40.3: Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Radha Yadav comes and strikes again. She gets her third wicket and India Women can now smell a win. Radha Yadav bowls it from around the stumps and provides a lot of revolutions on this one. At just 69 kph, she tosses it up and lands it fuller around the middle and leg channel. Molly Penfold is lured in the flight and is drawn forward to work it across to the leg side but is months early into her shot. Plays all over the wrong line and the ball beats the outside edge before clattering the sticks.
40.2: Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, Flat and full, around off, stabbed to the point region.
40.1: Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, Radha Yadav is into the attack now. Drops a slower one, on the middle and leg, Molly Penfold brings her bat early and lobs it in front of the cover.
39.6: Arundhati Reddy to Molly Penfold, Fuller one, on off, Molly Penfold eases it to mid on for one.
39.5: Arundhati Reddy to Izzy Gaze, OUT! TAKEN! Izzy Gaze departs! On a length and outside off, Izzy Gaze reaches out to it and looks to loft it but doesn't connect well. The ball airs towards long on. Saima Thakor runs forward, juggles, and completes the catch in her second attempt.
39.4: Arundhati Reddy to Izzy Gaze, Length, on off, Izzy Gaze blocks it to the fielder at short third.
39.3: Arundhati Reddy to Melie Kerr, Slower one, outside off, Melie Kerr cuts it to point for one.
39.2: Arundhati Reddy to Melie Kerr, FOUR! Well played! Bowls it on off, Melie Kerr picks it well and drills it hard past the bowler for a boundary. The long on fielder tries to run across and cut it off but she can't get there in time.
39.1: Arundhati Reddy to Melie Kerr, Fuller one, on off, Melie Kerr knocks it to mid off for none.
38.6: Deepti Sharma to Melie Kerr, Bowls it on off, Melie Kerr flicks it towards deep mid-wicket for one. Good work by Jemimah Rodrigues in the deep.
38.5: Deepti Sharma to Izzy Gaze, A low full toss, Izzy Gaze moves forward and knocks it down the ground for one.
38.4: Deepti Sharma to Melie Kerr, Bowls it on off, Melie Kerr flicks it through mid on for one.
38.3: Deepti Sharma to Izzy Gaze, Fuller one, on off, Izzy Gaze sweeps it through square leg for one.
38.2: Deepti Sharma to Melie Kerr, Short, on off, Melie Kerr punches it through the right of the bowler for one.
38.1: Deepti Sharma to Melie Kerr, FOUR! They will look to gear up now and a lot depends on Melie Kerr for the Kiwis! Slower one, on a good length, on leg, Melie Kerr uses the depth of the crease, she rocks back and pulls it hard through mid-wicket for a boundary. Arundhati Reddy from long on sprints to her right to cut it off but the ball has enough wheels on it to breach into the fence.
44.3: Jess Kerr to Deepti Sharma, OUT! TIMBER! Deepti Sharma is the final player to be dismissed! Lands it fuller and on leg, Deepti Sharma shuffles across to sweep it but misses as the ball rattles over the leg pole. A fine innings from Deepti Sharma comes to an end and India Women have been bowled out for 227 runs!
44.2: Jess Kerr to Deepti Sharma, Fuller again, this is again flicked towards mid-wicket. Dot again.
44.1: Jess Kerr to Deepti Sharma, Too full, on off, Deepti Sharma nudges it through mid-wicket. She denies for a single.
44.1: Jess Kerr to Deepti Sharma, Wide! Lands it down leg, Deepti Sharma looks to sweep it but misses.
43.6: Melie Kerr to Renuka Singh Thakur, Quicker one, outside off, turning away. Renuka Singh Thakur looks to block it but gets beaten again.
43.5: Melie Kerr to Renuka Singh Thakur, Slower one, on off, Renuka Singh Thakur looks to block it but the bal hits the upper part of her bat and carries back. Melie Kerr fumbles a bit and fails to reach to the ball in time. So close!
43.4: Melie Kerr to Renuka Singh Thakur, Play and a miss again. Some turn and bounce, outside off, Renuka Singh Thakur looks to play at it but misses again.
43.3: Melie Kerr to Renuka Singh Thakur, Past the edge! Looped up outside off, and then it dips and turns with extra bounce. Renuka Singh Thakur looks to block it but gets beaten.
43.2: Melie Kerr to Saima Thakor, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Melie Kerr gets her fourth wicket and India Women are staring down an all-out before 50 overs. Melie Kerr cunningly varies her pace again, bowls it on a flatter trajectory around off, on a fuller length. It turns and bounces a bit as well off the deck. Saima Thakor employs the sweep shot, gets her bat underneath the ball but due to that excessive bounce, she ends up slices it flat in the air. Doesn't get the distance and airs it straight towards Hannah Rowe patrolling the deep square leg boundary. She takes a regulation catch in the deep and India Women are 9 wickets down now.
43.1: Melie Kerr to Saima Thakor, Pushed through, full and around off, Saima Thakor lunges out with a huge stride and eases it to the point region.
42.6: Jess Kerr to Saima Thakor, Full and at the leg stump. Thakor drills it to wide long on for a single.
42.5: Jess Kerr to Saima Thakor, A stifled appeal for LBW by the keeper but 'No' says the umpire. Izzy Gaze is not given a go-ahead by the skipper to go upstairs on this one. A cross-seamed delivery on the middle and leg, skids quickly off the deck. Saima Thakor looks to play it across but inside edges it onto the pads.
42.4: Jess Kerr to Deepti Sharma, On the pads, on a full length, this is turned to the front of square in the leg side by Deepti for a single.
42.3: Jess Kerr to Saima Thakor, Lands it full and on off, Saima Thakor tucks it to mid-wicket for one.
42.2: Jess Kerr to Saima Thakor, Full and outside off. Thakor goes for the drive but misses it to the keeper.
42.1: Jess Kerr to Radha Yadav, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Easy-peasy, says Jess Kerr as she gets her second wicket! Yet another soft dismissal and India Women are now reduced to 223/8. Jess Kerr bowls it on a good length, around off, it skids through quickly off the deck and hurries the batter. Radha Yadav pushes it with hard hands and just ends up chipping it back to the bowler. Jess Kerr takes a simple catch on the follow-through. Radha Yadav walks back in disgust and punches her bat. New Zealand Women really pressing in on their opponents now.
40.4: Radha Yadav to Eden Carson, OUT! RUN OUT! That is it! India Women win by 59 runs and take the lead in the series by 1-0. Radha Yadav bowls a high full toss outside off, Carson arches a bit and slashes it in the cover-point region. Melie Kerr wants a single and asks Carson to run but the latter gets a bit late to respond to it and eventually obeys her partner. Scoots to the other end in a hurry. Dayalan Hemalatha, at covers, is quick to pick and throws it sharply towards the bowler's end. Yadav fails to collect it, but the ball directly lobs on the stumps with Carson way out of her crease.