End of over 5 (5 runs) New Zealand Women 37/1 (107 runs required from 15 overs, RR: 7.40, RRR: 7.13)
SFM Devine22 (11b 4x4 0x6)
SW Bates5 (9b 0x4 0x6)
SS Connell3-0-22-1
DJS Dottin2-0-15-0
4.6
Connell to Devine, no run, full on off stump, defended from the crease
4.5
Connell to Devine, 2 runs, well run! Those chances haven't shook them too much. Devine glides one to the right of third man and she's back for a second run in a jiffy
4.4
Connell to Bates, 1 run, 116 kph, this short ball sits up, Bates slaps it, and away it scurries with its tail tucked between its legs. Can't be bowling that length here
4.3
Connell to Bates, no run, cuts back into Bates, who responds with a cut of her own. Does not beat point
4.3
Connell to Bates, 1 wide, slides it too far outside off. It was back of a length, but Bates had no chance of reaching it
4.2
Connell to Bates, no run, 118kph, clubbed to mid-on. That was ripe for the picking, perhaps the right ball to play that oh so wrong slog across the line. But Bates is not quite that kind of batsman
4.1
Connell to Devine, 1 run, 116 kph, has to leap up off the pitch again to smother the bounce. Gently tapped towards point. Far easier single
Raghu B: "Unusual strategy of bowling outside off and bizarre field placements costing WI here, leaking boundaries!" ---- Lets see if she can correct