England beat New Zealand by six wickets at Canterbury to take an unassailable 3-0 lead despite the decision to rest captain Heather Knight
England wrapped up their T20 series against New Zealand with a nervy final-over six-wicket win against New Zealand at Canterbury on Thursday, going 3-0 up with two matches left to play, despite coach Jon Lewis’s controversial decision to rest captain Heather Knight.
Six matches into the tour, New Zealand finally made England fight for their win: the hosts had nerves jangling at 0-1 after Maia Bouchier was trapped lbw by Hannah Rowe for a first-ball duck, and then again with a mid-innings wobble which saw left-arm spinner Jonas take two wickets in two balls.
Her fellow Smash Sister Suzie Bates struck a glorious-looking 38, becoming only the third woman to pass 10,000 international runs, and the first to achieve the feat for New Zealand - only India’s Mithali Raj and England’s Charlotte Edwards have previously achieved the milestone. England had continued their revolving-door one-eye-on-Bangladesh selections, with seamers Kemp and Dani Gibson handed the chance to bowl in the powerplay and at the death – the former with strapped shoulder, the latter with strapped knee. But if Thursday was about Jon Lewis asking questions, he may not have enjoyed the answers too much: Kemp was punished for 38 runs in her three overs, although she did bowl one very good yorker to see off Hannah Rowe.
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