Overview
- England, which edged a chase of 211 on Sunday in Durham, won by one wicket as stand-in captain Charlie Dean, replacing the injured Nat Sciver-Brunt, finished 31 not out with No 11 Tilly Corteen-Coleman.
- New Zealand reached 210 thanks to Maddy Green’s 88 and Melie Kerr’s 55 before losing their last eight wickets for 63 runs.
- England handed ODI debuts to Corteen-Coleman, Dani Gibson and Jodi Grewcock, and each took a wicket in an encouraging first outing.
- The finish turned on a late error when Nensi Patel dropped Dean on 27 with seven needed, after England’s own fielding lapses had kept New Zealand in the game.
- The victory puts England 1-0 up in the three-match series with the second ODI on Wednesday in Northampton, a key step in their build-up to a home T20 World Cup.