Charlie Dean takes four wickets in just his second ODI as England beat New Zealand by 13 runs at DLS; Danni Wyatt previously scored 63 not-out in the 200th international, sharing the 51-run position with Tash Farrant for the final wicket as the hosts rallied from 146-9 to 197 with all in Worcester.
Charlie Dean took four wickets for England in the second ODI against New Zealand
Charlie Dean took four wickets after Danni Wyatt hit an undefeated 63rd in his 200th international game as England overcame another hitting failure to take a 2-0 lead in the five-game ODI series against New Zealand with a 13-win win. careers at DLS in Worcester.
Wyatt’s second half-century and England’s 10th-place wicket record of 51 with Tash Farrant (22) raised their side to 197 in 43.3 overs, after an 8-87 collapse had seen them sink from 59- 1 to 146-9.
Heather Knight’s team had been rather careless with the bat during their 30-run victory in the series opener at Bristol on Thursday, collapsing 4-31 and 5-13 when they were eliminated by 241.
Their pitchers rescued them that time and they did it again at New Road on Sunday, slipping New Zealand 169 in a rain-revised 183-of-42-overs chase, while Dean pocketed 4-36 in just his second ODI.
New Zealand was 111-4 when rain reached 24 overs in their innings and were tasked with 72 of 18 overs once play resumed 40 minutes later.
Nat Sciver pushed Kiwi Captain Sophie Devine (28) through the gate to give England a big boost, before Dean cut through the lower middle order and tail and Farrant had Lea Tahuhu take cover to seal the victory.
Kate Cross had previously hit three times for an England attack that failed on rested Katherine Brunt, and the hosts can now wrap up a series win with two games to spare with victory in the third ODI in Leicester on Tuesday.
Wyatt, knocked down at 20 by goalkeeper Katey Martin, had scored better in an error-ridden England inning, which featured soft casualties for Sciver (2), Amy Jones (1) and Sophia Dunkley (11) and Lauren Winfield-Hill. (39) sold out after terrible confusion left her and Wyatt on the bowler’s end.
Wyatt and Farrant, remembered by England for their first ODI of the summer in place of Brunt and Freya Davies, extended the innings, with Wyatt reaching his fifty of 63 balls and hitting four fours and two sixes in total.
Winfield-Hill and Captain Knight (18) posted 45 for England’s second wicket after Tammy Beaumont’s vibrant start ended when poor judgment saw her kneeling with her arms over her shoulder.
Beaumont (12 of 6) had nailed Devine (2-29) for three fours in the second round, but then had her stump knocked down and she opted to drop a delivery that bit a bit.
That firing didn’t interrupt England too much, but Knight’s exit in the 11th over, trapped behind the impressive Hannah Rowe (3-41), did, as they lost 3-9 amid their biggest collapse.
Sciver and Jones fell in love with single-figure scores for the second game in a row and Dunkley did only slightly better, with each of the three batters meekly scooping to the midwicket or covering.
Wyatt seemed to be in good contact right away, but seemed in danger of running out of partners after the Winfield-Hill race and the departures of Dean (8), Sophie Ecclestone (4) and Cross (1).
However, the 30-year-old found a good ally in Farrant, who contributed three limits to her cameo as he led Wyatt to his third ODI score out of fifty, to follow a century against Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur and half a century. against Pakistan. India in Mumbai in 2019.
New Zealand went to 40-0 in the ninth final of the chase, but then dropped to 85-4, with Cross picking up free-scoring starter Suzie Bates (28), Lauren Down (22), who would have survived if she had revised the lbw Decision with Cross’ nip-backer ready to fail the leg stump – and Amy Satterthwaite (a 15-ball).
Ecclestone represented Maddy Green (9) and New Zealand would have been five down heading into the rain break if goalkeeper Jones hadn’t dropped Brooke Halliday (29) in five against Dean.
That didn’t cost England in the end, with Halliday ultimately stumped by Jones versus Dean, who also eliminated Martin (6), Rowe (7) and Leigh Kasperek (10).
Watch the third ODI between England and New Zealand, in Leicester, live from 12.30pm Tuesday on Sky Sports Cricket and the Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel.
