wch296 wa12462 wo1550	England Women v New Zealand Women
	ICC Women's Championship 2025/26 to 2029 New Zealand Women in England 2026 (3rd ODI)
Venue	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on 16th May 2026 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand Women won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand Women won by 17 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Points	England Women 0; New Zealand Women 2
Umpires	S Redfern, JM Williams (West Indies)
TV umpire	AY Harris
Referee	HC Pack
Scorers	K Probert, MW Turner
Reserve Umpire	WRP Dovey (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match	BM Halliday

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England Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
EL Lamb	c Gaze b Illing	7	8	7	1	-	6	87.50
JL Grewcock	c Gaze b Mair	10	28	49	1	-	22	35.71
HC Knight	c Gaze b Illing	28	42	62	5	-	30	66.67
AR Capsey	c Sharp b Mair	45	45	63	4	-	19	100.00
FG Kemp	c Mair b AC Kerr	20	28	37	-	-	12	71.43
DR Gibson	b Patel	2	6	7	-	-	4	33.33
+AE Jones	c Sharp b JM Kerr	27	21	25	3	-	5	128.57
*CE Dean	not out	16	16	25	1	-	4	100.00
S Ecclestone	not out	7	4	4	1	-	1	175.00
LL Filer	did not bat
LK Bell	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 13 w)	19
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 141 minutes, 33 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Lamb, 1.3 ov), 2-47 (Grewcock, 10.5 ov), 3-66 (Knight, 15.1 ov), 4-123 (Kemp, 24.5 ov), 5-125 (Capsey, 25.3 ov), 6-127 (Gibson, 26.3 ov), 7-172 (Jones, 32.1 ov)

New Zealand Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
JM Kerr	7	0	31	1	1	-	29	4	-	42.00	4.43
Illing	7	0	29	2	7	-	32	3	-	21.00	4.14
Mair	7	0	41	2	2	-	18	4	-	21.00	5.86
AC Kerr	6	0	40	1	2	-	12	3	-	36.00	6.67
Patel	4	1	23	1	-	-	10	2	-	24.00	5.75
Bates	2	0	11	0	-	-	2	-	-	-	5.50

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New Zealand Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
SW Bates	lbw b Bell	12	15	15	2	-	11	80.00
GE Plimmer	lbw b Bell	7	8	34	1	-	4	87.50
*AC Kerr	lbw b Bell	1	5	7	-	-	4	20.00
ML Green	b Gibson	37	43	58	5	-	24	86.05
BM Halliday	not out	42	54	78	4	-	28	77.78
+IC Gaze	not out	22	23	30	3	-	12	95.65
IG Sharp	did not bat
JM Kerr	did not bat
NH Patel	did not bat
RA Mair	did not bat
BG Illing	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 18 w)	20
Total	(4 wickets, 112 minutes, 24.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Bates, 2.6 ov), 2-27 (AC Kerr, 4.2 ov), 3-40 (Plimmer, 6.1 ov), 4-97 (Green, 17.3 ov)

England Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Bell	5.4	0	29	3	3	-	24	3	-	11.33	5.12
Filer	5	0	36	0	3	-	15	4	-	-	7.20
Ecclestone	5	0	30	0	-	-	15	4	-	-	6.00
Dean	5	0	23	0	1	-	16	2	-	-	4.60
Gibson	4	0	21	1	3	-	13	2	-	24.00	5.25

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 33 overs per side
--> When play was halted New Zealand Women needed to have scored 125 runs to win
--> England Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (45/1)
--> New Zealand Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 7 (41/3)
--> England Women innings: 50 in 11.6 overs
--> England Women innings: 100 in 21.1 overs
--> England Women innings: 150 in 30.1 overs
--> New Zealand Women innings: 50 in 9.3 overs
--> New Zealand Women innings: 100 in 17.5 overs
--> AR Capsey passed 500 runs in Women's ODI matches when she reached 31
--> AR Capsey (27) and FG Kemp (20) added 50 in 51 balls for the England Women 4th wicket
--> ML Green (28) and BM Halliday (19) added 50 in 22.6 overs for the New Zealand Women 4th wicket

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