England chase 245 against New Zealand to win fourth women’s ODI – live!

28th over: England 118-3 (target 245; Knight 28, Jones 24) An escape for Heather Knight, whose top-edged sweep lands between two fielders on the leg side. New Zealand really need a wicket, and that’s the closest they’ve come in this partnership.

26th over: England 111-3 (target 245; Knight 25, Jones 20) Kasperek is taking out of the attack after those two expensive overs. On comes another offspinner, Amy Satterthwaite, and England are happy to take five low-risk singles. They need 134 from 144 balls.

25th over: England 106-3 (target 245; Knight 23, Jones 17) A half volley from Kerr is driven gracefully through mid-off for four by Jones. This is a good spell for England, with 26 runs coming from the last four overs.

24th over: England 100-3 (target 245; Knight 22, Jones 11) A full toss from Kasperek is reverse-lapped for a couple by Knight, who has been much more proactive against spin. Kasperek’s first two overs have gone for 18.

23rd over: England 92-3 (target 245; Knight 16, Jones 11) A double bowling change, with Jess Kerr returning to the attack. A good over – just two from it – ends with Jones missing a drive outside off stump.

22nd over: England 90-3 (target 245; Knight 15, Jones 10) The offspinner Leigh Kasperek comes into the attack – and the change of pace works for England. Knight reverse sweeps her first ball for four, then Jones blasts a drive to the extra-cover boundary. Ten from the over; just what England needed.

21st over: England 80-3 (target 245; Knight 10, Jones 4) Three singles from Jensen’s over. Something is surely going to give in the next few minutes- England now need 165 from 29 overs.

20th over: England 77-3 (target 245; Knight 8, Jones 4) Jones flicks Rowe dangerously close to midwicket. New Zealand are squeezing England very effectively, with only nine runs scored from the last five overs.

19th over: England 75-3 (target 245; Knight 7, Jones 3) Jensen has a hopeful LBW shout against Knight turned down. Missing leg. But it’s another maiden for Jensen, which pushes the required rate closer to a run a ball.

18th over: England 75-3 (target 245; Knight 7, Jones 3) A quiet over from Rowe, four from it. England are taking a few overs to rebuild after the loss of three quick wickets.

17th over: England 71-3 (target 245; Knight 6, Jones 0) A maiden from Jensen to Knight. In the last six overs New Zealand have taken three wickets and conceded only 19 runs

16th over: England 71-3 (target 245; Knight 6, Jones 0) Three balls earlier New Zealand decided not to review when Sciver survived another big LBW appeal. That would have been out as well had they gone upstairs, though it didn’t cost them in the end.

Three wickets for Hannah Rowe! Sciver – who should have been given LBW earlier in the over – flicks all around a very full delivery that hits her on the pad in front of middle and leg. That is plumb.

15th over: England 68-2 (target 245; Knight 5, Sciver 9) A stroke of luck for Sciver, who inside edges Jensen past leg stump for four. She gets a more authentic boundary off the last ball of the over, working a poor delivery to long leg. That’s drinks.

14th over: England 60-2 (target 245; Knight 5, Sciver 1) Nat Sciver is the new batter.

Tammy Beaumont is strangled down the leg side. She tried to work a short ball off the hip but could only tickle it through to Katey Martin. That’s Rowe’s second wicket – and a huge one for New Zealand, who will be thrilled to have kept Beaumont quiet again.

13th over: England 59-1 (target 245; Beaumont 16, Knight 5) Lauren Down is back on the field. Knight gets her first boundary, opening the face to steer Jensen through the vacant slip cordon. Nicely done.

12th over: England 54-1 (target 245; Beaumont 15, Knight 1) Heather Knight is the new batter. A replay of Winfield-Hill’s dismissal shows the ball didn’t take the inside edge after all – it just roared back through the gate to hit the top of off stump. It was a jaffa.

Hannah Rowe strikes with a beauty! It jagged back from a good length to take the inside edge and deflect onto the stumps. It’s another frustrating score for Winfield-Hill, who looked in terrific touch, but on this occasion she was pretty blameless.

11th over: England 52-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 33, Beaumont 14) Down leaves the field for further treatment, with Thamsyn Newton coming on as substitute. England are going pretty well; they need 193 from 39 overs to win the series.

10.2 overs: England 50-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 32, Beaumont 13) New Zealand were 3t for three after 10 overs, so England are well ahead of the game. There’s a break in play while Lauren Down receives treatment, having landed awkwardly at backward point.

10th over: England 49-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 31, Beaumont 13) The first change of bowling, with Hannah Rowe on for Sophie Devine. Winfield-Hill plays another high-class shot, standing tall to crack a cut stroke for four. She’s playing quite beautifully.

9th over: England 42-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 26, Beaumont 12) Four more to Winfield-Hill, slammed through midwicket off the back foot when Kerr drops short. She looks in superb nick.

8th over: England 38-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 22, Beaumont 12) There has been a bit of swing for the new-ball bowlers but the pitch itself looks really good. The ball is making a lovely sound every time Tammy Beaumont thumps an off drive.

7th over: England 36-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 22, Beaumont 10) A short ball from Kerr is pulled disdainfully through midwicket for four by Winfield-Hill. Once again she has made a start, and she’ll be desperate to convert it into a half-century.

6th over: England 29-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 17, Beaumont 9) An outswinger from Devine is nailed through extra cover by Beaumont, with the ball making the sweetest sound off the bat. That’s her second boundary.

5th over: England 25-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 17, Beaumont 5) An uppish drive from Winfield-Hill falls safely to the left of extra cover and runs away for a couple. It hasn’t been entirely convincing, but England will be happy with their start.

4th over: England 20-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 14, Beaumont 4) A half-volley from Devine is crunched past point for four more by Winfield-Hill. Then a moment of fortune for Beaumont, who edgesDevine between keeper and slip for four to get off the mark. That was pretty, pretty close.

3rd over: England 10-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 9, Beaumont 0) Winfield-Hill gets the first boundary of the innings, whipping an inswinger from Kerr through square leg. A single off the last ball means she again keeps the strike; so far Beaumont has faced only one delivery.

2nd over: England 2-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 2, Beaumont 0) Sophie Devine starts at the other end. Winfield-Hill – who desperately needs a score today or in the final ODI – is denied four runs when a classy straight drive hits the stumps at the non striker’s end.

1st over: England 1-0 (target 245; Winfield-Hill 1, Beaumont 0) Jess Kerr will bowl the first over. Plenty of inswing, albeit fairly gentle, to the right-handed Winfield-Hill. She works the last ball for a single to get off the mark.

Cheers Geoff, hello everyone. You see, that’s why it’s called ODI cricket; because it’s a test. Wait, what? Never mind. England’s top-order batters™, who have struggled for much of this series, have a job on if they are to win this series with a game to spare. They do prefer chasing, mind you, and there’s no Lea Tahuhu to take a shortcut through the top order as on Tuesday. I’m sitting on the fence, ideally at cow corner.

50th over: New Zealand 244-8 (Martin 65, Kerr 1) Jess Kerr gets Martin on strike with an off drive. And finally Martin finds her range. Gets over onto off stump, dips to one knee, and plays effectively a slog sweep against the seamer’s slower ball, picking it up over backward square leg. It bounces just inside the rope.

Goes the other way next ball, backing away, but drags her shot into the ground and back to the bowler on the bounce.

Final ball of the over, leg side again, squarer this time giving Wyatt the chance to save. She almost fumbles it into the rope, which gives them time to run three. There’s a very long replay to work out whether Wyatt’s foot was touching the rope, but she gets the benefit of the doubt.