England beat New Zealand by one wicket: first women’s cricket ODI – as it happened
That’s it from me, thanks for your company and comments.Raf Nicholson’s report will be along very shortly and we’ll be back to OBO the second match of the series from Northampton on Wednesday, it’s a 1pm start for that one.Goodnight!Charlie Dean is named player of the match and she looks elated after getting her side home at the end.double quotation markOne from one, and a brilliant start from us.To restrict them to 200 made it more do-able for us.
To be not out at the end with Tilly (Corteen-Coleman) was fantastic and what a day she’s had there, too.She came in with a plan, she takes everything in her stride.She held her nerve and was brilliant with ball and bat.With the ball, Maddy [Green] and Melie [Kerr] had a brilliant partnership but we felt we could stay patient, and those wickets at the death made it easier for us.”Fantastic start to the series.
England go 1-0 up after a real nail biter/ pulse quickener/bum squeaker.New Zealand captain Amelia Kerr:double quotation markI think the wicket was a bit slow, we thought that 250 would be a good score and we were set up to do that but unfortunately lost wickets at the back end.“We fought hard with the ball to take it deep and there were two big moments, and with a bit more scoreboard pressure we could have cruised it.We have to learn and be better.“I thought our bowlers were outstanding and we fielded well, a bit bumpy, too.
Mistakes can happen, it’s part of the game.We’ve played more cricket than England, came off a series in April, so in a really good place as a group.“To take it as deep as we did shows fight and character.Being out in the middle is the best practice.It’s a different format but great preparation for the Word Cup.
”Phew,What a game,Props to both sides for taking it so deep, it was a griping, topsy turvy affair,England clung on at the last, Captain Charlie Dean finishing unbeaten on 31* to see her side home with teenage debutant Tilly Corteen-Coleman scoring a vital three runs and surviving six balls,Tilly Corteen-Coleman shows no nerves whatsoever and simply opens the face to pick up a single and bring her captain on strike.
What a head on young shoulders.There it is! Charlie Dean hits the winning runs and England are home, just!49.2 overs: England 211-9 (Dean 31*, Corteen-Coleman 3*)48th over: England 209-9 (Dean 30, Corteen-Coleman 2) The tension unbearable in Durham as Charlie Dean and Tilly Corteen-Coleman try to get England over over the line.Corteen-Coleman’s first ODI run is cheered by the Durham faithful, a prod through backward point.Charlie Dean does really well to pick up two with a clip of her hip.
A single brings TCC on strike,A square drive off the final ball sees Corteen-Coleman keep the strike,Two runs needed!47th over: England 204-9 (Dean 27, Corteen-Coleman 0) Bree Illing hunting the final wicket for the White Ferns,Dean takes a single off the first ball so is seemingly happy to expose Corteen-Coleman,A wide and a leg bye gift gold dust runs to England.
DROP!Nensi Patel spill the chance to win the match! A top edge from Dean should have been taken but Patel got in a muddle and grassed it.Scenes.Two dots finish the over so Corteen-Coleman will be on strike for the next over.Jess Kerr is going to bowl it… England need seven runs, New Zealand need one wicket.46th over: England 201-9 (Dean 25, Corteen-Coleman 0) Yikes! Corteen-Coleman jsut about survives the final two balls of the over from Jess Kerr.
She does survive though, so has done her bit.Over to you Charlie Dean.Bowled! Jess Kerr uproots Filer’s middle pole, the swipe across the line probably not what was requited from Filer.New Zealand believe they can steal this at the last, it’s been coming.Now then, eighteen year old Tilly Corteen-Coleman comes out on debut with ten runs required.
Gulp.45th over: England 200-8 (Dean 25, Filer 0) Oh my days.Filer sweeps and misses but the ball trundles away into a vacant area behind the keeper, Dean and Filer manage to scamper a precious three runs.Charlie Dean calmly collects a couple of singles to make it five from the over.Jess Kerr is coming back into the attack, England need 11 runs to win.
44th over: England 195-8 (Dean 23, Filer 0) Cripes,England have made a meal of this,Lauren Filer is the new batter and she survives Mair’s final two deliveries,16 runs plays two wickets!Rosemary Mair returns for her final over,Dean and Bell scamper a couple, Bell stretching to get home by half a yard as the throw came in from the deep.
GONE! Mair yorks Bell to keep New Zealand in it!43rd over: England 192-7 (Dean 20, Bell 12) Five off Patel’s latest.Harum Scarum stuff but England are hauling in this total through Charlie Dean and Lauren Bell.19 more needed.42nd over: England 187-7 (Dean 17, Bell 10) Bree Illing returns and looks to have got out of the over for the cost of just one run but then a drag down off the final ball is dispatched by Lauren Bell through midwicket for four.24 needed for England.
41st over: England 182-7 (Dean 17, Bell 6) Lovely over from Nensi Patel, flight and guile.She’s been brilliant for her side today.Just three off the over.The tension mounts once more.40th over: England 179-7 (Dean 15, Bell 5) Dean hacks a drive through cover for a very welcome boundary and then picks up a couple more in the same area.
Two more to Dean as she clips to deep midwicket, she then takes a single off the final ball to keep the strike.Charlie Dean is playing a calm captain’s knock out there so far.England need 32 more to win.39th over: England 170-7 (Dean 6, Bell 5) Amelia Kerr finishes her set of ten overs for the day with figures of 2-54.England still need 44 with 66 balls left.
New Zealand need three wickets.Where’s your money?38th over: England 168-7 (Dean 5, Bell 5) Just one off Rose Mair’s 8th over as New Zealand continue to squeeze.Patel pulls off a diving stop at backward point to stop a certain four.The White Ferns have been so much better in the field than England, that could well be a decisive factor in a low scoring game.37th over: England 167-7 (Dean 5, Bell 4) Lauren Bell uses her long levers to drive Amelia Kerr for a much needed boundary.
Bright sunlight at Durham now and England feeling the heat,44 more needed,36th over: England 162-7 (Dean 4, Bell 1) Lauren Bell is the new batter, she’s been promoted up the order,Bree Illing gets in and out of her over for just two runs,England still need 49 more, New Zealand three more wickets.
That’s a huge wicket! Bouchier gets a leading edge and is snaffled in the leg side.She is on her way and looks to the heavens as she departs.This is getting edgy.35th over: England 160-7 (Dean 3)34th over: England 156-6 (Bouchier 55, Dean 3) Time for a drink with England needing 55 more runs to win.New Zealand hunting four more wickets.
New Zealand were 146-2 at this stage…33rd over: England 149-6 (Bouchier 50, Dean 0) Maia Bouchier has chalked up 50 but England are teetering in Durham,Captain Charlie Dean arrives in the middle with 62 runs still needed,Decent cameo this from Dani Gibson, she gets on the front foot and bunts Amelia Kerr down the ground for three,Bouchier gives her back the strike with a single,GONE! The curse of the OBO scribe, Gibson mows across the line and is caught in the deep.
This game is far from done.32nd over: England 143-5 (Bouchier 49, Gibson 15) Jess Kerr returns to the attack with a fantastically miserly over.Just three runs off it.31st over: England 140-5 (Bouchier 49, Gibson 13) Amelia Kerr very nearly cleans up Gibson with a googly that the batter didn’t pick.A wild hack sees an under edge squirt away for a couple of runs.
Gibson has provided some real impetus though, England need 71 more from 19 overs with five wickets in hand.Simple, non?30th over: England 134-5 (Bouchier 46, Gibson 10) Rosemary Mair back into the attack.Gibson and Bouchier combine to take five off the over with one ball to come.Shot! Gisbon guides another four behind point to relieve some pressure.Only some mind.
29th over: England 125-5 (Bouchier 42, Gibson 5) Plenty on Bouchier now too, she is in and needs to get England close.Gibson shows her power in the meantime, lifting a length ball from Amelia Kerr over the infield for four.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
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