28th over: England 118-5 (Bouchier 39, Gibson 1) Dani Gibson gets off the mark with a single to third.Plenty of pressure on her now, on debut with a big Hundred price tag hovering above her head.Can she get England home?That is not what the Doctor ordered.Amy Jones plays a loose drive and plinks a simple catch to Amelia Kerr at cover.27th over: England 114-4 (Bouchier 37, Jones 3) Jones shows Andrex soft hands with a glide for two behind point.

Two more singles make it four off Patel’s latest.Will Bouchier look to be aggressive and take a chunk out of this total? I think that might be the best play here.26th over: England 110-4 (Bouchier 36, Jones 0) If England lose a couple more… Amy Jones comes to the middle with 101 runs still needed.Is that a big moment in this match? Bouchier drives powerfully down the ground, Mair gets a hand on it in her follow through, the ball deflects onto the stumps and Kemp is out of her ground.Horrible way to go but go she must.

25th over: England 105-3 (Bouchier 33, Kemp 28) Bouchier is looking much more full of intent, she boshes a short ball from Melie Kerr to the fence with something approaching disdain,24th over: England 96-3 (Bouchier 26, Kemp 26) Bouchier plays a lovely drive but straight to the fielder, the batters set off more on the quality of the shot that the fact there was a run in existence and Freya Kemp is duly nearly run out! She dives for her ground, the throw missed but the replays show she would have been out if it had hit,A wake up call for England, this match is far from in the bag,23rd over: England 91-3 (Bouchier 23, Kemp 24) Better over from England, Bouchier uses her feet well to get out an Amelia Kerr delivery on a length, she doesn’t time it perfectly but gets enough to pick up a welcome boundary through the covers,They rotate strike well to pick up nine runs off the over.

120 needed from 27 overs,I’ve said it before, it’s all about wickets,22nd over: England 82-3 (Bouchier 17, Kemp 21) The Kerr sisters tightening the grip, just three runs off Jess this time,21st over: England 79-3 (Bouchier 16, Kemp 19) It’s a change of ends for Amelia Kerr,Bouchier drives a full ball nicely down the ground and forces a diving stop to prevent the boundary.

Two collected, this pair rebuilding for England.It has not been a high octane game but has been quietly intriguing.20th over: England 76-3 (Bouchier 14, Kemp 18) After just one over, Amelia hands the ball to her sister Jess and says ‘you have another go’.Doesn’t initially looks to be a good move as Bouchier swats the first ball through the leg side for four.There’s then a loooong delay as they check the DRS on an LBW appeal… it stays not out on umpire’s call and Bouchier breathes a sigh of relief, it was closer than it first looked.

19th over: England 72-3 (Bouchier 10, Kemp 18) New Zealand putting the skids on with spin, Patel has been very impressive, she’s gone for just twenty runs off her five overs thus far.18th over: England 66-3 (Bouchier 8, Kemp 14) Amelia Kerr introduces herself, she’s a bowler of flight and skill*.Googlies and loopy leggies coming out nicely, just three off the over.*17th over: England 63-3 (Bouchier 7, Kemp 12) Patel rattles through her fourth over, England accumulate four singles off it and drinks are called for.I’m going to make the quickest cup of tea EVER.

Time me.Time me!16th over: England 59-3 (Bouchier 4, Kemp 11) Rosemary Mair looks dangerous again, she finds the edge of Bouchier’s bat but the nick just falls short of Gaze behind the stumps.A front foot no ball sees Mair gift a Free Hit but she follows up with a pinpoint yorker that that Kemp can’t get away.Five off the over all told.15th over: England 54-3 (Bouchier 2, Kemp 10) Freya Kemp does release some of the pressure with a couple of boundaries off Patel, she lofts over the top and then crunches through extra cover.

Cat and mouse stuff in Durham with both sides grappling for ascendancy.14th over: England 46-3 (Bouchier 2, Kemp 2) Just two runs off Mair’s latest, pressure building on England…13th over: England 44-3 (Bouchier 1, Kemp 1) Pressure on England now, two new batters at the crease and New Zealand bowling well.Freya Kemp is the new batter, she tucks through square to get off the mark.Patel has started really well, New Zealand have got a squeeze on and Emma Lamb tries to release the shackles but to no avail.A loose shot from Lamb who tried to go up and over the infield but she got right under it and was easily caught by Jess Kerr in the ring.

12th over: England 42-2 (Lamb 15, Bouchier 0) Maia Bouchier is the new batter and she leaves her first ball outside off,A wicket maiden from Mair,Knight is on her way! Mair gets one to nip back and it hits Knight on the pad in front of the stumps,The umpire raises the finger and the review from Knight is in vain as the ball was clipping the bails and thus stays with the original decision,Nice bit of bowling from Mair.

A change of ends for Rose Mair and it seems to have done the trick, she keeps Knight honest for four dots and then…11th over: England 42-1 (Lamb 15, Knight 19) Time for some spin from the White Ferns, Nensi Patel into the attack.Emma Lamb can’t get her away, dot follows dot follows dot.Maiden over, well bowled.10th over: England 42-1 (Lamb 15, Knight 19) Illing whistles through her fifth over on the bounce and there’s just a single off it, she’s been miserly so far.9th over: England 37-1 (Lamb 12, Knight 18) Rosemary Mair replaces Jess Kerr.

England pick off three singles and there’s a wide down the leg side.This pair ticking over nicely after the early loss of Grewcock.8th over: England 37-1 (Lamb 12, Knight 18) Heather Knight leans on another full ball from Illing and drives it through the covers for another glorious four.7th over: England 30-1 (Lamb 11, Knight 13) Lovely cover drive from Heather Knight, perfectly placed for four.Knight then plays with soft hands through the vacant slip region to pick up a second boundary.

A solid forwards defence to finish the over.6th over: England 22-1 (Lamb 11, Knight 5) Illing has it on a string at the minute.Knight dabs to third for a couple and then keeps strike with a paddle into the leg side.5th over: England 19-1 (Lamb 11, Knight 2) Jess Kerr is too straight to Lamb and is flicked away for England’s first boundary.The required run rate is only a little above 4 an over, its all about wickets for both sides.

4th over: England 13-1 (Lamb 6, Knight 1) Heather Knight is in at first drop and off the mark with a tuck off the pads for one.The DRS shows that had Grewcock reviewed the decision she would still be out there as it was sliding down past leg stump! Grewcock’s greeness costing her there and perhaps Emma Lamb should have had a word from the other end.Anywho, England are one down and New Zealand are in the hunt.Pinned in front and has to go! Jodi Grewcock doesn’t get a dream debut with the bat.3rd over: England 10-0 (Lamb 5, Grewcock 3) Another tidy over from Jess Kerr, just three runs off the over and some significant movement in the air.

2nd over: England 7-0 (Lamb 4, Grewcock 1) Grewcock follows an outswinger from Illing first ball, she’s at the top of the order today but usually bats down at 3 or 4 for Essex,A full ball hits the pads and they sprint a couple,Grewcock gets off the mark with a compact push into the covers that is spilled by the fielder, gifting a run,Decent start from Illing who is getting some movement with the new white ball,1st over: England 4-0 (Lamb 4, Grewcock 0) Some nifty running from England’s openers sees a couple of twos chalked up from the first over after four dots in a row from Jess Kerr.

Bree Illing is going to start from the other end,Some unfortunate news breaking about England’s Em Arlott who has been ruled out of the series with concussion,She was hit on the head while batting in the nets at Durham yesterday, we wish her a speedy recovery,The players emerge interval, England’s opening pair of Jodie Grewcock and Emma Lamb mark their guards,Jess Kerr will start with the ball for New Zealand.

Play!New Zealand go from 147-2 in the 35th over to 209 all out with nine balls left unused.That was a lurching end to their batting effort.England’s debutants all put their hand up with wickets and catches and they’ll be confident of chasing this target down after the break.48th over: New Zealand 207-9 (Mair 2, Illing 0) Charlie Dean gets her second wicket and has 2-21 from seven overs.Excellent.

Lauren Bell will hope to hoover this final wicket…Jess Kerr misses with a swipe and Charlie Dean hits.New Zealand nine down and falling in a heap.47th over: New Zealand 206-8 (J Kerr 2, Mair 2) Bell beats the edge of Rosemary Mair’s bat with another slower ball but there’s no nick so no dice with the hat-trick.Bell beams a wide smile nevertheless, she has 2-36 from her nine overs and England have put the skids on New Zealand in the last ten overs.