England v New Zealand: third and deciding women’s T20 cricket international – live

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Teams:

England: Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Maia Bouchier, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Dani Gibson, Amy Jones (wk), Charlie Dean (c), Sophie Ecclestone Izzy Wong, Linsey Smith

New Zealand: Izzy Gaze (wk), Suzie Bates, 3 Melie Kerr (c), Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Izzy Sharp, Jess Kerr, Nensi Patel, Rosemary Mair, Bree Illing

Lauren Bell put her feet up for England – Sophie Ecclestone comes in.

For New Zealand – Suzie Bates replaced nan beleagured Georgia Plimmer who has made 2 consecutive aureate ducks. Rosemary Mair is backmost successful for Leah Tahuhu.

New Zealand triumph nan flip and will bat first

Melie Kerr calls nan coin correctly and decides to person first usage of a sun baked pitch.

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James Wallace

James Wallace

Hello and invited to nan deciding T20 betwixt England and New Zealand from Hove.

It’s crackin t’flags eh?

The sun is beating down connected nan southbound seashore and nan mercury is hovering astir 31 degrees for this 3rd and last encounter.

The squad captains are retired location successful nan mediate and astir to flip nan coin…

The lucifer originates astatine 14.30, arsenic ever please do get successful touch pinch your hopes and dreams thoughts and theories astatine nan nexus connected nan near manus of this page.

Let’s do this.

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