Summary

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  • New Zealand win by 71 runs to drastically improve their net run-rate and stay in contention

  • White Ferns will need to beat Sri Lanka by heavy margin and hope South Africa lose at least one of their two games

  • New Zealand make 189-3 - the highest score in the tournament so far

Live Reporting

Um-E-Aymen Babar and Josef Rindl

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Joty b Kerr 8 (Ban 54-3)

    Bowled her!

    Nigar Sultana Joty was the glue for Bangladesh and she's gone! It was a lovely googly from leg-spinner Amelia Kerr. Joty tries to get it away but Kerr hits the off-stump.

    In comes Shorna Akter.

  2. Nathan Johns
    Journalist for Irish Times

    If Bangladesh didn't before, now they really have to get a move on.

  3. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport in Cape Town

    New Zealand have so many runs to play with. They can take risks.

  4. Ban 54-2

    Eden Carson gets a yorker in and Nigar Sultana Joty can't get it away.

    Joty hits a single towards short fine to bring up Bangladesh's 50.

  5. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport in Cape Town

    It's not looking as fluent as it was when Suzie Bates was batting and it's just going to get harder with the spinners coming on. New Zealand won't mind singles at all.

  6. Ban 48-2

    We have more leg-spin with Amelia Kerr coming on.

    Nigar Sultana Joty hits Kerr's full ball with a slog-sweep past mid-on for four.

  7. Here's Shamima Sultana's huge six from earlier. Can Bangladesh get some more shots like this?

  8. Ban 41-2

    Here comes spinner Eden Carson.

    Nigar Sultana Joty hits a full ball through the off side and gets off the mark with two.

  9. Ban 36-2

    Target 190

    The worm shows Bangladesh are 13 runs behind New Zealand. Bangladesh are 36 for 2 after 6 overs. At the same stage New Zealand were 49 for 0.BBC Sport

    Molly Penfold bowls the last over of the powerplay.

    Over-pitched from the right-arm seamer and Murshida Khatun gets under it and hits it towards mid-on for a boundary.

    We've seen only seamers today from New Zealand and they already have two wickets. What will happen when they bring the spinners on?

  10. Ban 32-2

    The next ball is wide and the over ends with two dot balls.

  11. Firdose Moonda
    Cricket writer for Cricinfo

    Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary is bowled by New Zealand's Hannah Rowe (not seen) during the Group A T20 women's World Cup cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Newlands Stadium in Cape TownGetty Images

    Fabulous from Hannah Rowe she done so well. We've seen 10 deliveries form her and she's been on the money for most of them.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Mostary b Rowe 4 (Ban 31-2)

    Bowled her!

    Hannah Rowe gets her second wicket! It's bowled full down the leg-side and the ball curves inside and hits the outside of leg stump.

    Off come the bails and in comes Bangladesh's skipper Nigar Sultana Joty.

  13. Ban 30-1

    In comes Sobhana Mostary.

    There's a hands on head moment as the ball flies between wicketkeeper and slip. Was there an edge or was it off the pad? Looks like the latter on the replay, but the delivery from Molly Penfold was 72mph, one of the fastest in this tournament.

    The next ball was a leg-bye and it's been called as a no-ball. The free-hit is a wide and the next ball is a dot ball.

    Mostary does get a four over deep mid-wicket.

    The worm shows Bangladesh are one run behind New Zealand. Bangladesh are 30 for 1 after 4 overs. At the same stage New Zealand were 31 for 0.BBC Sport

  14. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Hannah Rowe of New Zealand celebrates the wicket of Shamima Sultana of Bangladesh during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup group A match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Newlands StadiumGetty Images

    Could have been umpire's call there, but Shamima must have thought 'no I'm gone'.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Shamima lbw b Rowe 14 (Ban 19-1)

    Uh-oh. Perhaps not.

    The ball was pitched up, Shamima misses with an attempted sweep and the ball strikes her on the thigh.

    There was a big appeal from Hannah Rowe and Bernadine Bezuidenhout and the finger goes up.

  16. Here's Maddy Green's spectacular innings from earlier... Can Bangladesh take on the challenge?

  17. Ban 18-0

    Target 180

    Jess Kerr's first ball is a no-ball for being too high. Shamima Sultana takes a single off the free hit.

    Four singles to conclude this over. New Zealand can't afford to make mistakes in the field today like Bangladesh have.

  18. Firdose Moonda
    Cricket writer for Cricinfo

    Sophie Devine has been a bit down in the dumps but her captaincy today is going to be crucial.

  19. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That might be the biggest six we've seen here in Newlands. That has gone all the way and beyond the seats. That was a shot of some ambition.

  20. 6 runs

    Ban 12-0

    Right-handed Shamima Sultana and left-handed Murshida Khatun open the batting for Bangladesh against New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu.

    There's a short ball on the leg-side and Shamima whacks it away to the boundary. There's a diving attempt out on the field but the ball wins the race for Bangladesh's first four.

    The next ball goes high over deep mid-wicket and into the crowd for six! Bangladesh are ready for this chase.