Summary

  • NZ 128-6 (Devine 50) win with 10 balls to spare

  • England 127-7 (Wyatt 35, Bouchier 25) - NZ won toss

  • Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers) makes England debut

  • Second T20, Hove; series now level at 1-1

  • Highlights on BBC Red Button at 22:30 BST

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Adam Williams

  1. Eng 110-6

    Really good from Jess Kerr, conceding just four runs - including Sarah Glenn getting off the mark at the fifth time of asking - from her final over. She finishes with excellent figures of 1-23 from her four overs.

  2. Here's how Sophia Dunkley was dismissed - it was a smart catch from Leigh Kasperek.

  3. Eng 106-6

    Sarah Glenn - who is known to hit in unusual areas, ala Adil Rashid - is the new batter.

    What can England muster from the final four overs, with two new batters? 130 is a minimum, surely.

  4. Rosalie Fairbairn
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Not good timing to lose another wicket.

    You don't want to lose two in a row with two batters who were looking set. It just changes the momentum of the innings.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Bouchier c Martin b Rowe 25 (Eng 106-5)

    Double strike for New Zealand!

    Maia Bouchier looks to come down the pitch, and again Hannah Rowe finds a little bit of bounce, and Bouchier can only edge behind as she looks to cut away.

    That's a bad wicket for England to lose. Two new batters are in, at a key part in the innings.

  6. Sophie Ecclestone - perhaps a position or two higher than she ideally should be - is the new batter.

  7. Rosalie Fairbairn
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    You obviously don't want to lose a wicket, but we're at a situation now where Maia Bouchier's into her innings and into the game.

    England are in a better position now than they were five overs ago.

  8. Emily Windsor
    Southern Vipers player on BBC Test Match Special

    That breakthrough's come at the right time for New Zealand.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt c Kerr b Rowe 35 (Eng 105-5)

    Ah! The partnership is broken.

    Hannah Rowe finds a little bit of extra bounce, and it cramps Danni Wyatt for room a little bit, and as the England opener tries to work the ball through third, she guides it to straight to Jess Kerr, who takes a good catch to her right.

  10. Rosalie Fairbairn
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    The first boundary she hit gave her extra confidence, but Maia Bouchier is building a really nice partnership here with Danni Wyatt.

    That's also the benefit of a debutant batting with someone who's really experienced in this format. She's chatted her through those early balls.

  11. Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    I like this ground, I played here for a number of years for Sussex.

    It really is a great home for women's cricket. The crowd are really close to the boundary and they create a great atmosphere.

  12. Eng 102-4

    More good running in that over from Maia Bouchier, and in particular Danni Wyatt. The opener just dropped the ball into the covers, and quickly called her domestic team-mate through for a single early on in the over. The partnership is now worth 41 - England needed it.

    There is a really healthy crowd in at Hove, by the way. There are a good number of kids too, which is just fantastic to see.

  13. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    Wow! What a good shot that is from Maia Bouchier.

    The debutant is certainly not looking overawed by the occasion.

    What a brilliant hit!

  14. Eng 97-4

    Classy from Maia Bouchier.

    She again stays deep in her crease, and then muscles it over the top, between cover and mid-off, and away to the boundary.

    She's up to 19 on debut.

  15. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    It's not going to be the dizzy heights of 180-4 that we saw at Chelmsford, but England will have an idea in their minds what is a decent score on this pitch from here.

  16. Eng 93-4

    A couple of singles end the over.

    England will be looking for least 130 from here, I'd have thought.

  17. Eng 91-4

    Don't bowl wide to Danni Wyatt.

    Hannah Rowe gives the England opener some width, and even though it gets a little bit big on her, Wyatt cuts away, just past Leigh Kasperek at backward point, and away to the fence.

  18. Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    The shoulders are back, the head's up and I think Maia is really enjoying herself out there.

    Knowing her as I do, they'll definitely have been nerves out there as she walked out to the middle but also excitement.

  19. Eng 85-4

    Maia Bouchier looks a run out candidate here, if I'm being honest. I'm sure it is nerves, but she is looking run whenever possible. She again ends up half way down the pitch, but the throw back is a bit loopy and it allows the Vipers' batter to get back.

    Having said she looks like a run out candidate she then almost sweeps the final ball of the over straight to short fine leg.

  20. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    I'm really pleased Maia Bouchier's nickname is "The Bouch".

    If you have a surname like Bouchier, you really need to give it some with the nickname.