England Women finished their summer with a record 13th win as they beat New Zealand by 20 runs at Lord’s
Heather Knight improvises on her way to a battling 46 that rescued England’s innings and set up victory over New Zealand.Heather Knight improvises on her way to a battling 46 that rescued England’s innings and set up victory over New Zealand.England’s international summer finished with a 5-0 series victory and a record 13th win after they beat New Zealand by 20 runs at Lord’s on Wednesday, but not before another spin-induced top-order wobble.
“I feel like we’ve got pretty much all bases covered at the moment,” the head coach said. “We’ve played some fantastic cricket over this series, and we’re confident that we can win the World Cup.” With Lewis having already said that he will be sending an unofficial “A” side to Ireland in September, this was England’s last scheduled international before that tournament, but it was not quite the ruthless performance the captain, Heather Knight, had called for in her pre-game press conference. England were reduced to 83 for six – all six falling to spin – and relied on a battling innings of 46 from Knight and another weak showing by New Zealand with the bat to bail them out of trouble.
There was no dramatic collapse from the tourists this time around – they were only three wickets down going into the death overs, with Amelia Kerr and Brooke Halliday putting on a 40-run partnership for the fourth – but a slow start meant they struggled to match England’s scoring rate. With 51 needed from 27 balls, Halliday reached for one outside off stump that should have been a wide, edged behind, and walked, knowing she – and her team – were beaten.
If anyone thought England’s problems against spin had gone away, the first 45 minutes of play proved otherwise. The left-armer Fran Jonas finished with career-best figures of four for 22, including the remarkable achievement of taking a wicket with the first ball of three of her four overs.
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