NZ-W vs IRE-W Match 13 Live Commentary - Southampton (19 June 2026)

Around off, on a fuller length, smashed away by Bates, but she finds the fielder at cover.

On the fuller length, around middle. Suzie moves across to whip it away to the deep mid-wicket region. They hustle back for the second run as the fielder throws it to the bowler. Kelly collects the ball and whips the bails off but Sharp is quick enough to complete the second run.

Top class bowling! Almost a yorker at the toes. Suzie Bates cannot get under it and drills it off the toe end to long on for a single.

OUT! SIMPLE CATCH! Kelly picks up her first wicket, but in the context of the game, this is a huge one. Sharp perishes after a fighting knock. New Zealand Women are 121/6, 8 balls left.

Back of a length, on the leg stump. Suzie Bates stands tall and whips it to deep square leg for a single.

 DROPPED! A genuine chance goes down. Rebecca Stokell is the guilty party. Shortish delivery on middle and nipping in a touch. Izzy Sharp mistimes her pull shot off the top edge and sails it straight to the deep square leg fielder where Rebecca just makes an absolute meal of it. The ball pops in and out of her palms and drops down. Two taken. Could have been a massive blow for the Kiwis towards the backend, but Sharp gets a slice of luck here.

A tailing yorker on the legs. Izzy Sharp's head falls over but she manages to flick it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller on the pads, Suzie gets inside the line and clips it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

A length ball, on middle, Izzy Sharp jabs it away to wide long on for a single.

Slower length ball, Bates comes down the track and flat bats it to long on for a single.

Drops it short, outside off. Brooke Halliday moves across and slaps it down to long on for just a single. 19 balls since last boundary for New Zealand, informs Sana Mir on air.

Fuller on middle. Sharp advances and whips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short ball, on middle. Halliday pulls it to the right of the deep square leg for a couple of runs. Halliday has to put in a desperate dive as the throw comes towards the keeper.

OUT! TOP EDGE AND TAKEN! Murray breaks the 62-run partnership. The boundaries have dried up and Brooke tried to up the ante, but falls in the process. Cara flights it up nicely and lands it in front of the sticks on a fuller length. Brooke Halliday gets down on a knee to play the sweep shot, but the ball bounces a bit and takes the top edge. It flies straight into the hands of Lara McBride at short fine leg who takes it with a reverse cup in front of her face. New Zealand Women are 110/5.

BEATEN! Quicker and shorter, outside off. Suzie stays put and tries to cut it away but misses.

Pitched around the leg stump, full in length. Suzie Bates leans on and chips it to the right of the bowler for a single.

 100 up for New Zealand Women! Full from Kelly, on middle. Halliday runs it down to long on for a single.

Shin high full toss, on the stumps. Izzy Sharp whips it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

A leg cutter, full and just around off. Brooke sits down to slog sweep but misses as she plays all over the line. The ball grazes Amy Hunter's left pad and rolls to the deep third for a couple of byes. That nearly kissed and whistled past the off stump.

Overpitched, on middle and leg. Brooke squeezes it through mid on for a run.

Attempted yorker on middle. Sharp flicks it to wide long on for a single.

A lot fuller at 93 kph, sliding onto the pads. Brooke Halliday flicks it to deep mid-wicket's left for a single.

Beaten! Flatter, outside off, holds the line. Brooke Halliday looks to cut it but misses.

Tad fullish, looped at the leg stump. Halliday sits on a knee for the slog sweep and gets it spooned off the top edge towards deep backward square leg. The ball trickles away and the pair scamper through for two.

Short, on off, Brooke Halliday rocks back and punches it to cover for a single.

Fired in, on leg, Izzy Sharp knocks it down to long on for a single.

Short and wide, Brooke Halliday cuts it to point for another run.

Much fuller, outside off, Izzy Sharp moves forward and chips it over extra covers for a brace. The 50 partnership comes up between this duo now.

Flatter, on leg, Brooke Halliday flicks it through mid-wicket for a brace.

Gives it air, outside off, Brooke Halliday cuts it to point.

Wide! Down the leg side, Brooke Halliday looks to flick it but misses.

Tossed up, on off, Brooke Halliday looks to slap it but gets a bottom edge. The ball bounces towards the right of the keeper. Dot.

Fired in, on leg, Brooke Halliday flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Slows it up, on leg, Izzy Sharp tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.

On top of off, Brooke Halliday makes room and cuts it through point for another single.

Wide! Sways it down leg, Izzy Sharp looks to flick it but misses.

On the stumps, fuller in length, Izzy Sharp digs it to mid off.

FOUR! That went like a rocket! Full and outside off, Izzy Sharp latches onto it and drills it powerfully through wide mid off for a boundary. So another partnership developing nicely for the Kiwis here.

Short and wide, Izzy Sharp slaps it through covers for a brace.

Flatter, on leg, Izzy Sharp tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up, on off, Brooke Halliday taps it to mid on for a single.

FOUR! Just short and it races away! Full and on off, Izzy Sharp lofts it over mid off. The ball lands just short of the long off fielder, Orla Prendergast, who runs in off the ropes and dives to take the catch. But the ball dips on her and yorks her fingers before trickling to the fence.

In the air... safe! Flatter, on off, Brooke Halliday looks to play at reverse sweep but gets a top edge. The ball lobs and lands safely in the gap at backward point. They cross.

FOUR! That's a poor delivery and gets the treatment! A bit short and on middle, Izzy Sharp clears her front leg and pulls it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.

Flatter, on off, Izzy Sharp punches it to cover.

On leg, Izzy Sharp flicks it through short fine leg for just a single.

Short, on off, Brooke Halliday pulls it on the bounce towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker, on leg, Izzy Sharp tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Full and outside off, Izzy Sharp taps it to cover.

Short, on off, Izzy Sharp knocks it down to long off for a single.

Past the edge! Flatter, outside off, holds the line. Brooke Halliday looks to cut it but misses.

FOUR! Not exactly from the middle, but Brooke will take it! Full and outside off, Brooke Halliday changes her stance and plays a reverse sweep through short fine leg for a boundary.

Good comeback. Full and on the stumps, Brooke Halliday blocks it to the leg side.

Much fuller, outside off, Brooke Halliday gets low and sweeps it through square leg for a single.

Miles outside off, on a length, cut away to the point fielder.

WIDE! Slides one down leg, full in length. Sharp sits across for the sweep shot, but misses.

Slower through the air, full and on off. Izzy Sharp advances down the track and pushes it through mid off for an easy single.

Excellent fielding! Dropped fuller, on the leg stump. Brooke Halliday sweeps it on the bounce to the short fine leg region. The fielder there dives to her right and makes a fantastic half-stop. One taken.

Full and down leg, Sharp gets down on her knee and sweeps it to short fine leg.

 FOUR! Untidy in the field. That's the first blackmark against Ireland in the field today. Fractionally short ball from Lara, on the stumps. Izzy camps back and pulls it hard to the deep mid-wicket region, where Alice Tector runs to her right and lets the ball through her legs for a boundary.

Overpitched on the leg stump. Izzy Sharp flicks it to the left of square leg for a run. At halfway, New Zealand Women are 59/4.

Flighted up full and spinning from middle to off. Amelia Kerr leans forward and smothers the spin.

OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! The partnership was budding along so nicely for the Kiwis, but Kerr falls after such a positive knock. Murray invitingly loops the ball up, full in length, on middle. Amelia Kerr cannot resist her temptation to wham the slot ball and takes the bait to attack. Looks to slog it over deep mid-wicket, but hits it off the inner half of the bat and airs it straight to the deep mid-wicket fielder. Louise Little takes a straightforward catch there. A huge moment in the game. New Zealand Women are 48/4 after 8.2 overs.

Pitched short and on off, Izzy hangs back and bunts it back to the bowler.

Fuller, around middle and off, Izzy drills it to long off for a single.

Short and outside off. Brooke cuts it hard through backward point. Louise Little runs and slides to her right from deep cover and saves two for her team.

Beaten! Floated up and full, on the off stump line. Brooke Halliday is drawn forward to block, but the ball holds its line and beats the outside edge by a whisker.

Starts from over the stump, does Lara. Too full, looped on the pads, whipped away to deep mid-wicket for an easy single.

Comes from around the stump. Short and around off, Brooke Halliday backs away and punches it to deep cover for an easy run.

Off break from over the stump, short, on off. Amelia Kerr rocks back and pulls it to long on for one more.

Back to around the stumps for the left-hander. Short and outside off. Halliday cuts it powerfully to deep point for a single.

On a shorter length, on middle. Kerr drags it across off the back foot to long on for the fifth consecutive single in this over.

Around off and short, skids through and drifts in. Brooke cuts it straight to the point fielder. Tidy start for McBride. Just 5 runs off her first over.

 FOUR! Misfield and it runs away! Shortish ball, outside off. Brooke Halliday goes on the back foot and cuts it to backward point. The fielder is undone by the spin as the ball beats her and rolls to the fence. The deep cover fielder slides to her right, but cannot haul it back in cleanly and crashes with the ropes while holding the ball in hand.

Drops fuller, on off, Brooke leans on and drives it inside out through cover for a single.

Outside off on a length. Kerr hangs back and knocks it to deep cover for a single.

Tossed up, full and around off. Brooke Halliday tries to drive straight, but the ball turns in and squirts off the inside edge to the square leg region for a single.

 FOUR! A gift from Murray and Kerr gleefully accepts it. A juicy full toss, on the pads. Amelia Kerr gets down on her knee and sweeps it over square leg to pick up a boundary. 26 (18) so far for Kerr.

Too full, on off, Kerr drags it along the ground to long on for a single to retain her strike. Another profitable over for the White Ferns. 12 runs off it.

Full and straight, on off, Kerr drives it straight to the short cover fielder.

Nips in from a good length, on top of off. Kerr hangs back and steers it to cover-point.

Around off, on a length. Amelia Kerr presses back and punches it to the cover fielder.

 FOUR! Clever from the skipper! On middle and leg, fuller in length. Amelia Kerr shuffles across the stumps and laps it over the keeper. There is no protection behind and the ball runs to the deep fine leg fence.

 FOUR MORE! Through the gap! That will bring some relief in the Kiwi camp. A touch shorter and outside off. Amelia Kerr makes use of the width and goes deep into the crease before she cuts it through backward point for a boundary.

Full and on middle, angling in. Kerr whips it wide of mid on. The deep mid-wicket fielder cuts it to her left, just before the ropes. Two taken. 10 runs from the over. 17 from the last 2. New Zealand Women end their Powerplay on 31/3.

Flatter, on off, Amelia Kerr guides it to point for a single.

Quicker, outside off, Brooke Halliday has a waft at it but misses.

Short and wide, Brooke Halliday slaps it to point. A bit of fumble allows the batters to comfortably collect a single.

FOUR! A much-needed boundary for New Zealand! A full toss, on off, Amelia Kerr moves forward and drills it powerfully through the mid off and cover gap for a boundary.

Keeps it full, on leg, Amelia Kerr flicks it to mid-wicket.

Fired in, on off, Amelia Kerr drills it down the ground for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! This is unbelievable stuff from Ireland Women. Orla Prendergast bowls it on a length, on middle, with a hint of movement. Maddy Green skips down the track for a big stroke but the ball nips into her and she is cut in half. Misses to connect the ball completely as it clips the top of middle. Orla Prendergast gets her second wicket, and New Zealand Women are in a real mess, at 10/3 after 3.1 overs.

Back of a length, on leg, Brooke Halliday looks to flick it but the ball hits her hips and lands towards the leg side. They collect a leg bye.

Angling in, on leg, Amelia Kerr flicks it through mid-wicket for a brace.

Slows it up, on off, Amelia Kerr guides it to point for a single.

Hard length, just outside off, Brooke Halliday blocks it to backward point.

On the stumps, a tad fuller, Brooke Halliday stabs it back to the bowler.

A tad fuller, on off, Amelia Kerr pushes it to mid off.

Much fuller, on off, Amelia Kerr blocks it to cover.

Nice and full, on leg, Amelia Kerr turns it through mid-wicket for a single.

Slows it up, on off, Maddy Green eases it to short cover.

Brilliant over so far. Good length, on off, Maddy Green punches it to cover.

A tad fuller, on middle, Maddy Green flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. Just two runs off the over. 

Wide! Down the leg side, Isabella Gaze looks to flick it but misses.

OUT! TIMBER! Both the New Zealand Women openers are back in the shed now. Orla Prendergast lands it on middle and leg, with a hint of movement. Isabella Gaze premeditates as she moves to her off side and exposes all the stumps. She tries to paddle it over fine leg but misses it completely as the ball rattles over the stumps. A perfect start for the Ireland Women as they get two early wickets.

Short and wide, Maddy Green looks to slap it but misses.

Angling in, on off, Maddy Green blocks it to cover.

A mix-up, but Maddy Green is safe! Hard length, on off, Maddy Green taps it to short third and runs for a single but Amelia Kerr sends her back. The fielder throws it to the keeper but Maddy Green makes it just in time to avert the danger.

Good length, on off, Maddy Green slaps it through point for a single.

Full and straight, Amelia Kerr eases it to cover-point for a quick single.

Aimee Maguire starts with a dot. She keeps it full and on off, Isabella Gaze digs it to the left of the bowler.

New Zealand and Gaze are underway. Full and on leg, Isabella Gaze flicks it to fine leg for a single.

Fired in, on off, Georgia Plimmer leans on and blocks it to mid off.

FOUR! Georgia Plimmer gets off the mark in style! Aimee Maguire sees Georgia Plimmer charging forward and bowls it wide outside off, Georgia Plimmer still reaches out to it and slaps it through point for a boundary.

Short, turning in, Georgia Plimmer blocks it to cover.

OUT! TAKEN! An early wicket for Ireland Women. Aimee Maguire tosses this up, outside off, Georgia Plimmer moves a bit forward but does not get to the pitch of the ball and looks to loft it. But miscues it off the toe end of her bat. It gets sliced and carries to the left of mid off.  Arlene Kelly moves a bit to her left and takes a good catch with both hands around her face.