England Women wins over New Zealand Women by 4 wickets to seal the series by 2-1.
The 3rd and last match of the T20I series was played yesterday between England Women vs New Zealand Women at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, In which England Women beat New Zealand Women by 4 wickets to seal the T20I series by 2-1.
England Women won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first, New Zealand batted first scored 144 runs for a loss of 4 wickets in a predictable 20 overs. New Zealand Women started the inning very well, Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine came to start the inning, and gave a brilliant start with partnership of 45 runs, the first wicket has gone for 45 runs, Suzie Bates dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 34 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 30 balls, next batsman Amy Satterthwaite came to bat, and played well with Sophie Devine, the second wicket has gone in 84 runs, Amy Satterthwaite dismissed just for 13 runs in 21 balls, followed by Maddy Green came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket has also gone for 90 runs, Sophie Devine dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 33 balls, next batsman Brooke Halliday came to bat, and played well with Maddy Green, the fourth wicket has gone for 108 runs, Maddy Green dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 14 balls, followed by Katey Martin came to bat, and she remains unbeaten after playing a quick inning of 13 runs in just 6 balls with Brooke Halliday, and Brooke Halliday also played an unbeaten inning of 25 runs in just 16 balls. In this way, New Zealand Women batted first after losing the toss scored 144 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in a predictable 20 over and set a target of 145 runs for England Women.
England Women bowlers Tash Farrant, Natalie Sciver, Sophie Ecclestone, and Sarah Glenn got 1-1 wicket.
England Women chasing 145 runs in the 2nd inning, they achieved the target after losing 6 wickets in the second last ball of the inning. Danielle Wyatt and Tammy Beaumont came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 16 runs, Tammy Beaumont dismissed just for 3 runs, next batsman Natalie Sciver came to bat, and she also dismissed just for 2 runs as second wicket, followed by Heather Knight came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket has also gone for 42 runs, Danielle Wyatt dismissed after plying a brilliant quick inning of 35 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 23 balls, next batsman Amy Ellen Jones came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 55 runs, the fourth wicket has gone for 97 runs, Amy Ellen Jones dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 32 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in just 19 balls, followed by Sophia Dunkley came to bat, and played well with Heather Knight, the fifth wicket fall in 137 runs, Heather Knight dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 36 balls, next batsman Maia Bouchier came to bat, and she dismissed just for 1 run as sixth wicket, after that Katherine Brunt came to bat, and she remains unbeaten for 1 run with Sophia Dunkley, and Sophia Dunkley played an unbeaten victory inning of 22 runs in 21 balls. In this way, England Women chasing 145 runs in the 2nd inning, they achieved the target for the loss of 6 wickets in 19.5 overs and won the match by 4 wickets, and with this victory, England Women also won the series by 2-1.
New Zealand Women's bowler Leigh Kasperek performed very brilliantly, she took 3 wickets just for 25 runs, Jess Kerr, Sophie Devine, and Amy Satterthwaite got 1-1 wicket.
England Women batsman Heather Knight was selected for the Man of the Match, she played a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 36 balls.
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