Summary

  • First ODI, Chester-le-Street - England win toss and bowl

  • Hosts secure nervy one-wicket win

  • Dean dropped on 27 - NZ would have won match if catch taken

  • Bouchier falls for 59 to NZ captain M Kerr

  • NZ collapse from 147-2 to 210 all out: Green 88 (107), Kerr 55 (82); Corteen-Coleman takes 2-49 on England debut

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by Timothy Abraham & Matthew Henry

  1. Eng 39-1

    The more pacey New Zealand seamer Rosemary Mair, with number 37 on her back, is into the attack now.

  2. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Heather Knight is like a fine wine, she's just getting better with age.

  3. Eng 37-1

    Need 174 more runs to win

    Here is that lbw decision/non-review which Alex mentions below...

  4. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    A steady start for England. A bit of a hammer blow losing Grewcock with an lbw that would have been not out.

    As a non-striker you've got to help your team-mate out with DRS.

  5. Eng 35-1

    Ah Heather Knight! The former skipper is at it again. This cover drive might be even better than the previous one.

  6. Eng 30-1

    Target 211

    Heather Knight has England's chase rumbling on now as a slightly edgy push brings her four more. She'll tell you she was trying to guide the ball down that way.

  7. Eng 26-1

    Shot of the day? Maybe.

    Heather Knight drives an overpitched ball from Jess Kerr through the covers.

    All class.

  8. Eng 22-1

    Lamb 11, Knight 5

    Heather Knight nudges the score on with a cut for two and a pull for one. The sun is back out too which is a help for those in the stands.

  9. Eng 18-1

    Target 211

    The first boundary comes as Emma Lamb flicks a straight ball fine off her pads. Lamb has plenty of experience - she was a member of the 50-over World Cup side last autumn - but she's yet to really nail down her place.

    This is an opportunity for her.

  10. Eng 13-1

    Lamb 6, Knight 1

    You can see why 21-year-old Grewcock didn't go for it. It felt straight, she's on debut and at the top of the order.

    Could Emma Lamb have helped her out from the other end? Grewcock had her head down and was walking off before thinking about it.

    The dismissal means Heather Knight is in early.

  11. Oh no. That lbw decision?!

    The ball tracking had it missing leg stump! Jodi Grewcock would have survived had she reviewed.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Grewcock lbw b Illing 3 (Eng 10-1)

    Gone! Only three runs for Jodi Grewcock on her England debut.

    She's missed a full one on the pads from left-armer Bree Illing. Whether she forgot it was available or just didn't think she stood a chance, Grewcock is off the field without seeming to think about a review.

    It looked straight.

  13. Eng 10-0

    Target 211

    It has been a quiet start. Still we wait for the first boundary.

  14. Lea Tahuhu
    New Zealand international on Test Match Special

    The key is to be looking for early wickets. If that means giving away boundaries, so be it. You have to try and get England two or three down in the powerplay and get some of these key batters out.

  15. Eng 7-0

    Jodi Grewcock's first international run comes courtesy of a drive into the covers, with the help of a little fumble.

  16. Srinivas Vijaykumar
    CricViz analyst

    Only three English players have opened the batting on their women's ODI debut since the start of 2002...

    • Heather Knight v India, 2010
    • Emma Lamb v Australia, 2022
    • Jodi Grewcock v New Zealand, Today

  17. Eng 4-0

    This is already a rare occurrence, with Jodi Grewcock being a left-hander. England have barely had one of those since Lydia Greenway retired all of those years ago.

    She wafts a little at her first ball.

  18. Eng 4-0

    It's the older Kerr sister, seamer Jess, who begins proceedings for the White Ferns. She starts accurately, opening up with four dots, but Emma Lamb ends the over by tucking two twos into the leg side.

    Jodi Grewcock will face her first ball in international cricket.

  19. Eng 0-0

    Target 211

    It's Emma Lamb on strike with debutant Jodi Grewcock at the other end.

    This is an interesting partnership because 21-year-old Grewcock, one of the most highly rated young batters around, primarily bats in the middle order in domestic cricket.

  20. But now the focus turns to the batting.

    Remember this is an inexperienced England batting line-up without Nat Sciver-Brunt, Tammy Beaumont, Danni Wyatt-Hodge and others.

    This score should be chaseable but can they do it?