Summary

  • Capsey hits classy 74 not out in first T20I as opener - report

  • New Zealand post 136-7 after England win toss

  • Devine, who hit Ecclestone for three sixes in an over, top-scores with 45

  • Two wickets each for Bell & Dean

  • England go 1-0 up in three-game series

Have your say on England women this summer

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Mike Peter

  1. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    It was there to hit but she has just helped it round the corner to Sophie Ecclestone.

  2. wicket

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    Green c Ecclestone b Bell 23 (NZ 130-6)

    Another wicket for Lauren Bell!

    Short ball for the England seamer, Maddy Green goes to pull and gets a bit cramped for room.

    Her shot picks out a waiting Sophie Ecclestone at short fine leg.

  3. Melissa Story
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    New Zealand are building some momentum with this partnership now.

  4. NZ 125-5

    And the over is ended with a four.

    Charlie Dean tries to finish with a yorker and Maddy Green clouts it through long-on for a one-bounce boundary.

    Dean finishes with figures of 2-29.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    It's a great shot from Izzy Sharp, slog-sweeping Charlie Dean into the wind.

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  6. 6 runs

    NZ 118-5

    There's the acceleration!

    Izzy Sharp bludgeons Charlie Dean's first ball over Dani Gibson at mid-wicket for six.

  7. NZ 112-5

    Time for Freya Kemp's second over - the other five England bowlers tonight have bowled three apiece.

    New Zealand are still struggling to get the England attack away - this over goes for five singles.

    They really need to begin accelerating here.

  8. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    It does feel like Sophie Ecclestone's form has dropped off in the last year or two, she's not been as dominant. The Australians set the tone on how to play her and get on top of her.

    Sophie Devine, with those three sixes in the first over, ruined her figures but she's come back nicely since then.

    Teams have started to sweep her now and manipulate the field.

  9. NZ 107-5

    Five singles around a four for Izzy Sharp, sweeping Sophie Ecclestone square.

    The second of those ones brings up New Zealand's hundred.

  10. NZ 98-5

    Very tidy from Dani Gibson.

    She concedes just three singles from her third over.

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    Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    An excellent catch from Maia Bouchier to dismiss Brooke Halliday - Bouchier has a catch success rate of 84% in T20Is for England, bettered only by Knight (91%) and Dunkley (90%).

  12. Katey Martin
    Former New Zealand wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Only one player, Sophie Devine, has looked like she has had any timing out in the middle.

  13. NZ 95-5

    Izzy Sharp is the next batter out of the dug-out for New Zealand.

    She takes a single square from her third delivery.

  14. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That is a brilliant catch from Maia Bouchier and she gets a big hug from Sophie Ecclestone because she had ground to make up.

    Charlie Dean, the England captain, makes the breakthrough.

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    Halliday c Bouchier b Dean 14 (NZ 94-5)

    Caught down the ground!

    Brooke Halliday strikes Charlie Dean high and straight, but doesn't quite get enough on it.

    Maia Bouchier makes good ground from long-off and takes an excellent diving catch.

    England have looked good in the field today.

  16. Katey Martin
    Former New Zealand wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Someone asked me the other day 'what's happened to Maddy Green? Why is she so good now?'

    It's a valid question. She's probably the harshest critic on herself and there is just a lot more self belief now and security in her place in the side.

  17. NZ 93-4

    Nicely cut!

    Maddy Green sends Lauren Bell behind square, beating a fielder at short third.

  18. Katey Martin
    Former New Zealand wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What teams have started doing to Brooke Halliday is bowl wider to her because she is so dominant on that leg side.

  19. NZ 87-4

    Linsey Smith comes back on for her first over outside of the powerplay, and she continues her fine form.

    Just three singles conceded, she has figures of 1-5 off three overs.

  20. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Maddy Green has been in sumptuous form in ODI cricket and reverse sweeps Ecclestone right off the toes for four.