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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Daniel Harris (earlier) and James Wallace (later)

England beat New Zealand by nine wickets in first women’s cricket ODI – as it happened

Tammy Beaumont in action as England chase 157 runs to win.
Tammy Beaumont in action during her innings of 76. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

That’s us done, England polished that off in fine style which means I can do the nursery run. We’ll be back on Sunday for the second match of the series in Worcester, do join us for that. Ta-ra!

Updated

England Captain Heather Knight:

It was really pleasing. The way we attacked the game was brilliant, we pushed for wickets and bowled them out for a low score on a good pitch.That was a batting masterclass by our openers, they took smart options.

We’ve got brilliant players, on the bench as well, we’re building great depth in this squad now and we want to keep getting better. We’ve talked about being smarter as a group and I think we showed that today.”

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