- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 Taken at backward point! Soft dismissal there. Length ball slides on at the stumps with the arm, plays the reverse sweep premeditatively and connects just enough to chip a regulation catch to Dunkley at the edge of the circle; it did not generate enough power or elevation to evade the infield. 7/15.3 Cleaned her up with a beaut! Oh dear me, it's the reverse sweep again! Floated a length ball around the fifth stump line and turns in beautifully. Gaze tries to connect the cheeky stroke against the turn, gets nowhere near the ball and the ball disturbs the furniture. 29/26.2 Chips it to mid-on! A touch short and pitching well outside off, she extends her arms to pull it over the infield but toe-ends the ball, dragging it straight to the mid-on fielder at the edge of the circle. It's the softest dismissal of the day, and the White Ferns skipper will surely be disappointed with that stroke! 29/36.6 Gibson strikes again! Massive wicket this one, as Gibson removes the two big fish in her very first over. Bowls it a bit fuller around off, and the batter opens the face, trying to loft it over the off-side infield. She mistimes the stroke, mishitting it straight to the mid-off fielder for a simple, straightforward catch. Devine shakes her head in disappointment as she trudges back to the dressing room. 30/47.6 Flighted length ball drifting in with the arm onto the pads, around the wicket. The batter tries to flay it away with a cross bat but misses completely, getting hit on the front pad. There is a massive appeal from the fielding team, and they send it upstairs for a review. Ultra Edge confirms there is no bat involved. Ball tracking comes up next: pitching in line, impact in line, and it looks pretty adjacent; crashing into the leg stump! That is a brilliant review taken by the England skipper, and New Zealand lose their fifth wicket. 32/514.3 Brilliantly taken by Bouchier! The short ball does it, but not in the way you'd expect... sits up and hammered by Green in the direction of wide long on... it catches the breeze and Bouchier, running from midwicket, ends up taking it over her right shoulder. Outstanding work 58/78.4 Clean bowled with a peach! Fires in a bit quicker this time, on a length attacking the stumps. Sharp stays deep in her crease with barely any foot movement, trying to swat it away, but she gets cramped for space and is clean bowled in the end with no bat involved. 33/617.1 Bowled her! A back-of-the-hand slowie totally flummoxes Kerr, who sees the full length and ends up swinging wildly across the line too early. Skids up and takes the top of leg stump 69/915.5 Plumb in front! Angled in, little bounce from a low-slinging angle. Nensi Patel, short, was sweeping and wears that in the midriff. Out as out can be... no in fact! Replays show the impact was outside the line. She should have reviewed! 65/819.1 Edged and gone! Around the wicket, hint of turn away from the left-hander, snicked and that's all she wrote. An abject innings from New Zealand, all out for 80 without batting out their overs! England require 81 to win the series! 80/10Extras10 (lb 7, w 3)TOTAL80 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 4.17)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Suzie Bates, 2.1 ov), 2-29 (Isabella Gaze, 5.3 ov), 3-29 (Melie Kerr, 6.2 ov), 4-30 (Sophie Devine, 6.6 ov), 5-32 (Brooke Halliday, 7.6 ov), 6-33 (Izzy Sharp, 8.4 ov), 7-58 (Maddy Green, 14.3 ov), 8-65 (Nensi Patel, 15.5 ov), 9-69 (Jess Kerr, 17.1 ov), 10-80 (Bree Illing, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LCN Smith 4 0 15 2 3.75 15 2 0 0 0 IECM Wong 4 0 20 1 5 13 1 1 1 0 S Ecclestone 4 0 11 1 2.75 17 1 0 1 0 CE Dean 3.1 0 13 3 4.1 10 1 0 0 0 DR Gibson 4 0 14 3 3.5 14 1 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.5 Chips it to mid-on! A harmless short-pitched ball angling away outside off gets too big for her as she attempts the pull shot. Failing to get the desired connection, she splices the ball toward the on-side, offering a simple catch to the mid-on fielder. Dunkley is furious with herself, having got the start but failing to stay at the crease to see it through. 36/22.1 And Patel strikes straightaway! Tossed up on a fuller length on the stumps, it turns a bit after pitching on middle. Capsey goes for the paddle sweep but misses the length, getting hit on the inner thigh pad. There is a massive appeal, and the umpire's finger goes up! 11/112.2 Reversed to Patel! Kerr gets revenge, though Knight nailed the reverse sweep, just straight into the hands of backward point 71/3Extras12 (lb 2, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL81/3 (13.5 Overs, RR: 5.85)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Alice Capsey, 2.1 ov), 2-36 (Sophia Dunkley, 5.5 ov), 3-71 (Heather Knight, 12.2 ov)
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England Women won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.50
Match days
25 May 2026 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 7.6: Review by England Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - BM Halliday (Upheld)
- Drinks: New Zealand Women - 37/6 in 10.0 overs (ML Green 4, JM Kerr 2)
- New Zealand Women: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: New Zealand Women - 80/10 in 19.1 overs (RA Mair 4)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 2 wickets)
- England Women: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (56 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: England Women - 59/2 in 10.0 overs (ME Bouchier 17, HC Knight 8)
Match Coverage
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Gibson, Dean knock over NZ for 80 as England cruise to series win
England closed out the chase in the decider with seven wickets and 37 balls to spare
Suzie Bates returns to open as New Zealand bat first in decider
Georgia Plimmer dropped after successive ducks; Leah Tahuhu and Lauren Bell rested



