A super win there for England, that record-breaking seventh-wicket partnership of 130 taking them from what looked like the mire to fertile pastures. Great to see Jones looking so confident after a tricky T20 series, and so encouraging for England to watch Dean playing with such panache. Bouchier sparkled for her 31 but England were in deep trouble at 79-6.
Highest 7th wicket partnership in a women's ODI:
— hypocaust (@_hypocaust) April 1, 2024
130* Amy Jones & Charlie Dean (ENG) v NZ, today
122 Sneh Rana & Pooja Vastrakar (IND) v NZ, 2022
114 Aliya RIaz & Fatima Sana (PAK) v SA, 2023
The previous record in a run chase before Jones & Dean had been 87.#NZvENG
From 90-0, New Zealand’s innings fell away with the dismissal of Bates. The fact that they had England in such deep trouble with the ball will give succour, but they let them off the hook with defensive field placing and some pretty ropey fielding on the boundary.
The whole shebang moves on to Hamilton on Thursday. That’s it from the Basin Reserve, and my sofa, time to grab a couple more hours of snooze. Thanks for reading, bye!
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Heather Knight looks happy. “I felt like we were in a really good position at the half way stage, I don’t know how many times Kate beat the outside edge, she certainly deserved her luck. Nat isn’t used to bowling ten overs but she’s an athlete. [Thoughts while watching the seventh-wicket partnership?]How much Deano’s improved her batting, got her rewards for that. Jones, made some brilliant reflections [on not managing a chase in the T20], the way they soaked up pressure and did partnership rebuild was a brilliant lesson for us all.
