Within the fifth and ultimate T20I of the England Girls’s tour of New Zealand 2024, at Basin Reserve, Wellington, England Girls secured a well-deserved victory towards the house group, New Zealand Girls, thereby clinching the collection 4-1.
Sophie Ecclestone, Nat Sciver-Brunt limit New Zealand at a below-par whole
New Zealand Girls, after profitable the toss, opted to bat first. The New Zealand Girls’s innings noticed a modest whole of 136/6 of their allotted 20 overs. Regardless of contributions from Brooke Halliday (33 runs off 40 balls) and a stellar knock from Izzy Gaze (51 runs off 28 balls), the group struggled to speed up the scoring charge towards the disciplined bowling assault of England Girls.
Sophie Ecclestone was the choose of the bowlers for England Girls, claiming three essential wickets whereas conceding 30 runs in her spell. Aside from Ecclestone, star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt additionally shined with the ball, taking a few scalps whereas conceding 24 runs in her quota of 4 overs.
Nat Sciver, Heather Knight take England over the end line
Chasing a goal of 137 runs, England Girls managed to attain the required whole with relative ease, reaching 138/5 in simply 18.5 overs. Heather Knight led the cost with a composed innings of 35 runs off 28 balls, nicely supported by Nat Sciver’s 31 runs off 27 balls. Regardless of some hiccups within the center order, England Girls held their nerve to safe the victory.
Nat Sciver was awarded the Participant of the Match for her all-round efficiency, contributing considerably with each bat and ball for England Girls. With this win, England Girls concluded their T20I collection towards New Zealand on a excessive be aware, showcasing their dominance within the shortest format. Either side will now lock horns within the 3-match ODI leg, beginning April 01 at Basin Reserve.
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Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Superb win to complete off an unimaginable collection! 👏
T20 collection winners 🏆#EnglandCricket pic.twitter.com/dAkV51vf4a
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) March 29, 2024
Effectively performed, @englandcricket 🤝
Focus now shifts to the Dulux ODI collection which begins on the @BasinReserve on Monday 🏏#NZvENG #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/Ux0nA96sUc
— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) March 29, 2024
26 T20I half-centuries between Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr since October 2019. Earlier than at the moment no different New Zealand participant had handed 50 in that point in a ladies’s T20I.
Izzy Gaze’s earlier T20I excessive rating was 16 in eight innings. #NZvsENG
— Katya Witney (@Katya_Wisden) March 29, 2024
Participant of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt 🏏#women #cricket #NatSciverBrunt #NZvsENG #englandcricket #CricketTwitter #WomenCricket pic.twitter.com/i7HF1Dpv1a
— WomenCricket.com (@WomenCricketHQ) March 29, 2024
New Zealand wicketkeepers to attain fifties in ladies’s T20Is :-
4 – Katey Martin
1 – Rachel Priest
1* – Izzy Gaze (v ENG at the moment)#NZvENG— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) March 29, 2024
England win T20 Collection 🏆💥#ENGvsNZ #NZvENG #Cricket #t20cricket pic.twitter.com/3q8lrR1bNv
— Inja Mondal (@InjaMondal8162) March 29, 2024
If an image tells a 1000 phrases, then this 🧵 will inform the story of a collection in quantity type!!
England win the T20 collection 4-1
First we begin in on the College Oval in Otago
England win by 27 Runs
NZ 0 – Eng 1#NZvENG #TweetYourSheets #CricketNotchers pic.twitter.com/XjPBrc74l4
— Jack Rule (@JackRuleLD) March 29, 2024
Heather Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt be a part of the elite membership because the fourth pair for England to succeed in a 1000-run stand. #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/1KQVKkNXDr
— Devjani (@CricketKenway) March 29, 2024
I’ll by no means tire of watch Nat Sciver-Brunt play cricket.
— Jess (@JAWFC313) March 29, 2024
YOUNGEST ENGLAND WOMENS PLAYERS to 500 WT20I RUNS
19y 231d ALICE CAPSEY 👈
22y 37d Sarah Taylor
24y 154d Sophia Dunkley
25y 91d Nat Sciver
25y 164d Lydia Greenway #NZWvENGW— Richard V Isaacs (@RVICricketStats) March 29, 2024
Fireplace knight has opted out of wpl and has been very constant for England entire collection with NZ! Overwhelmed them 4-1 at their dwelling. 👌
— Sush (@mehhcricket) March 29, 2024
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