she's been given the opportunity and she's taken it.

  9. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    Oh no! It's been a hugely entertaining innings. Everyone is on their feet. What a superstar she is.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Beaumont c Halliday b Jensen 97 (Eng 180-4)

    Noooo!

    Tammy Beaumont looks to ramp, but just plonks it straight into the hands of Brooke Halliday at short third.

    A superb, brutal innings from Beaumont.

  11. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    I'm nervous for Tamnmy Beaumont now. Just two deliveries left.

  12. Eng 180-3

    Dot ball!

    A brilliant yorker from Hayley Jensen is well dug out by Tammy Beaumont.

    She's on 97, with two balls to go, can she get that century?

  13. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    The throw needed to be more accurate to put Beaumont under pressure. I love how Dunkley was so quick out of the blocks.

  14. Eng 180-3

    "Keeeperrrsssssss" screams Katey Martin, but the throw is pretty poor and Tammy Beaumont is able to get back to a couple.

    She's up to 97.

  15. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Two

    Beaumont now has her opportunity.

  16. Eng 178-3

    Sophia Dunkley works a single down to the mid-off.

  17. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    She's not taking the single to get her partner on strike. She's trying to score her team as many as possible.

  18. Eng 177-3

    Four more!

    Sophia Dunkley goes deep in her crease and crunches a pull to the fence.

  19. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    Will Beaumont get to her hundred? This is now a game within a game.

  20. Don't forget that Tammy Beaumont was dropped on 64 by Sophie Devine. That has already cost the tourists 31.

    Hayley Jensen will bowl the final over.