England v New Zealand: Women’s World Cup – live!

32nd over: New Zealand 136-3 (Maddy Green 18, Brooke Halliday 1)

Sciver takes the second over of her second spell and Halliday can’t do more than defend it back for the first couple of balls. Sciver’s line and length is pretty much perfect this over and she’s not giving Halliday anything to work with. Eventually she finds a leg bye and gets off strike for the final ball of the over.

31st over: New Zealand 135-3 (Maddy Green 18, Brooke Halliday 1)

Just the single bowling change this time as Dean continues. She starts well, but Satterthwaite moves to the second ball and pushes her hands through to find one of the pockets of the ground for a lovely four. However Dean gets her sweeping and sneaks one through the gap to find her pad and she has to go just as she’s finding momentum. An important breakthrough for England here and Brooke Halliday comes to the crease.

Satterthwaite reviews and it’s an umpire’s call, but she has to go. She’d been looking to go big and was starting to find momentum, but Dean gets past her bat as she tries to sweep and sends her on her way.

30th over: New Zealand 130-2 (Maddy Green 18, Amy Satterthwaite 20)

Sciver is back and Green immediately uses the pace of the ball to pick up two, then gets a little outside edge for a single. Satterthwaite rushes through for a quick single, but a bad throw gives them two instead on overthrows. Knight misses one in the field to give away another single and NZ are starting to find some momentum. A little edge from Green offers Jones a half chance at a catch, but she can’t hold on to it.

29th over: New Zealand 124-2 (Maddy Green 15, Amy Satterthwaite 17)

Dean continues to Green, who defends a couple of balls before cutting one to deep cover for a single. The urgency from the last over has dissipated, but Satterthwaite manages to paddle one around the corner for a boundary from the last ball of the over to keep a bit of pace in the game.

28th over: New Zealand 119-2 (Maddy Green 14, Amy Satterthwaite 13)

Green gives us some of the urgency that’s been lacking with a sensational 69m six – driving it over long on. She takes the single next ball and then Satterthwaite drives it down the ground for four. It seems like they’ve flicked a switch this over! Satterthwaite follows up with an aggressive pull shot, but it’s just a single this time. Importantly they’re not letting the dot ball pressure build this over though. Just the one dot ball this over and it was the final ball.

27th over: New Zealand 106-2 (Maddy Green 6, Amy Satterthwaite 8)

Wyatt fumbles one in the field, but NZ don’t take a run from it, there still doesn’t seem to be too much urgency out there. Dean and Ecclestone have picked up where Sciver and Cross left off. Dean manages some excellent fielding off her own bowling and they’re just piling on the pressure, with the run rate dropping below four now – it was above seven at one stage in this match.

26th over: New Zealand 104-2 (Maddy Green 5, Amy Satterthwaite 7)

Past the halfway point now and the spin continues with Ecclestone. It’s been a sensational fight back from England – NZ looked to be completely in control early in the match, but now England are driving the pace. Satterthwaite gets one away over the infield, but it’s easily cut off by the field and she’s restricted to a single.

25th over: New Zealand 101-2 (Maddy Green 4, Amy Satterthwaite 5)

NZ bring up their hundred – the second fifty certainly wasn’t as quick as their first and Green will be hoping to bump up the run rate again. It’s a good batting pitch and they will need a decent amount of runs to defend here. Dean is bowling very well and NZ are finding it tough.

24th over: New Zealand 99-2 (Maddy Green 2, Amy Satterthwaite 5)

Ecclestone continues and Green gets off the mark immediately, which will put her mind at ease a little. Some news on Devine, she has some back soreness and the medical staff are seeing how she responds to treatment before making a decision about whether she can continue.

23rd over: New Zealand 96-2 (Maddy Green 0, Amy Satterthwaite 4)

Sattherthwaite starts Dean’s over with a cut for a single and nearly takes out Kerr as they take the run. Fortunately they avoid each other and Dean misses her length next ball, allowing Kerr to slog sweep it to the boundary for four. Dean fights back with a couple of dots and the pressure gets to Kerr, top edging one and losing her wicket.

Kerr knows she has to push the scoring forward and she takes too big a risk, top edging one straight up in the air, which Shrubsole takes easily.

22nd over: New Zealand 91-1 (Amelia Kerr 20, Amy Satterthwaite 3)

Kerr starts Ecclestone’s next over with a boundary, defends one back and then rotates the strike to Satterthwaite. She gets her feet to the ball and manages to loft one over the infield for a single.

21st over: New Zealand 85-1 (Amelia Kerr 15, Amy Satterthwaite 2)

Another over for Dean and Kerr picks up the length quickly and pulls one away aggressively, but it’s straight to the field and it’s just a single. It’s a good over for England, just that one run from it.

20th over: New Zealand 84-1 (Amelia Kerr 14, Amy Satterthwaite 2)

Another double bowling change and we get spin from both ends with Sophie Ecclestone getting her first over. Word from the NZ changerooms is that Devine’s injury is still being assessed, so we’ll see what happens once that assessment is completed. Kerr definitely looks happier against the spin with a nice back foot drive to deep cover for two early in the over. There’s an appeal late in the over for LBW – it doesn’t look like much and the umpire isn’t interested, but Knight decides to review. Ball tracking confirms it’s going down leg and England lose the review.

19th over: New Zealand 81-1 (Amelia Kerr 11, Amy Satterthwaite 2)

We see some spin for the first time today as Charlie Dean enters the attack. Kerr looks to attack right away with a cut shot that she looks like running on, but it goes straight to the field and she doesn’t chance it. Eventually she finds some space and takes a quick two to ease the pressure. She then lets the ball comes on to her bat and just uses her wrists to guide one down to third and picks up three. Satterthwaite comes to the party with a quick single – both batters look much more comfortable against the spin.

18th over: New Zealand 74-1 (Amelia Kerr 5, Amy Satterthwaite 1)

Cross and Sciver have done an excellent job to bring the run rate right down and neither of these two batters looks settled just yet. There’s not a lot of urgency out there – the shots that are going to the edge of the infield that were seeing Devine and Bates drop and run are leaving Satterthwaite and Kerr completely unmoved. Clearly they don’t want to take too many risks and lose a wicket, but they’re allowing the dot ball pressure to build, which is just what England want.

17th over: New Zealand 73-1 (Amelia Kerr 5, Amy Satterthwaite 1)

Sciver continues her spell and Satterthwaite defends it back to her for the first three balls, before eventually getting off the mark with a glance to fine leg for a single. It’s a good, tight over from Sciver, just one from it.

16th over: New Zealand 72-1 (Amelia Kerr 5, Amy Satterthwaite 0)

Cross continues her good work and this second bowling partnership is a much better one for England – it was a good call from Knight to bring them in when she did. Kerr has the ability to go big, but she doesn’t seem to be finding the balls she wants to attack just yet. She is starting to look a little uncomfortable with the dot ball pressure and England will look to take advantage of that to dismiss her cheaply. There’s a bit of a mix up when everyone thinks the over is completed after five balls, but we get it sorted and Cross bowls the final ball and Kerr will be glad they figured out there was one ball left because she lofts it over the infield for four.

15th over: New Zealand 68-1 (Amelia Kerr 1, Amy Satterthwaite 0)

Amy Satterthwaite replaces Devine and will hope to continue her momentum. The good news for England is that they now have two new batters at the crease. While it hasn’t happened the way they would have liked or planned, they will look to take advantage of the situation and unsettle the pair before they find their feet. Kerr finally gets off the mark and Sciver gets very close to taking Satterthwaite’s wicket.

She can’t continue right now, so she’s hobbling off the field, but she smiles and gives a thumbs up, so we hope we’ll see her back later in the innings.

Ooh some bad news for Devine and NZ here, she turns for a second run and something gives way and she crumbles to the ground. The medical staff come on to the ground to take a look. As someone who covers and watches a lot of netball, it didn’t look like an ACL to me, which was what my initial worry was when she went down. She’s clutched her thigh as she’s gone down, so perhaps some kind of quad strain? Let’s hope it’s nothing serious.

14th over: New Zealand 66-1 (Amelia Kerr 0, Sophie Devine 36)

Kerr gets her first look at Cross for today after Devine takes a quick single and again she is happy to defend the ball back and take her time to get into this innings. Cross has been the pick of the England bowlers so far, her line and length have been excellent and she is making the batters work hard for every run. It’s another great over from her, just the one from it.

13th over: New Zealand 65-1 (Amelia Kerr 0, Sophie Devine 35)

While England will be happy with that wicket, there’s not too much for them to celebrate about the partnership of Devine and Amelia Kerr at the crease – NZ’s two best batters so far at this tournament. They will want to break this partnership sooner rather than later. Kerr defends her first ball – the good start from the openers gives her a chance to settle into her innings a little rather than having to go hard from the start. She sees out the last two balls of the over without scoring.

12th over: New Zealand 61-1 (Amelia Kerr 0, Sophie Devine 32)

Kate Cross continues and Devine immediately rotates the strike. Cross is finding some good length and she gets Bates mistiming one in the air, but it falls safely. Cross is interested in a caught behind, but the umpire isn’t and Knight decides not to review. Eventually Cross’s length balls catch Bates going too hard and mis-timing and England have their first wicket.

After a few excellent balls from Cross she finally lures Bates into her trap with a length ball on middle stump that sees Bates driving and mis-timing it for a simple catch to Beaumont.

11th over: New Zealand 58-0 (Suzie Bates 20, Sophie Devine 30)

Bates is looking to up her strike rate, but she struggles to get Sciver away at the start of the over. She’s finding the room and getting the shots away, but can’t quite time them to get through the field. Eventually she times one well enough to cut it through backward point for two. Then she drives one straight down the ground for four and looks to be settling into her innings now.

10th over: New Zealand 52-0 (Suzie Bates 14, Sophie Devine 30)

Devine seems to have seen enough of Cross now to have a shot at her and she cuts one beautifully for four, bringing up the 50 run partnership. Devine is clearly batting out of her crease as well and now the umpire comes in to have a word with her about it. This is getting quite bizarre now. There is the ability for the umpires to award penalty runs if they deem this to be an ongoing problem, so something to keep in mind.

9th over: New Zealand 48-0 (Suzie Bates 14, Sophie Devine 26)

And another bowling change – perhaps Knight has recognised that an angry Brunt isn’t going to settle into her line and length just yet. Instead we get Nat Sciver replacing her and she starts well and then bowls a shorter one, which Devine guides away down to third, but there’s a fielder set quite fine there and she’s restricted to one. These new bowlers have successfully slowed down the NZ batters, getting the run rate back below six.

8th over: New Zealand 45-0 (Suzie Bates 13, Sophie Devine 24)

We have our first bowling change, with Kate Cross replacing Shrubsole. She gets her line and length right first up and Devine can only defend it away for the first couple of balls. She steals a quick run on the third – it doesn’t look like there’s anything on at all, it’s a similar defensive shot, but some quick running sees them home and gets Bates on strike. Bates takes a bit swing at a ball, but Cross has done a good job and gets it past her. Now the umpire comes in to have a word with Bates and tells her she’s batting too far out of her crease, which is an interesting talking point. Does anyone remember seeing that happen before?

7th over: New Zealand 44-0 (Suzie Bates 13, Sophie Devine 23)

Brunt to Bates now and Bates doesn’t look quite in her groove yet, but she seems comfortable enough playing the support role to Devine for now. Brunt starts to build the dot ball pressure on her and Devine gives her some reassurance, which seems to do the trick because next ball Brunt bowls one just short of a length and Bates pulls it away strongly to the boundary for four. It’s a decent over from Brunt, just the four from it, but she doesn’t look happy at all.

6th over: New Zealand 40-0 (Suzie Bates 9, Sophie Devine 23)

Shrubsole continues and Bates takes a ball to consider her approach and then looks for one of those Eden Park pockets – she can’t quite get it to the boundary, but some good running gets them three. Shrubsole puts one wide down the leg side, but Devine comes out to meet it, picks it up early and sweeps it away for four. She follows it up with a similar shot, putting it behind square towards a pocket and picks up another two.

5th over: New Zealand 31-0 (Suzie Bates 6, Sophie Devine 17)

The rain is back, but the teams are playing on for now. The ground staff are poised at the boundary with the covers ready, so we could stop at any moment, but it’s good to see them stay out there for now. Brunt continues her spell and Devine takes another easy two to start the over. Brunt then manages five dots in a row, which is a good sign that she’s starting to find her line and length. It’s England’s best over so far – just the two from it.

4th over: New Zealand 29-0 (Suzie Bates 6, Sophie Devine 15)

Devine and Bates look completely untroubled at the moment, they’re cruising along at a good clip and not finding it necessary to play it safe early while they get a feel for the ground and the bowlers. Devine finds one of those weird pockets of the ground and the quick outfield assists the ball in getting to the rope – she’s looking dangerous early.

3rd over: New Zealand 23-0 (Suzie Bates 5, Sophie Devine 10)

Devine takes a quick single Bates finally gets her chance for a boundary – her strike rate looks poor, but she has faced a lot of poor balls from England that have resulted in extras, so she has played her role so far. NZ certainly aren’t letting any dot ball pressure build on them early, they’re dropping and running whenever they get the chance and cleverly maneuvering the ball around the field for ones and twos.

2nd over: New Zealand 17-0 (Suzie Bates 1, Sophie Devine 9)

Shrubsole opens from the other end and surprise! She starts with a wide. She gets her line right next ball, but the one after that is too straight and Bates gets a couple of leg byes – a good save by Ecclestone on the boundary stops it being four. Shrubsole adds another wide to her tally in the middle of the over and Heather Knight is looking a little frustrated that her senior bowlers aren’t able to find their line early in this match. Devine drives one through the covers for three – it nearly gets to the boundary but some good fielding from Beaumont and Dunkley cuts it off. It’s another good over for NZ.

1st over: New Zealand 9-0 (Suzie Bates 1, Sophie Devine 6)

Here we go in this must-win clash for both teams. Devine and Bates get us started, while Katherine Brunt takes the new ball for England, as we have become accustomed to. She has a slip in place to start against Bates. Well in a continuation from yesterday, we start with a wide. Ellyse Perry struggled with her line yesterday, bowling six wides in her first over. But Brunt recovers her line quickly with an LBW appeal on the next ball, but it’s too high. She follows it up with another wide and then abandons her run up on the re-attempt. It’s extremely windy at Eden Park and the bowlers will need to adjust quickly. Bates finally gets one she can hit and she’s off the mark with a single. Devine takes a ball to get her eye in and then she tucks one away to square leg for two to get off the mark, followed by a beautiful cut away for four.

Heather Knight takes a leaf out of Meg Lanning’s book and opts for the chase after seeing how well Australia were able to do that yesterday. Sophie Devine is happy with the result as well, as she was planning to bat first. Both teams are unchanged since their previous matches.

If you missed the action from Eden Park yesterday, you can catch up on our OBO from Australia v India. It featured plenty of momentum swings and will tell you plenty about what a good batting wicket it is in Auckland. India were good enough to get the match into the final over, but Beth Mooney was calm under pressure to get the job done in three balls. There are some deep pockets in this field and Australia were able to take advantage of those weird little spaces to run plenty of twos – something both NZ and England will have taken note of for today’s game.

The toss has been delayed due to a bit of a downpour in Auckland, but there will be no delay to the first ball at this stage. It looks a bit windy out at Eden Park, but there is some blue sky and sunshine peeking through, so hopefully we won’t lose any overs.