Bates dropped on 65published at 17.5 overs
Should be a wicket, instead it's a six!
Suzie Bates' latest smash to the leg side goes through the hands of fielder Marufa Akter and over the ropes for six.
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
Bates dropped on 65published at 17.5 overs
Postpublished at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialMaddy Green is on fire here!
NZ 157-3published at 17.4 overs
The fastest ever World Cup 50 is off 21 balls. Maddy Green might break that record as the 50-partnership comes up after 28 deliveries.
NZ 156-3published at 17.3 overs
Nahida Akter continues. Her latest over starts with two singles before Maddy Green smashes her down the ground for four.
Green is on 30 off 13.
Postpublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialBangladesh's fielding has been very messy today.
NZ 150-3published at 17 overs
Green 25, Bates 64
New Zealand end the 17th over with a single to get to the 150-mark.
180ish looks very much still on.
Postpublished at 14:14 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialThe runs are coming thick and fast now.
NZ 147-3published at 16.3 overs
Another boundary from Maddy Green, this time from a reverse sweep off the bowling of Salma Khatun.
She moves to 23 off just nine balls.
Postpublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialBangladesh are feeling a sense of panic here.
Postpublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
A throwback to brighter times for Bangladesh. These two wickets looked to have given them half a sniff, but new batter Maddy Green has taken New Zealand to another level.
Postpublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialYou get the feeling New Zealand have already got more than Bangladesh can get.
NZ 142-3published at 16 overs
Green 19, Bates 62
Four more for Maddy Green with a drive over the inner ring.
That's three boundaries in seven balls for the new batter.
Postpublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialIt's a mindset difference here.
NZ 138-3published at 15.4 overs
Positivity from Green who adds another four with a chip through the leg side.
Two balls later and some sloppy fielding from Rumana gifts another boundary to New Zealand. They're running away with things now.
Postpublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialGreen is looking really positive here. How does a team transform like this?
NZ 129-3published at 15 overs
Maddy Green joins the party, hitting Fahima Khatun down the ground for her first boundary.
Is 180 on for New Zealand? Even 190?
Postpublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialNew Zealand here are batting with a fearlessness they could've used in the first few games.
NZ 125-3published at 14.4 overs
Bates 61, Green 3
And Suzie Bates continues to accelerate, pummelling another through the leg side for four more.
New Zealand are putting the pressure back on to Bangladesh.
NZ 116-3published at 14.1 overs
An anti-climax. New Zealand run two.
NZ 114-3published at 14 overs
Now then. Fahima returns for her hat-trick ball...