ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, England vs New Zealand: 5 talking points

#4 New Zealand fail to mount a reply as they lose wickets at regular intervals

Suzie Bates failed to capitalise on her good start

The Kiwis could not get off to a good start having lost a wicket pretty early in the innings. And their chase never really took off. None of the batters could score that big hundred that England got from Sciver. They couldn't even score a fifty and that turned out to be a big factor in their defeat.

Suzie Bates (44), Amy Satterthwaite (35) and Katey Martins (21) - all got off to good starts but couldn't make it big. They had only one fifty partnership, a stand of 75 runs between Bates and Satterthwaite. After that, they literally had nothing that could have taken them close to England's total. They, ultimately, collapsed for 209 runs with 20 balls to spare as England won the match by 75 runs.