New Zealand v England – 3rd women’s ODI by the numbers

3rd ODI – New Zealand v England
Seddon Park, Hamilton, 7 April
New Zealand 195/3 (39.0) beat England 194 (46.3) by 7 wickets

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66 – Completing their chase with 11 overs to spare, New Zealand women’s victory at Seddon Park was their biggest ODI win against England in terms of balls remaining since 2007.

8 – Sophie Devine became the ninth woman, and the second from New Zealand, to score eight centuries in ODI cricket.

• 15 Meg Lanning AUS (102 innings)
• 13 Suzie Bates NZ (154)
• 9 Tammy Beaumont ENG (103); Charlotte Edwards ENG (180)
• 8 Nat Sciver-Brunt ENG (92); Chamari Athapaththu SL (98); Claire Taylor ENG (120); Sophie Devine NZ (131); Karen Rolton AUS (132)

17 – Having made another nine hundreds at the domestic levels, Devine moves up to joint fifth overall for the most recorded career centuries in women’s List A cricket:

• 42 Charlotte Edwards
• 27 Suzie Bates
• 24 Karen Rolton, Meg Lanning
• 17 Claire Taylor, Mithai Raj, Sophie Devine

3 – Devine now has the second most ODI centuries by a New Zealand women’s captain:

• 8 Suzie Bates (72 innings)
• 3 Sophie Devine (41)
• 2 Emily Drumm (39)
• 1 Amy Satterthwaite (13); Maia Lewis (44); Haidee Tiffen (45)

2 – Devine is one of just two women to have made two centuries in ODI run chases against England. The other is her former White Ferns team-mate Amy Satterthwaite.

100* – This was the second highest score made from #4 or lower by a White Ferns batter in an ODI run chase:

• 104* Rebecca Rolls v AUS at Chennai, 2007
• 100* Sophie Devine v ENG at Hamilton, 2024
• 92 Amy Satterthwaite v AUS at Perth, 2019

105* – Devine’s partnership with Maddy Green was New Zealand women’s third highest 4th wicket stand in ODIs against England, and the highest partnership for any wicket in a women’s ODI run chase at Seddon Park.

21 – Jess Kerr’s figures (9.3-2-39-3) were her best in the format against England. Kerr is currently New Zealand’s highest wicket taker (21) in this edition of the ICC Women’s Championship.

1 & 2 – With Hannah Rowe also picking up three wickets (10-1-42-3), this was the first time since 2019 that both of New Zealand women’s opening bowlers have taken three or more wickets in the same ODI.

2 & 31 – This was the tenth time in her ODI career that Melie Kerr has taken two or more wickets and scored 30+ runs in the same match, the most by any White Ferns player in the format. On average, Kerr achieves this match double once every seven games, a rate which compares extremely favourably with those of the other illustrious all-rounders in New Zealand’s line-up:

• 10 Melie Kerr (71 matches)
• 8 Suzie Bates (160 matches)
• 7 Sophie Devine (144 matches)

13 – For the third match in succession, England suffered a middle-order collapse. Their loss of 4/13 in going from 82/2 to 95/6 was their heaviest 3rd to 6th wicket collapse in an ODI against New Zealand.

73 – Once again, the reason England had any kind of total to bowl at, was largely due to Amy Jones’ batting with the lower order. Having already broken the world record in the 1st ODI, Jones and Charlie Dean made this the first time that England women have achieved two 50+ stands for the 7th wicket in the same ODI series.

18.72 – England’s average partnership of 18.72 for wickets #1-6 across the three matches was their lowest in an ODI series since the 2019 Ashes. By contrast, their average partnership for wickets #7-10 (39.75) was their best since 2018, and their fourth highest for any ODI series.

50 – Player of the series, Jones became the first English woman, and third from any nation, to make two half-centuries in an ODI series or tournament when batting at #7 or lower in the order.

190 – Jones’ innings also saw her break the overall record for most runs scored from #7-11 in a women’s ODI series:

• 190 Amy Jones (ENG) v NZ, 2024 (3 innings)
• 174 Chloe Tryon (SA) v IRE, 2016 (3)
• 162 Nicola Browne (NZ) v ENG, 2008 (5)

40.45 – Jones is now one of four women in ODI history to average over 40 when batting at #7 or lower (minimum 8 innings batted).

194 – Ultimately though, lighting wouldn’t strike for a third time, as even Jones and Dean’s contributions couldn’t rescue England from their predicament on this occasion. An eventual total of 194 was England women’s lowest in the 1st innings of an ODI since being bowled out for 163 by Australia at Junction Oval during the Ashes in February 2022.

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Stats derived from ESPNcricifno statsguru.

New Zealand v England – 2nd women’s ODI by the numbers

2nd ODI – New Zealand v England
Seddon Park, Hamilton, 4 April
England 252 (49.0) beat New Zealand 196 (45) by 56 runs

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8 – England’s victory secured them an eighth successive bilateral ODI series win against New Zealand, a run which began in 2008:

• ENG 3-1 NZ in New Zealand, 2008
• ENG 3-2 NZ in England, 2010
• ENG 3-0 NZ in New Zealand, 2012
• ENG 3-2 NZ in New Zealand, 2015
• ENG 2-1 NZ in England, 2018
• ENG 2-1 NZ in New Zealand, 2021
• ENG 4-1 NZ in England, 2021
• ENG 2-0 NZ in New Zealand, 2024 (1 match to play)

Overall, England have now won ten of the fourteen bilateral series played between the sides in the format.

81 – Player of the match, Tammy Beaumont made her 28th score of fifty or more in ODIs, the joint third most by any English woman in the format:

• 55 Charlotte Edwards (180 innings)
• 31 Claire Taylor (120 innings)
• 28 Nat Sciver-Brunt (91 innings)
• 28 Tammy Beaumont (102 innings)
• 28 Heather Knight (130 innings)
• 27 Sarah Taylor (119 innings)

This was Beaumont’s first ODI half-century outside England since making 62 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui during the 2022 World Cup. The last time Beaumont made a higher score away from home was 88* against New Zealand at Dunedin in February 2021.

8 – Beaumont’s eight 50+ scores against New Zealand are the most by any England women’s opening batter against the White Ferns in the format, beating the tally of seven by former captain Charlotte Edwards.

59 – This bright start from Beaumont looked like it might be undone. In losing 6/59 to go from 107/1 to 166/7, England suffered their biggest 2nd-7th wicket collapse in an ODI against the White Ferns since 2004.

48 – For the second game in succession though, England were indebted to a fine lower-order contribution from Amy Jones. Jones has now made the most career scores of 40+ runs by a wicket-keeper batting at #7-11 in women’s ODIs (4).

20* – Kate Cross’ innings saw her become England women’s highest ODI run scorer from #10 or lower in the order. Having surpassed Clare Taylor’s national record of 178, Cross is now up to third on the global all-time list:

• 241 Anisa Mohammed (WI)
• 237 Lea Tahuhu (NZ)
• 194 Kate Cross (ENG)
• 178 Clare Taylor (ENG)
• 171 Shakera Selman (WI)

Cross is one of two women in ODI history to have made three scores of 20+ runs when batting at #10-11 in the order. The other is New Zealand’s Lea Tahuhu.

55 – Jones and Cross’ partnership which saw England out of trouble (and was just one run shy of the eventual margin of victory), was England women’s fourth highest 9th wicket stand in the format.

54.75 – Following on from Jones and Charlie Dean’s heroics in the first match, another productive game for the lower order currently means that England are averaging more (and scoring at a higher run-rate) for wickets #7-10 in this series than for wickets #1-6:

• Wickets #1-6: 242 runs at 20.16 (4.60 rpo), 1×50
• Wickets #7-10: 219 runs at 54.75 (5.78 rpo), 1×100, 1×50

252 – Despite being bowled out, the impressive returns from the lower order still meant England reached their highest total in an ODI against the White Ferns in New Zealand:

• 252 at Seddon Park, Hamilton, 2024
• 243/1 at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 2008
• 242/4 at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln 2008
• 234/5 at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 2012
• 232/5 at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 2015

2 – This was the first time since 2012 (and the first time as a spinner) that Suzie Bates (2-24) has taken two wickets in an ODI against England.

57 – Brooke Halliday scored her fourth ODI half-century, three of which have been made against England.

100 – Halliday’s partnership with Izzy Gaze was New Zealand women’s first century stand for the 5th wicket in ODIs against England.

5 – This partnership was however followed by an increasingly familiar collapse, as New Zealand came up well short at 196. This was the second time in the 2023/24 season that the White Ferns have lost 5/30 from the fall of the 5th wicket. The other was against Pakistan at Hagley Oval in December.

3 – This was the third time in her career that Nat Sciver-Brunt (3-21) has taken three wickets in an ODI against New Zealand. Sciver-Brunt’s bowling average of 20.37 against the White Ferns is her second best against any side in the format.

3/4 – Three of the last four times New Zealand women have bowled England out in the 1st innings of an ODI, they have still gone on to lose the game.

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Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.

New Zealand v England – 1st women’s ODI by the numbers

1st ODI – New Zealand v England
Basin Reserve, Wellington, 1 April
England 209/6 (41.2) beat New Zealand 207 (48.2) by 4 wickets

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130* – England women recovered from a precarious 79/6 to complete a 4 wicket victory against New Zealand at Basin Reserve thanks to a remarkable rearguard action from Amy Jones and Charlie Dean.

Jones and Dean combined for the highest 7th wicket partnership in women’s ODI history.

• 130* Amy Jones & Charlie Dean (ENG) v NZ, 2024
• 122 Sneh Rana & Pooja Vastrakar (IND) v NZ, 2022
• 114 Aliya Riaz & Fatima Sana (PAK) v SA, 2023

England’s 7th wicket record, and their only previous century stand for the wicket, had been 104 between Nat Sciver-Brunt and Dani Hazell against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2016.

Until Jones and Dean’s efforts, the highest 7th wicket stand in any women’s ODI run chase was Deandra Dottin and Stacy-Ann King’s 87 for West Indies against England at Basseterre in 2009.

4/25 – Going from 54/2 to 79/6, England suffered their worst 3rd to 6th wicket collapse against New Zealand in an ODI run chase (this was the 41st time England women have batted 2nd against Ne Zealand in the format). The last time the White Ferns instituted a heavier 3rd-6th wicket collapse by any chasing side, was in reducing South Africa from 63/2 to 83/6 (on the way to a more usual 147 all out) at Paarl in 2016.

129 – England’s dire situation when Jones and Dean came together was further underlined by the fact that no team had ever won a women’s ODI run chase with this many runs still required at the fall of the 6th wicket. The previous record had been West Indies’ 111 against England at Basseterre in 2009:

• 129 England v New Zealand at Wellington, 2024 (79/6 – target 208)
• 111 West Indies v England at Basseterre, 2009 (66/6 – target 177)
• 109 New Zealand v India at Queenstown, 2022 (171/6 – target 280)

92* – Player of the match, Amy Jones made her second highest international score, and her first half-century in an ODI run chase since 2019. Jones’ innings was the highest ever score made from #5 or lower in the order in a women’s ODI chase:

• 92* Amy Jones (ENG) at #7 v NZ, Wellington, 2024
• 90* Ellyse Perry (AUS) at #5 v ENG, Hobart, 2014
• 90 Alex Blackwell (AUS) at #6 v IND, Derby, 2017
• 89 Sophie Devine (NZ) at #5 v WI, Basseterre, 2014
• 86 Charlotte Edwards (ENG) at #5 v NZ, Chennai, 2007

The previous best from #7 or lower had been Aliya Riaz’s 81 for Pakistan against South Africa at Durban in 2022.

42* – Like Jones, Charlie Dean also made her second highest ODI score. In her short career, Dean has already made three of the four highest scores by an English woman at #8 or lower in ODI run chases:

• 68 Lynsey Askew at #8 v NZ, Chennai, 2007
• 47 Charlie Dean at #9 v IND, Lord’s, 2022
• 42* Charlie Dean at #8 v NZ, Wellington, 2024
• 37 Charlie Dean v at #9 v IND, Canterbury, 2022

50 – Remarkably, the victorious partnership wasn’t Dean’s first world record of the day. In the first innings, Dean’s figures of 9-0-57-3 made her the fastest woman to take 50 ODI wickets, breaking a record that had stood for 37 years. In 1987, Australia’s Lyn Fullston was the first woman ever to take 50 career wickets in the format. A further 97 women have since reached that milestone, with Dean being the first to improve upon Fullston’s benchmark of 27 innings bowled:

• 26 Charlie Dean (ENG)
• 27 Lyn Fullston (AUS)
• 28 Laura Marsh (ENG); Rajeshwari Gayakwad (IND)
• 29 Charmaine Mason (AUS); Dane van Niekerk (SA)

42* & 3 – Dean was the fourth English woman to both take three or more wickets and score 40+ runs when batting at #8 or lower in the same ODI:

• Rosalie Fairbarin 42 & 5-50 v SA at Potchefstroom, 2004
• Dani Hazell 45 & 3-21 v SL at Colombo, 2016
• Katherine Sciver-Brunt 49* & 4-22 v NZ at Leicester, 2021
• Chalrie Dean 42* & 3-57 v NZ at Wellington, 2024

92* & 2 – Jones meanwhile became the second England women’s wicket-keeper in the format to complete two dismissals and score 90+ runs in the same match. The other was Sarah Taylor, against Australia at Chelmsford in 2009.

Only three women worldwide have completed this particular match double when batting 2nd i.e. after having kept wicket:

• Rebecca Rolls (NZ) 104* & ct3 v AUS, 2007
• Rachel Priest (NZ) 90 & ct1 st1 v WI, 2017
• Amy Jones (ENG) 92* & ct2 v NZ, 2024

2.40 rpo – Kate Cross’ figures (10-3-24-2) were the most economical 10 overs bowled by an English pace bowler in an ODI since Katherine Sciver-Brunt’s 10-2-22-4 against New Zealand at Leicester (mentioned above). This was the first time in her ODI career that Cross has bowled three maidens in an innings.

16 – Melie Kerr became the sixteenth woman to captain New Zealand in an ODI. At 23 years 171 days, Kerr was the second youngest White Ferns skipper in the format, behind the legendary Debbie Hockley, who first captained her country at the age of 21y 230d against England at Hastings in 1984.

47 – Suzie Bates’ innings (50) was her first ODI half-century against England since 2015. Bates has now made the joint third most 50+ scores by any woman in the format:

• 71 Mithali Raj IND (211 innings)
• 55 Charlotte Edwards ENG (180 innings)
• 47 Stafanie Taylor WI (148 innings)
• 47 Suzie Bates NZ (152 innings)

90 – Bates’ partnership with Bernadine Bezuidenhout was also New Zealand women’s highest opening stand in an ODI against England since 2015.

7 – However, the White Ferns’ collapse of 7/68 from 139/3 to 207 all out was their worst in an ODI since losing 7/53 against Australia in April 2021.

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Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.