Summary

  • England (won toss) win T20 series 2-1

  • Floodlights went off with NZ 66-1 after 10.5 overs; brief delay

  • Captain Heather Knight makes 200th England appearance

  • Eng: Knight & Brunt replace Villiers & Davies

  • NZ unchanged; Suzie Bates makes 250th international appearance

  • Watch highlights on BBC Red Button at 22:30 BST

  1. NZ 134-4published at 19.2 overs

    A bye to start before Brooke Halliday picks up a single to deep point.

  2. Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Ever since I said New Zealand didn't look like getting 10 an over, they've got 10 an over.

    Brooke Halliday is 20 off 13, that's what New Zealand needed, somebody who could find the boundary.

  3. Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Katherine Brunt will bowl the final over.

  4. NZ 132-4published at 19 overs

    Shot! Brooke Halliday comes down the track and slaps the ball to the point boundary, before picking up a couple from the leg side.

    Four more! Again good foot movement, and it gives Halliday an angle to get the ball past the fielder on the cover boundary.

    Really good over for the White Ferns - 16 from it. That is 38 from the last three overs.

  5. Postpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England will know that Brooke Halliday is not the quickest between the wickets so they will always throw to her end to prevent the two.

  6. NZ 120-4published at 18.1 overs

    Three boundaries in a row.

    Sophie Ecclestone goes a bit full, and Brooke Halliday drives her to the cover boundary.

    New Zealand can still get up to 140 and put England under some pressure here.

  7. Postpublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Here's how Amy Satterthwaite fell...

  8. NZ 116-4published at 18 overs

    The shorter ball is something we've seen England use really effective this summer. It caused India trouble earlier in the summer, and it is something that Nat Sciver and Kate Cross have really added to their game. Lisa Keightley probably has to take some credit for that, you would think.

    Back-to-back boundaries to end the over, and first up from Katey Martin. The first one saw Martin ping a cut away, before she waited for a slower delivery and forced the ball through backward point and away to the fence.

    A bit of momentum for the White Ferns.

  9. Postpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That is Amy Jones showing her class behind the stumps.

    She is an unbelievable wicketkeeper, the best in the world and that shows why.

  10. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17.4 overs

    Green c Jones b Sciver 16 (NZ 108-4)

    The bouncer works!

    Nat Sciver sends down a short-pitched, faster, delivery and the fact it is wide entices Maddy Green into the shot and she gets a thick edge through to Amy Jones, who is stood up to the stumps, and takes a catch high up in the air, around head height.

    Superb keeping.

  11. Postpublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    A much, much needed boundary for New Zealand at this stage of the game.

  12. NZ 105-3published at 17 overs

    Four more! It is another good shot from Maddy Green as she works the ball round the corner, waiting for the 47mph slower ball, and just out of the reach of Danni Wyatt at deep square leg.

  13. NZ 101-3published at 16.4 overs

    That is more like it.

    Maddy Green comes down the pitch, and shuffles slightly to leg, and drives Tash Farrant beautifully over extra cover for her first boundary.

  14. Postpublished at 19:36 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    New Zealand need a lot more of this in the last four overs...

  15. Postpublished at 19:36 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    I think it's mainly the glasses, but Lisa Keightley is reminding me a lot of Martina Navratilova.

  16. NZ 94-3published at 16 overs

    Brooke Halliday chews up three deliveries, before getting off the mark with a sweep round the corner.

    Sarah Glenn finishes with figures of 1-20 from her four overs.

    New Zealand are really going to have to go some in the final four overs to set England a decent target.

  17. Postpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    At this stage of an innings, even two dots can get to you as a batter.

  18. Postpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's what makes Sophie Ecclestone so good, Sophie Devine was looking to turn the ball into the leg side but plays across it and is done for pace.

    New Zealand now have two fresh batters at the crease, which is what you don't want at this stage of a T20.

  19. Postpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 9 September 2021

    All five of England's bowlers tonight have bowled three overs so far. It is all very carefully planned out, and New Zealand haven't forced the hosts to stray from that plan tonight.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15 overs

    Devine b Ecclestone 35 (NZ 90-3)

    The pressure tells!

    New Zealand just haven't been able to find the boundary with any regularity in recent overs and it has led to the pressure bubbling up.

    White Ferns captain Sophie Devine looks to work onto the leg side, but ends up getting bowled through bat and pad, as she's too early on the shot.

    Sophie Ecclestone loves it. She runs off, jumps and fist pumps.