India Women vs New Zealand Women Match Stats

A juicy full toss, on middle and angling in from around the stumps. Deepti Sharma looks to get down on one knee and sweep it hard but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

A low full toss now, drifted onto the pads, swept away through the square leg region for a single.

Pooja Vastrakar feels that should have been two but Deepti Sharma sends her back. On the stumps, Vastrakar comes forward and hits it away wide of deep mid-wicket for one.

Flighted ball, this one goes down leg, Deepti Sharma sweeps this one fine and gets it past short fine leg for a couple of runs.

Eden Carson with another full toss on middle. Deepti Sharma steps out and just punches it down to wide long on for a single.

FOUR! Overpitched and punished, lovely shot that from Vastrakar. Too full and outside off, Vastrakar plants her front leg across and creams it through covers for a boundary.

Short of a length around leg, pulled away off the hips to deep square leg for a single.

On a good length, gently seaming away from off, Vastrakar gets on the front foot and hits it towards covers.

Excellent work in the field from skipper Sophie Devine. Pitched up on off, driven to the right of mid off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! It's like on a loop, the ball just keeps getting lobbed up and the catches keep on getting taken. Lea Tahuhu serves it on a fullish length and angles it a bit wide of the off stump. Deepti Sharma hangs back and looks to go over covers but skews it away straight to Sophie Devine on the edge of the circle and Devine takes a simple catch. Sharma's resistance ends and it seems like the end is nigh for India Women in this game.

Pitched-up delivery around off, Shreyanka Patil gets on the front foot and pushes it out to covers.

Good length, attacking the off stump, Shreyanka Patil stays put and defends it out.

Drops the length short over middle, Vastrakar swivels and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Pushed through flatter on the legs, Shreyanka Patil goes deep in her crease and pulls it down to fine leg for one more.

OUT! TIMBER! Melie Kerr joins the wickets column as well with a lovely googly. Nicely flighted, on a nagging length and around off. Pooja Vastrakar just hangs back looking to block it late but is beaten by the drift and the ball turns in late to just clip the off stump. The bails fall off and New Zealand Women have their 8th wicket. India Women are 90/8 now in 15.3 overs.

Tossed up, full and on off, Asha Sobhana tentatively plays it out.

Flighted up around off, Asha Sobhana pushes it back to the bowler.

A low full toss now, dipping onto off, Asha Sobhana gets forward and pushes it down to long on for one.

Back of a length around off, slanting away, Asha Sobhana stands tall and solidly blocks it towards mid off.

Pitches it up on off stump, gets the ball to just shape away, Asha Sobhana plays it with a straight bat and back towards the bowler.

Length ball on the pads, Asha Sobhana takes a couple of steps forward and flicks it off the pads down to fine leg for a single.

Good length on the pads, flicked away uppishly through the mid-wicket region for a single by Patil.

On the pads again, Asha Sobhana picks it up and heaves it down to deep square leg for yet another single.

Swing and a miss! Length ball outside off, it is the cutter that goes goes away from the right-hander. Shreyanka Patil advances to heave across the line but is well beaten.

Floated up down leg, looking to turn it across, Asha Sobhana goes down to sweep but gets it off the back of the bat and over the keeper to short third. They pick up a single.

FOUR! Should have been stopped but hit sweetly! Flighted ball, full and outside off, Shreyanka Patil goes down for the reverse sweep and nails it right through Eden Carson at backward point for a boundary.

Lobs it up on a length and drifts it into the body, Shreyanka Patil rocks back to pull but the ball slides on and hits her on the pads.

Tossed up on the stumps this time, Patil gets inside the line and brooms it away straight to short fine leg.

On the shorter side on off, Shreyanka Patil looks to pull again but miscues it badly towards square leg.

A huge appeal for LBW but it is turned down and Melie Kerr doesn't seem much interested in reviewing it. Floated up, on middle and leg, Shreyanka Patil looks to employ the reverse sweep but misses and gets hit on the front pad. Might have been sliding down leg.

Floated up, full and on leg, Asha Sobhana makes room and heaves it through mid-wicket for a single. The 100 is finally up for India Women.

In the air...dropped! Georgia Plimmer juggled it a few times before the ball eventually popped out. Nicely bowled by Rosemary Mair, a slower ball, floated up wide of off stump. Shreyanka Patil stays put and throws her hands at it only to slice it away over backward point. Plimmer back tracks and gets underneath the bat but maybe she's distracted by the slide put in by the short third fielder, Brooke Halliday. Plimmer juggles it well but doesn't hang on. A single taken as well.

Hard length at the body, tucked away to the leg side for a single.

Another slower one, full and outside off, Shreyanka Patil looks to fetch and swing across the line but misses.

OUT! CAUGHT! Rosemary Mair does eventually get rid of Shreyanka Patil and she has her third wicket. This is served on a good length around off, slightly off pace as well. Shreyanka Patil leans on to lift it over mid off but skews it straight up. The substitute fielder there, Molly Penfold comes forward and takes a simple catch. New Zealand Women just one wicket away from a huge win here.

OUT! TAKEN! All over for India! Two in two for Rosemary Mair as New Zealand complete a comprehensive win. Mair serves it full, around off, Renuka Singh Thakur leans and tries to drill it down the ground. Pushes at the delivery with hard hands and the ball flies off the outer half of the bat towards backward point where the skipper, Sophie Devine takes a reverse cup catch by staying low. Mair ends with four wickets. New Zealand win by 58 runs to get their campaign off to a winning start!