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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

England beat New Zealand by five wickets: fifth women’s T20 cricket international – as it happened

England celebrate after sealing a 4-1 victory over New Zealand in their T20I series
England celebrate after sealing a 4-1 victory over New Zealand in their T20I series. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

That’s all for today/tonight. Thanks for your company, I’ll leave you with a report of England’s victory.

Updated

Heather Knight’s verdict

I was really pleased with how we started. We identified that it was quite a seam-friendly wicket Nat used her wobble ball really well – she doesn’t often bowl three in the Powerplay – and did a brilliant job.

Lauren Filer, bowling with the wind behind her, was really exciting to watch. I was a bit scared at first slip to be honest! I knew if there were any edges they’d come pretty quick. She’s a real wicket-taking threat, which is important in T20 cricket, and she’s developing all the time. She was working in a supermarket about a year ago, so to see her do so well is great.

If we’re picky we let them get a few too many, but I thought Izzy Gaze batted really. We spoke about chasing, especially after the third game, and it was good to get the runs quite calmly. Nat was outstanding again. It was a slightly strange wicket, with a bit of a tennis-ball bounce; it was quite hard to start but I thought the options we took were really good.

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