England dominated New Zealand with each bat and ball to safe a 23-run victory through DLS within the second girls’s T20I on the 1st Central County Floor in Hove.
When play acquired below manner after a two-hour delay because of the rain, Maia Bouchier (23) Alice Capsey (28) starred with the bat as they scored quickfire runs to assist England to 89-6 of their lowered allocation of 9 overs.
Lauren Bell (1-6), Nat Sciver-Brunt (1-10) and the spectacular Charlie Dean (2-3) then set to work rapidly to place New Zealand on the again foot of their run chase and when rain stopped play once more with New Zealand needing 48 runs from their last 14 balls, England got the victory by 23 runs utilizing the DLS technique.
Danielle Gibson and Bell got here into Heather Knight’s facet instead of Freya Kemp and spinner Linsey Smith, with England coming into the competition on the again of an enormous 59-run win within the first T20I, their 4 spinners in that contest, plus a fantastic 76 from Danni Wyatt, comfortably seeing them to victory.
With three T20Is remaining, consideration now turns to Thursday when England face the White Ferns within the third T20I at Canterbury when they may hope to increase their 2-0 lead and clinch the collection.
Capsey and Bouchier present urgency with the bat
The rain was falling in Hove forward of the sport, and, regardless of durations of clear skies, it returned with a vengeance all through the night.
The covers got here off for the third time at 7.50pm and eventually at 8.30pm play acquired below manner in a nine-overs-per-side encounter.
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England’s Danni Wyatt was out for a duck after a terrific catch from New Zealand’s Jess Kerr
New Zealand received the toss and elected to bowl and, to start with, fielded nicely, sending Danni Wyatt (0) strolling for a duck within the second over and placing England on 15-1.
Nevertheless, Capsey got here to the crease and made the distinction alongside a firing Bouchier, including a few boundaries to convey England to 24-1 on the finish of the powerplay.
Regardless of Bouchier then falling after sending one to long-on, Capsey continued to mix with Nat Sciver-Brunt (11) and skipper Knight (15), the captain reaching over 2,000 T20I runs in her innings.
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New Zealand’s Leah Tahuhu bowled a lightning-fast ball which despatched England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt’s stumps flying
Heading into the ultimate over of 9, England have been 78-4 after Lea Tahuhu (2-20) despatched Capsey strolling following a speedy 28, the house outfit trying strong with the bat within the robust circumstances regardless of wickets falling.
Amelia Kerr (2-21) eliminated Gibson for a duck and despatched Knight strolling with a terrific catch of her personal within the last over, however the second of the innings went to Sophie Ecclestone (6) who confirmed the aggressive attacking nature of this England facet as she despatched the ultimate ball, and the one supply she confronted, out of the bottom for six to assist England to 89-6 on the finish of their innings.
England nullify New Zealand’s run chase earlier than rain reappears
England have been fast to work once they returned to the sector and it was Bell and Sciver-Brunt who struck early to take away Sophie Devine (9) and Amelia Kerr (1), Capsey doing nicely to take each catches and cut back New Zealand to 12-2 as they regarded to chase laborious.
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Alice Capsey pouched two nice catches for England
It was then Dean’s flip to get in on the motion as she struck twice in the identical over, sending Brooke Halliday (14) and Suzie Bates (4) strolling and leaving New Zealand floundering additional on 31-4.
With New Zealand’s required run-rate over 15 runs an over, life acquired tougher for them as Ecclestone’s (1-17) supply was despatched to a ready Knight by Jess Kerr (0), rain then stopping play as they sat on 42-5 with 6.4 overs bowled.
A goal of 48 runs from 14 balls was a steep process and one New Zealand then by no means acquired to attempt to full because the rain fell laborious as soon as once more, the DLS technique giving England a 23-run victory and a 2-0 lead within the five-match T20I collection.
What they mentioned: An excellent apply of strain and chaos
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England captain Heather Knight says her staff performed brilliantly below strain of their second T20 win over New Zealand
England captain Heather Knight…
“It’s practice of being under pressure and having a bit of chaos, because you have to sort of stay calm and make decisions quite quick. I thought we did that brilliantly.
“We are able to tend to attempt to go too laborious, however I believe we acquired the tempo proper. Managed to punch out a rating after which these wickets that we began with killed the sport.”
On the way England scored, she added: “I believe it is one thing we’re extremely good at, hitting boundaries and taking it on and doing the center stuff has been a little bit of a piece on.
“Trying to get back for those twos, hitting in pockets is going to be key in Bangladesh. Thought we did that really well and kept the scoreboard moving around those boundaries.”
Charlie Dean, participant of the match:
“I think that was a bit of a burglary, player of the match, but I’ll take it!
“I assumed Capsey and Bouchier actually laid the platform with the bat and Heather on the again finish too.
“And the girls who bowled in the powerplay and took really key wickets and made it easier for me at the back end.”
What’s subsequent?
England and New Zealand now head to The Spitfire Floor in Canterbury on Thursday July 11 for the third T20I. You’ll be able to watch that dwell on Sky Sports activities Major Occasion or Sky Sports activities Cricket from 6pm, with first ball at 6.30pm.
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