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NZ 155/5 (Bates 36, Devine 31, Tahuhu 27, Vastrakar 2/16, Deepti 2/26)
India 137/8 (Meghana 37, Yastika 26, J Kerr 2/20, M Kerr 2/25, Jensen 2/25)
New Zealand win by 18 runs
India
20th over - Jess Kerr to bowl the last over and Simran meets a full toss, swinging for four.
Deepti drives and runs, diving to avoid a runout. Simran lofts a full toss over the bowler for four, Kerr losing some poise.
OUT Simran 10 b J Kerr
And she regains that poise by cleaning out Simran's stumps. Poonam takes a single off the final ball, but it's not enough to prevent an 18-run victory for New Zealand.
That will give them some momentum heading into the one-day series that begins on Saturday.
19th over - India need 36 runs off the last two overs, Jensen into her third...
OUT Rana 6 c Martin b Jensen
Jensen drifts down legside and Rana prods at it, Martin takes a brilliant diving catch.
OUT Vastrakar 10 c Bates b Jensen
Vastrakar lofts back past the bowler and Bates takes a catch tumbling backwards.
Jensen almost has another wicket, when Deepti lofts, but the bowler can't get there for the catch.
Eventful over, with three wides and two wickets, IND 126/7
18th over - Melie Kerr into her last over, Rana gets a leading edge, but Kerr can't get there for the catch.
Vastrakar plays through the offside for four. Rana edges over the keeper, IND 120/5
17th over - Tahuhu into her last over and has Rana edging, almost taken by a diving Martin, but the ball runs away for two.
Rana plays uppishly down the pitch, just short of Melie Kerr, who shies at the stumps and almost has the runout.
Vastrakar edges for one, IND 112/5
16th over - Devine into her third. India running out of overs and Richa barely survies a runout.
Vastrakar chips over cover for a single. Richa lofts over cover for two.
OUT Richa 12 b Devine
Richa steps across her stumps and tries to help the ball down legside, but misses altogether and is bowled.
15th over - Tahuhu returns for her third over. Meghana edges past keeper Martin for four.
Meghana hits straight up, but into space for two.
OUT Megahana 37 c Bates c Tahuhu
Big wicket, as Meghana can't get onto this ball and lofts it to Bates, who doesn't drop those.
Vastrakar comes to the wicket and knows nothing about a ball that cuts back. Martin does well to stop that, IND 101/4
14th over - Jensen's second over begins with Meghana wafting outside offstump. She repeats the shot, but connects, cutting to the boundary.
Meghana lofts to cover and returns for two. She drives through the offside for four more.
Jensen digs it short, too short. Wide.
Twelve off the over, IND 95/3
13th over - Melie Kerr into her third over. Three dots to start, but Meghana drives through the offside for four.
Richa cuts the last ball for four, IND 83/3
12th over - Hayley Jensen begins her first over. Richa swings across the line for four, IND 74/3
11th over - Jess Kerr into her third over, Kaur nudges her down fine leg for a single.
Kaur drives delightfully and Rowe prevents the boundary, limiting the scoring to two.
OUT Kaur 12 b Kerr
The Indian captain goes onto the front foot, but the ball swings back to clean out the stumps, IND 67/3
10th over - Devine into her second over. Megahana swats over the infield (just) for four off the last ball, IND 61/2
Ninth over - Melie Kerr continues and Kaur sweeps for a single. Five singles from the over, IND 53/2
Eighth over - With India on the backfoot, Devine brings herself on to bowl. Maghana lofts over the bowler for four, but is beaten next ball, IND 48/2
Seventh over - Melie Kerr to bowl her first over and Yastika lofts for a single.
OUT Yastika b M Kerr 26
Kerr drifts down legside, but gets the ball to cut back and take out the stumps - great delivery.
Kaur comes to the wicket and nudges for a single to get off the mark.
OUT Verma c Green b M Kerr 13
Verma hits out towards the boundary and would have had six, but for Green partolling the rope for a catch - nice double strike for NZ, IND 42/2
Sixth over - Tahuhu into her second. Verma steps back and strokes through midoff for four.
Verma drives through midwicket and Melie Kerr can't gather a tough catch. The ball runs away for another boundary, IND 39/0
Fifth over - Rowe changes ends for her second over. Yastika lofts over cover for four.
Yastika chips over the offside, but Halliday dives to save the boundary. Yastika advances down the pitch, but Rowe beats her and somehow misses the stumps, IND 31/0
Fourth over - Tahuhu begins her first over. She beats Yastika's attempted drive, but no touch.
Yastika responds with a hook that clears the boundary. She plays the last ball uppishly back down the pitch, but Tahuhu can't get near it, IND 21/0
Third over - Jess Kerr continues. Yastika tries to lap, but Kerr follows her to the offside.
Just two runs off the over, IND 12/0
Second over - Rowe to bowl her first. Yastika plays past the bowler for a single.
Verma edges past the slips for a single. Yastika chips over legside for India's first boundary, IND 10/0
First over - Jess Kerr to open the bowling for NZ, Yastika to face and she edges into the slips, but short of Green.
Devine brings in another slip. Yastika skies one, but Devine can't catch it over her shoulder, running towards the bounday, IND 1/0
New Zealand
20th over - Poonam to bowl the last over. Halliday chips to the offside for two.
Identical shot produces another two, with Martin running smartly. Same shot, but only one this time.
Martin shimmies across the stumps and swings down legside for four. She walks acros the stumps again and lofts for another four - smart batting.
Martin cuts square and runs a single to end the innings, NZ 155/5
19th over - Vastrakar for her last over. Halliday nudges and runs, NZ will need something off every ball from here.
Tahuhu swings over mid-off for four for her highest T20 international score. Vastraka strays down legside and Tahuhu helps it on its way for another four.
OUT Tahuhu c Verma b Vastrakar 27
Tahuhu gets too far under this one and Verma takes the catch in the outfield. Martin to the crease.
Halliday chips for a single to end the over, NZ 141/5
18th over - Deepti into her last.
OUT Green c Poonam b Deepti 26
Identical shot to the one that caused Kerr's demise, top-edge and easy catch.
Halliday comes to the crease and Tahuhu sweeps for four. She swings through long leg for another boundary, NZ 131/4
17th over - Poonam into her third. Green lofts straight, but drops short of the fielder.
Another big swing and miss from Tahuhu. Green sweeps and misses, the keeper is excited again, but not out again.
NZ have lost momentum here, but that will help - Tahuhu swings for six, NZ 121/3
16th over - Deepti into her third and Tahuhu is off the mark with two.
Big swing from Tahuhu, complete miss and lucky to retain her stumps. Six off the over, NZ 112/3
15th over - Vastrakar returns for her third over. Kerr tries to ramp the first ball, but scoops it into her face grill... quick concussion test.
OUT Kerr c Verma b Verstrakar 17
Kerr never regains her poise from that failed ramp shot and top-edges straight up for an easy catch. Tahuhu is promoted up the order.
Green gets up Verstrakar's last ball for a boundary, NZ 106/3
14th over - Gayakwad into her last over. Green chips her over long-off for four.
Green uses her feet down the pitch and drives back over the bowler for another boundary, NZ 102/2
13th over - Rana continues and Kerr chips her down the ground, short of the fielder for a single.
Green drives uppishly, just wide of the diving Rana. Green tries a reverse sweep and the keeper is adamant there's an edge, but not out, NZ 90/2
12th over - Gayakwad resumes.
OUT - Bates c Gayakwad 36
Bates advances again, but completely misses the ball, which takes out the stumps. Good knock from Bates, Green comes to the middle.
Green sweeps fine, but the ball is cut off on the boundary, so just three runs, NZ 86/2
11th over - Rana enters the attack and Bates chips her for a single. Kerr hooks for a single.
Kerr sweeps uppishly, but the fielder gives up on the catch and is beaten on the bounce for four, NZ 79/1
10th over - Deepti to continue and Bates runs hard for two. Bates using her feet well, NZ 71/1 at halfway
Ninth over - Poonam to contine her spell. Bates dances down the pitch for an easy single.
Kerr pulls through midwicket to open her account. Bates goes for a big sweep, but misses and keeps her back foot behind the crease to avoid the stumping.
Bates nudges for two off the last ball, NZ 65/1
Eighth over - Deepti Sharma brings more spin to the attack. Bates works the ball off her toes for two.
OUT - Devine c Rana, b Deepti 31
Devine sweeps, but gets a top edge that carries to Rana in the outfield, good breakthrough for India. Melie Kerr comes to the crease, NZ 61/1
Seventh over - Poonam begins her first over of spin. Bates french-cuts the third delivery for two.
Bates swings for the boundary and gets two off the last ball. Poonam has stemmed the flow of boundaries, NZ 56/0
Sixth over - Bates takes two off Gayakwad's first ball, then ramps her for two more.
Bates sweeps the fourth ball for two more. She hits towards the boundary, but the ball is cut off for just two more runs.
Bates pulls to legside for four to close the over, NZ 49/0
Fifth over - Simran changes ends and Devine meets her midpitch, blasting it straight down the ground for four.
Devine gets under the next ball and clears the rope for six. She flicks the next ball off her pads for six more...
Devine hammers the last ball of the for two. Twenty runs from the over, NZ 37/0
Fourth over - Spinner Gayakwad to bowl her first early. Bates pulls her to midwicket for a single.
Devine sweeps and a misfield allows two runs. Next ball, Devine square-cuts for four, which will give her some confidence, NZ 17/0
Third over - Vastrakar for her second over. Bates swings and misses, but Devine has called her through for the quick single.
Good over, just one leg bye, NZ 9/0
Second over - Simran dishes up a low full toss with her first ball in T20 cricket and Devine hits it straight back to the bowler, but it's dropped. The ball almost runs Bates out at the other end.
Simran beats Bates' drive with her fourth ball and barely misses the stumps - good over.
Bates responds by using her feet and power to loft over the infield for four. The Indian keeper calls for a helmet and will stand up to the stumps to keep Bates honest.
Bates drives and runs on the last ball, and would have been out, if the throw had hit the stumps. To be fair, Simran impeded Bates midway down the pitch, so grounds for a protest here, NZ 8/0
First over - Vastrakar will open the bowling for India, with Bates facing the first delivery. India are ranked third in the world for the T20 format and NZ fourth.
Bates flicks a delivery down legside to open the scoring with a single. Devine drops the last ball down and sprints a single to open her account, NZ 2/0
12:34pm - India have won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first in cool, fine conditions. White Ferns skipper Sophie Devine admits they would have bowled first, if they had won the toss.
Satterthwaite, Jonas, Mair and Mackay will sit this one out, leaving an NZ line-up of Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Lauren Down , Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Jess Kerr, Melie Kerr, Katey Martin, Hannah Rowe and Lea Tahuhu.
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Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the one-off Twenty20 international between the White Ferns and India at the Queenstown Events Centre.
The match kicks off the Indians' tour, which includes a five-game one-day international series, as the teams have their final hitout before the Women's World Cup begins in New Zealand next month.
The White Ferns haven't played since last year's tour to England and will likely use the opportunity to experiment with their line-up, as they try to settle on a first-choice XI.
We'll have all the live action from 1pm.
TAB Odds: New Zealand $1.58, India $2.28
White Ferns squad: Sophie Devine (c), Amy Satterthwaite (vc), Suzie Bates, Lauren Down , Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Jess Kerr, Melie Kerr, Frankie Mackay, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu
India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Taniya Bhatia, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Simran Bahadur, Sabbhineni Meghana.
White Ferns overlook linchpin spinner Kasperek for World Cup squad
Spinner Leigh Kapserek is the glaring omission from the White Ferns squad for the upcoming World Cup on home soil next month.
The Wellington Blaze star has been a mainstay of the NZ bowling attack in recent years, leading the way with 14 wickets at an average of 14.78 runs last year.
Coach Bob Carter says the decision was based around the "balance of the team".
"We didn't have any of the three spinners that we’ve selected for the World Cup in the UK, and it came down to a choice – would we take an extra spinner or would we take an extra batter, and that created a lot of debate," says Carter.
"I really feel for her because she's been a great member of the White Ferns and it’s at times like that, as a selector or coach, that I wish I could have had another place."
Getting the nod ahead of Kasperek is Auckland teenager Fran Jonas, who was put to the sword in her two international appearances against England last year. Melie Kerr and Frankie McKay return to round out the squad's contingent of spinners.
The make-up of the rest of the squad is very much as expected, with Sophie Devine named captain and Amy Satterthwaite her deputy.
Hannah Rowe, Rosemary Mair and Jess Kerr are the seam-bowling options, with Rowe making her second appearance at the 50-over showpiece.
Maddy Green, Lauren Down and Brooke Halliday take the specialist batting spots in the squad, while Hayley Jensen fills the seam-bowling all-rounder role.
The veteran duo of wicketkeeper Katey Martin and quick bowler Lea Tahuhu add another valuable dose of experience, poised to feature at their tthird World Cup.
After an extended build-up caused by the tournament's COVID-enforced delay, Carter says his squad are raring to go.
"It doesn't get much better than competing at a World Cup in your home country, and I know the entire team and support staff are really excited by the prospect," Carter adds.
"We feel we have a balanced squad, providing multiple options with bat and ball to cover the range of conditions we’re likely to face around the country.
"There’s a strong mix of youth and experience in this squad with several players having multiple World Cups under their belt.
"We also have a younger group coming through, six of which are yet to experience World Cup cricket, and it's naturally a very exciting time for those players."
The White Ferns have struggled for form over the past two years, with just three wins from their past 22 matches.
They'll have an opportunity to build positive momentum in a warm-up series against India, which includes five one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty20 international.
