NZ-W vs SA-W Live Cricket Score

0.1 OUT! LBW! Oh, what a start for South Africa Women! Beautiful seam presentation as Kapp hurls it on a length from over the wicket, angling in from wide of the crease, keeping the line around middle and leg. Suzie Bates gets a bit surprised by the early inswing, and the ball seems to remain a bit lower than she would have expected it to be. Bates tries to bring her bat down and defend it into the leg side, but misses. The ball beats the inside edge of the bat and gets rapped low on the front pad. A big appeal goes up from the bowler and the keeper for LBW. And the umpire raises her finger. Bates has a chat with her partner and sends it upstairs, more in hope. The third umpire is called in, and there is nothing on the UltraEdge. The Ball Tracking shows three reds, and the ball is projected to hit the leg stump. Bates walks back for a golden duck in her 350th international appearance. A duck against Australia, and a duck here as well for Bates. New Zealand are rocked early - 0/1. 0/1

25.4 OUT! TAKEN! GONE! The misery of Georgia Plimmer comes to an end as the 57-run partnership is broken. Chloe gives flight to the ball and pitches it full and around middle, trying not to provide any room for the batter. Plimmer dances down the track and looks to take on the bowler as the pressure is growing on her for playing too many dot balls. She looks for a big lofted shot downtown but gets cramped. The bat gets tilted in her hands, and she mistimes her shot towards long on off the toe end of the bat. Though Nadine De Klerk misjudges a bit, she goes back and plucks it above her head. South Africa Women are pumped up as Georgia Plimmer departs for 31 (68) and New Zealand Women are 101/3. 101/3

13 OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! CAUGHT! Something had to give for the White Ferns, and De Klerk strikes a big fish! Hurls it full in length, just outside the off pole. Amelia Kerr plants the front foot forward and looks to loft it across the line and over the infield, but does not get her bat underneath the ball properly. It, in fact, gets twisted at the point of contact and spoons to the left of mid off. Sune Luus initially misjudges but runs and then dives to complete the catch. She maintains possession of the ball even after taking the tumble on the ground. Amelia Kerr departs for 23 (42) and New Zealand Women are 44/2 after 13 overs. 44/2

44.2 OUT! KNOCKED HER OVER! Mlaba takes the biggest wicket of the innings as the Kiwi skipper, Sophie Devine, walks back after an impressive innings of 85 (98). Mlaba slides in a full ball, angling in from around-the-wicket angle, around middle and leg. Devine takes a step forward and tries to nudge it into the leg side with an angled bat to find a single. But as the ball drifts in, she misses her shot. The ball brushes her back pad and rattles the middle stump. Devine misses out on a well-deserved hundred, and the New Zealand Women are 220/7. 220/7

38.1 OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Good captaincy from Laura Wolvaardt as Nonkululeko Mlaba breaks this 86-run partnership and provides a desperate breakthrough for her side. She pushes it quicker and flatter, from around the stumps. Brooke Halliday tries to sweep this full ball from the off stump, but gets a thick top edge and the ball pops up in the air, to the left of the bowler. Mlaba calls for her catch and holds onto a simple catch. The Proteas will be relieved to get a wicket here. Brooke Halliday departs for a well-constructed 45 off just 37. New Zealand Women are 187/4 after 38.1 overs. 187/4

40.1 OUT! TAKEN! Mlaba with two quick wickets! Half of the New Zealand Women's side is back in the hut now! Mlaba keeps it slower and fuller, around middle and leg. Maddy Green tries to be cheeky as she switches her stance and grip for a reverse-sweep. But as she gets too close to the pitch of the delivery, she doesn't get the desired elevation. She holes out straight to backward point, where Anneke Bosch moves to her left a bit, extends both her hands and pouches it. The Proteas are in joy, and Maddy departs for cheaply 4 (7). From 187/3, New Zealand Women have slipped down to 195/5. 195/5

43.1 OUT! IZZY GAZE IS RUN OUT! An unfortunate way to get out, and New Zealand Women lose their sixth! Kapp lands it full but sliding down leg, Izzy Gaze comes forward and tries to flick it but misses. The ball grazes her front pad and rolls down to short fine. Sophie Devine pushes her partner for a quick single, but there is a bit of hesitation between the batters. Seeing Devine halfway down the deck, Gaze starts to run to the other end. But the fielder from short leg, Nonkululeko Mlaba, moves to her right, picks it up and fires a throw to the bowling end after carefully seeing where the batter is short. The bowler, Marizanne Kapp, shows calm as she gets in front of the stumps, collects the throw and deflects it back to the stumps backwards. Although Graze tries to slide her bat down, she falls short and the umpire instantly raises the finger, and the replay too, shows the same. New Zealand Women are 212/6, just losing their way towards the backend. 212/6

45.3 OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Ayabonga Khaka also gets her name into the wicket column! Pushes it full and outside off with a cross-seam presentation. Jess Kerr crouches low and tries to slog it over long on, but just doesn't manage to get the requisite timing and distance on it. Airs it off the toe end and drags it straight towards Nadine De Klerk stationed at long on. Klerk takes a regulation catch in the deep. Jess Kerr departs for 2 (8), and New Zealand Women have massively slipped down from 187/3 to 222/8. 222/8

46.5 OUT! TAKEN! WHAT A SCREAMER OF A CATCH FROM THE PROTEAS SKIPPER! Unarguably one of the best catches of the tournament so far! Pitched fuller by Mlaba and outside off, Lea Tahuhu takes a huge stride forward and tries to smash it to the right of cover, but hits it flat off the toe end. The ball travels at the rate of knots, but Laura Wolvaardt, stationed at cover, flings herself to the right and plucks the ball one-handed while being airborne. Mlaba gets a well-deserved 4-fer. Lea Tahuhu departs for 5 (9). New Zealand Women further slip down to 226/9. 226/9

47.5 OUT! EDEN CARSON IS RUN OUT! Too full and around off. Eden Carson uses her bottom hand and chips it over mid off. Nadine De Klerk from long on runs across to her right and dives to cut it off. The ball is flicked towards the converging mid off fielder, Anneke Bosch, who throws it back towards the bowler. The batters complete the second run and try to pinch in the third, but Carson, running at the danger end, has to put in a desperate dive to drag the bat in. Ayabonga Khaka collects the ball and breaks the stumps. The on-field umpire does not feel the need to go upstairs and is confident as she raises her finger. The replays too, confirm that Carson is short of her crease. NEW ZEALAND WOMEN HAVE BEEN BOWLED OUT ON 231 IN 47.5 OVERS! 231/10

2.5 OUT! LBW! Fantastic review, and Jess Kerr, after a scratchy start, gets a huge wicket early doors. Generates a big inswinger into the batter on a fuller length, angling at the pads from wide of the crease. Laura Wolvaardt gets half-forward and plays over the wrong line. The ball flirts with the inside edge before thudding her front pad. A very loud appeal for LBW, but not given! Sophie Devine chats with the bowler and the keeper before going upstairs for a review. UltraEdge comes up, and after several close checks, the third umpire is satisfied that it is missing to graze the inside edge. Ball Tracking comes up and shows three reds with the ball projected to crash into the leg stump. South Africa Women lose their skipper as Laura Wolvaardt departs for 14 (10). The Proteas are 26/1. 26/1

31.1 OUT! KNOCKED HER OVER! 100 and gone! Tazmin Brits won't take her team home, but she has played a gem of a knock. On a length and around off, with slingy action, the ball comes in and stays a bit low. Tazmin gets across, goes deep in her crease and looks to hack it across the line. She attempts a pull shot, but due to the low bounce, she misses to connect. The ball sneaks under the blade and crashes into the middle stump. Brits walks back after hitting 101 runs in just 89 balls. She receives a standing ovation from the crowd and her teammates in the dugouts. Several Kiwi players also run toward her and acknowledge this knock of hers. South Africa are 185/2, needing 47 runs more. 185/2

35 OUT! TAKEN! A late strike for Amelia Kerr and Marizanne Kapp walks back. Kerr dishes a full ball, a googly, around off. Kapp gets down and tries to take on the bowler in haste to finish early. But she mistimes it off the toe end of the bat, and the ball lobs up towards mid off. Jess Kerr moves to her left a bit, keeps her eyes on the ball and takes it around her chest. A family affair by the Kerr sisters to dismiss the dangerous Marizanne Kapp on 14 (15). Kapp admonishes herself as she couldn't stay till the end to coast her side to victory. South Africa Women are 207//3, needing 25 runs to win. 207/3

36.3 OUT! CAUGHT! South Africa Women lose another, in trying to finish early! Kerr floats up, full and around off. Anneke Bosch uses her feet and wants to go for a big lofted shot downtown. But as the ball drifts in, she mistimes it off the toe end of the bat towards mid on. Suzie Bates backtracks it from there and gets across to her left a bit to take it. Manages to hold it despite tumbling down onto the ground, on the practice pitches. From 207/2, South Africa Women are down to 213/4, still in a comfortable position, needing 19 runs to win. 213/4