Match
Report
England v New
Zealand
6th
ODI,
March 3 2007
England Women slumped to their sixth successive defeat in today’s last
group game against
New
Zealand
in Chennai, losing by 27 runs.
Having won the toss on a typically good pitch,
England
elected to field. They took a couple of early wickets, leaving
New
Zealand
on 34-2 after 5.2 overs. But an
aggressive innings
from
opener Suzanne Bates of 48 set New Zealand on the way to post a competitive
score of 267 -9. She was ably supported by Sarah Tsukigawa who hit 41 and
together they sustained a partnership of 80.
New
Zealand
’s middle order all made valuable
contributions to the total with Aimee Mason making 48, Sara McGlashan 30 and
Rowan Milburn 25 to keep the momentum going for the kiwis.
Spinners
Laura Newton
and
Holly
Colvin
were once again the pick of the bowlers for
England
.
Colvin took three wickets
from
her
ten overs and conceded just 37 runs.
Newton
took
2-41
from
her
ten.
England
got
off to a bad start in reply as
Newton
was
clean-bowled by Louise Milliken as she faced her first ball. Milliken then
proceeded to take the wickets of
England
’s
other opener
Sarah Taylor
for
22 and then Claire Taylor for 13. A charismatic 42
from
Charlotte Edwards, with a never-say-die approach to her innings kept
England
in
with a remote chance, but they always looked like they would fall short as
they lost too many wickets.
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Lynsey Askew in batting mode in the Super 4s 2006 |
Lynsey Askew came in with
England
struggling on 138-8 and played a superb innings, scoring her maiden
international half-century with some selective hitting. She kept
England
’s
hopes alive and was well-supported by Isa Guha who struck 26. But once Askew
was dismissed lbw by
Mason
,
England
were
left 211-9. Colvin came in at the death and hit 13, adding an extra 29 to the
total alongside Guha, but it wasn’t enough and
England
were
all out for 240, coming just 27 runs short.
On Monday they face
India
in
their final game of the tournament with both teams vying for the third-place.
