New Zealand Women vs Pakistan Women, 26th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Fatima Sana to Katey Martin, FOUR, beautifully played - 32 runs from the last 2 overs, on a good length and just outside off - Martin shuffles across, uses the pace on the ball and paddles it over square leg for a boundary

Fatima Sana to Mackay, byes, 1 run, slower ball outside off - Mackay swings and misses - Sidra Nawaz doesn't gather it cleanly as they chance a bye and then she fails to find the stumps with the under-arm shy

Fatima Sana to Mackay, no ball, FOUR, some serious shift in momentum here - fuller length delivery on the stumps, Mackay leans forward and then brings here wrists into play, whipped away wide of mid-wicket for a boundary. To make matters worse, it's a front-foot no-ball

Fatima Sana to Katey Martin, FOUR, clubbed, the slower ball from Sana - but the length a tad too full, lets Martin gets under it on the swipe and she goes over mid-wicket for a boundary

Fatima Sana to Katey Martin, 2 runs, Katey Martin is playing a handy little cameo here, backs away to a full ball and drives it square on the off-side, back for the second and it brings up NZ's 250

Anam Amin to Katey Martin, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Martin - this is all class, backs away, opens up the off-side and then goes inside out over cover with the lofted off-drive

Anam Amin to Katey Martin, FOUR, lovely shot, tossed up wide of off, Martin backs away and then goes inside out over extra-cover with the lofted drive, bounces away to the ropes

Anam Amin to Katey Martin, out Rowe Run Out!! This is a definite run-out - harakiri from New Zealand and Martin at the moment, sells her partner short with a suicidal single - dropped it in front of cover-point and called for a quick single - Rowe was on her heels and she's well beaten by an accurate throw to the keeper. The third umpire has a look for formality sake. Rowe run out (Muneeba Ali/Sidra Nawaz) 1(2)

Anam Amin to Rowe, 1 run, this could have been another run-out - Rowe dabbed one straight to backward point and set-off - Katey Martin was late to respond and a direct hit would have had her short

Anam Amin to Jess Kerr, out Jess Kerr Run Out!! 1 run completed. Oh dear! Terrible running between the wickets and Kerr finds herself well short at the bowler's end - was her call for the second, but was a slightly delayed one, Katey Martin was ball-watching and sends her partner late, the throw is accurate enough and Amin breaks the stumps, with Kerr well short, Katey Martin infact did take a couple of steps and that resulted in the confusion. Jess Kerr run out (Ameen/Anam Amin) 6(4) [4s-1]

Fatima Sana to Jess Kerr, FOUR, beautifully played, short of a good length and just outside off - Kerr stays leg-side and then finds the gap behind square on the off-side for a boundary

Fatima Sana to Halliday, out Bowled!! The slower ball has done the trick for Sana and she yells out a scream in delight - rolled her fingers across the seam and cut the ball back into the left-hander, Halliday was undone by the lack of pace as the ball gripped off the surface - played all around it, left a big gap between bat and pad, and has her leg-stump pegged back. Halliday b Fatima Sana 29(38) [4s-3]

Fatima Sana to Halliday, FOUR, short, wide and four, width on offer and Halliday places the cut behind square on the off-side, the timing is sweet and the ball runs away to the ropes

Nashra Sandhu to Bates, out Bowled!! Dragged on! Bates walks back to a standing ovation at the Hagley Oval, for possibly the last time in a World Cup match? Nicely bowled by Sandhu - slowed down the pace and drifted one wider of off, Bates went hard on the drive, had to reach out and only manages an inside edge that rattled the middle-stump. The zing bails light up and Bates's magnificent knock comes to an end. Bates b Nashra Sandhu 126(135) [4s-14]

Nashra Sandhu to Bates, FOUR, lovely shot, full and sliding down leg, Bates plays with the angle and then clouts the slog-sweep over mid-wicket, couple of bounce and over the ropes

Nashra Sandhu to Bates, 1 run, slower and wider of off, chopped away in front of square on the off-side for a single, brings up NZ's 200

Anam Amin to Halliday, FOUR, slower and drifting across the left-hander, Halliday brings the angle into play and then lifts it over cover, neatly done

Nida Dar to Halliday, FOUR, beautifully played, tossed up invitingly around off, a small shimmy and then Halliday chips it over mid-off, bounces away to the ropes

Fatima Sana to Bates, FOUR, a fumble at mid-on and it's back-to-back boundaries for Bates - fuller length delivery on off and it was driven back past the bowler - mid-on charged across and then took her eyes off the ball at the last moment

Fatima Sana to Bates, FOUR, cracking shot, brings up her hundred as well - Christchurch is up in delight for the legend - dropped short by Sana, Bates swvels across and then pulls it past square leg, bisects the two fielders in the deep to a nicety, her 12th in ODIs, 4th in WCs

Nida Dar to Green, out Bowled!! Lovely delivery and Green has been completely undone by the flight, came down the pitch, but was flummoxed as the ball dipped and then spun past her ugly heave - done in by the drift, in the flight and by the class of Dar, she met thin air with the slog and turns around to watch the ball hitting the top of middle and leg - third wicket for Dar, she's been mighty impressive today. Green b Nida Dar 23(48)

Fatima Sana to Green, 2 runs, edged and dropped, Sidra Nawaz was wrong-footed and then goes one-handed to her right, but this was as straightforward as it comes - came at a good height and should have been snapped up - short of a good length and just outside off, too close to cut and Green got a thick edge

Nashra Sandhu to Bates, 1 run, too short and too wide of off, cut away to deep cover for a single

Omaima Sohail to Bates, 2 runs, 5000 career ODI runs for Bates, gets a big round of applause from the team and the fans - dropped short and wide of off, she waits and then runs it behind square on the off-side for a brace. Just the fourth batter to do so, first from New Zealand

Nida Dar to Green, 1 run, arches back, punches it to cover, where Baig stops the ball superbly. Alas, the throw is way off the non-striker's stumps. A better one and Green would have been walking back

Omaima Sohail to Bates, FOUR, a loose overpitched, floaty delivery down leg. Bates breaks the shackles and the pressure that the Pakistani bowlers had built up over the last few overs with a firm sweep into fine leg

Omaima Sohail to Green, no run, shuffles, gets her front leg across, plays all around her flick, and gets struck in front of middle. The umpire's quick to give this one, and after a pretty lengthy discussion, Green reviews. This does look really close. Well, well. She's saved by the bounce here, with ball-tracking showing the ball to be going over leg-stump

Nida Dar to Bates, FOUR, way too short. Bates stays back, waits on it, and punches it away, angle-batted, through the covers

Nida Dar to Satterthwaite, out Caught by Ameen!! And just like, one brings another. A tossed up delivery, and Satterthwaite comes forward and just chips it tamely to short cover. She was trying to check her shot, and in the process, has perished first ball. Satterthwaite c Ameen b Nida Dar 0(1)

Nida Dar to Bates, 1 run, short, outside off, slapped to deep sweeper

Nida Dar to Amelia Kerr, out Caught by Ameen!! She's thrown it away, and Pakistan have a breakthrough out of nowhere. Kerr walks across her stump, sits, and slogs. But isn't quite to the pitch of it while doing it, as the ball dips, bounces extra, takes the top-edge and goes right down deep mid-wicket's throat. Amelia Kerr c Ameen b Nida Dar 24(31) [4s-1]

Nashra Sandhu to Bates, FOUR, gifty full toss. And Bates couldn't have asked for an easier way to get to her fifty, which she does with a slog-sweep all along the groud, into cow corner

Fatima Sana to Bates, FOUR, hammered down the ground. An overpitched delivery in the slog, and Bates has enough power in her bottom-hand to get it past a diving mid-on

Nashra Sandhu to Amelia Kerr, FOUR, again, another one straying down leg. Kerr pounces on after shuffling across and sweeps it past a diving backward square leg

Anam Amin to Bates, FOUR, way too short once again. Bates continues going way back in her crease, waiting for the ball to get close, and pumping it away into cow corner

Anam Amin to Bates, FOUR, dances down, gets right to the pitch of it, and with a lot of bottom-hand, absolutely nails this straight down the ground

Anam Amin to Bates, FOUR, a juicy long hop, and Bates lays in, rocking back and heaving it through mid-wicket. Nida Dar runs and dives by the boundary, but cannot keep it out

Fatima Sana to Bates, 1 run, Pakistan review an LBW: An in-nipping delivery, past Bates' drive, and taking a thick inside-edge onto the front pad. UltraEdge confirms the same. But the ball was clearly heading down leg as well. A pretty poor referral this

Fatima Sana to Bates, FOUR, a freebie of a delivery: full toss on the pads, and Bates gleefully flicks it away past mid-wicket, making sure she doesn't overhit it

Anam Amin to Devine, out Bowled!! Plays all around a pretty straight delivery! It's full, on off, and Devine walks down the pitch to try and manufacture a flick through square leg, but then gets undone by the dip on it, missing it entirely, and having her stumps knocked back. Devine b Anam Amin 12(10) [4s-1 6s-1]

Anam Amin to Devine, SIX, walks across, sits, slogs and smokes it just over the deep mid-wicket ropes. Proper dismissive batting this

Diana Baig to Bates, no run, a big, prolonged LBW appeal, and the umpire finally relents. And Bates waits just as long to review this as well, sending it upstairs in the final second. It's good she did, for the ball was full and tailing in past her flick, hitting the front shoe in front of leg-stump, and missing the wickets on HawkEye

Diana Baig to Bates, FOUR, steps out, gets right behind the line, and has a flamingo-flick through the gap behind square leg

Diana Baig to Bates, FOUR, tailing in on the pads, and whipped away behind square. Easy pickings these, and there's really nothing off the pitch to assist the bowlers either

Diana Baig to Bates, FOUR, drilled straight down the ground, laying in on the overpitched delivery with a full bat face in the punch

Anam Amin to Devine, FOUR, drifting in on the legs, full too, and Devine sweeps straightaway, nailing it firmly behind square leg