Yastika Bhatia, left handed bat, comes to the crease
0.4
Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, out Caught by Plimmer!! Gone first ball. Mandhana c Plimmer b Lea Tahuhu 0(2)
Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
0.3
Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, no run, hits a fullish length just outside off, Mandhana defends to cover
0.2
Lea Tahuhu to Shafali Verma, 1 run, short of length on the pads, tucked to deep square leg
0.1
Lea Tahuhu to Shafali Verma, FOUR, Shafali Verma starts off well. Full outswinger outside off, shapes away, Shafali Verma opens the face of the bat as she gets forward and drives wide of the diving backward point, races away
Shafali Verma and Mandhana are at the crease. Shafali Verma is on strike. Lea Tahuhu will open the attack
Welcome back.
Suzie Bates: Was a true track, you got real value for our shots when you play straight. Did well in the powerplay but got slower in the middle when pace was taken off. We talked about partnerships after the last game, when no one kicked on beyond 30. Good cricket wicket but we need to bowl well. Thankfully the sun has gone behind the clouds now. It was pretty warm and more about getting some shade and cool for drinks and did a great job in slowing the game down, definitely different to Dunedin. Powerplay will be important if we can get a couple of wickets early and spin to win in the middle overs, we have got Fran Jonas in the middle who has been great for us so far.
16:59 Local Time, 11:29 GMT: New Zealand have posted a really good total. India have to bat smartly to hunt this down on a pitch that has something in it when pace has been taken off.
49.6
Saima Thakor to Jess Kerr, FOUR, to long-on
49.5
Saima Thakor to Jess Kerr, 2 runs, full delivery outside off stump, Kerr drives to mid-off. Overthrow gives them an extra run as there was no one backing up
49.4
Saima Thakor to Jonas, 1 run, short of length delivery, Jonas drags this to deep mid-wicket
Fran Jonas, right handed bat, comes to the crease
49.3
Saima Thakor to Eden Carson, out Bowled!! Eden Carson b Saima Thakor 1(3)
Saima Thakor to Eden Carson, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
49.2
Saima Thakor to Jess Kerr, 1 run, nudged to square leg
49.1
Saima Thakor to Jess Kerr, FOUR, between extra cover and long-off