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England managed the three-game series against New Zealand for a perfect start with a 142-point win on Saturday in the first women's ODI to be played at Headingley.
A half-century of Amy Jones and Heather Knight at both ends of the sleeves of England took home to 290 for five – their highest total of ODI against Nova Zeeland – after winning the pitch and choosing to hit first. In response, New Zealand sank to 148 in 33.5 overs, Nat Sciver and Laura Marsh with three wickets each.
Sciver, who was the player of the match for his contribution, which included 37 races, said: "It was a pretty good performance all along, we knew we had to go through that middle order and make sure we were always at the top, we wanted to be clinical and ruthless and we were. "
For New Zealand, it was the same old story, the loss of Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine in consecutive bursts causing a collapse after the pair raised the score to 50 without loss After the first 10
Bates survived a big attraction for 13 and Sciver put an easy Devine to midwicket, both to following the bowling of the unlucky Katie George.
George, however, got his name in the scorecard with a nice dive midway to Sciver's bowling to send Bates back to the pavilion, just six balls after an equally brilliant snaffle by Sophie Ecclestone in the same position to see Devine. George has also packed the clinic of England's bowling clinic, trapping Holly Huddleston lbw – the last wicket to go after New Zealand has lost seven wickets for just 45 races.
The English innings took a hit while Jones and Tammy Beaumont first wicket, the pair punishing some short and capricious bowling of the New Zealand pace attack. Of the two, Jones was dominant, reaching his first half-century home international in 56 balls while Beaumont, playing the second fiddle on the other end, still had only 25.
Beaumont n & # 39; Never really came home fold, lucky to survive a bell cry, Amelia Kerr, aged 17, who would have touched the stump on the 23rd, and her stay ended when she sent a bouncer from Lea Tahuhu to Katey Martin. the strains on 40.
Kerr, whose two figures for 36 from 10 overs were the choice of a bowling attack that sank otherwise, then worked his magic to get rid of Jones, who had looked comfortably on a big score, as she was perplexed when going down the field. Four starts later Sarah Taylor left, rolled over by Kerr's googly for the second time in six days, leaving England on 148 for three. Kerr connects with the only girl in England
. New Zealand fails to maintain the pressure, allowing Sciver and Katherine Brunt to score in a run-a-ball with Captain Knight. 76 races from the last 10 overs. In the end, it was Brunt's innings that received the loudest cheers from the crowd of 2100 men while Barnsley's hair-bowling player reached the invincibility of 30.
"He s & # 39 was trying to build partnerships and ensure that a period of time, and always positive with our intention to score, "said Sciver. "The wicket got a little slow in the middle of the corners, so we had to maneuver the ball and test the field a little bit – it's something we're working on in the nets, so why not play it in the game? "
The series continues in Derby on Tuesday.
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