New Zealand Women vs Bangladesh Women, 11th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

The T20 World Cup Champions are finally up and running. We saw how comprehensive the Black Caps can be once they get their mojo right. They need to keep their momentum up after a false start in the mega event. Bangladesh have shown a lot of spirit and fight so far but they need their batters to play with more intent if they are to get over the line over stronger sides. Tomorrow, England will take over Sri Lanka in Colombo in what promises to be a fascinating contest. Do join us for all the thrill and excitement! Until next time, goodbye and cheers!

Sophie Devine: Really pleasing for the side to open our account after a couple of frustrating games. I was running a bit low on sugar (while batting), as a diabetic you have to deal with that. It's a part and parcel of playing at this level. It was really exciting to welcome Lea back into the side, she was outstanding today. We spoke about attacking the stumps and she did that, I think she lost around 6 kilos with the amount of sweat she lost but a really good performance from her in her 100th game. We were good against Australia in certain phases but lost our way against South Africa. Anything can happen in this tournament, we saw that last night.

Nigar Sultana: Whatever we have done in the last two games, we wanted to do the same positive thing here but we were not consistent. Initially, we bowled really well but what we expected from Marufa we didn't get it but all the spinners bowled really well. Till 30 overs, we were doing good but they batted well after that. They kept it simple and executed their plans and they brought their experience into play. There are a lot of things we have to learn from here, because lower orders have won game for their teams. We wanted to play our best game but we couldn't capitalise today. We should sit and rectify our mistakes as a batting unit.

Brooke Halliday | Player of the match: It's the biggest thing over the last couple of days - being okay with getting ones and being okay with being boring. The plan was clear, Sophie [Devine] was able to capitalize later. The perks of the last couple of days is that we've had a lot of net bowlers that were similar to the bowlers we faced today. We spoke about the sweep shot, tried and practiced that a lot during our camp in Chennai. Just trying to expand my game and get a little bit better. Easy to bat with Sophie, wasn't easy to bat out there - the mental side of it was tough and then the physical side hit us. Sophie kept it clear and simple. What we did well was keep it simple, especially with the ball. If we keep it simple and do what we can control, we'll fare really well.

Spin bowling at Guwahati in this WC so far
Matches: 4
Wickets: 41
Avg: 20.51
SR: 31.4
ER: 3.91
Dot%: 60.6

New Zealand Women have remained undefeated in eight matches against Bangladesh across all formats. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Women have won two out of ten games in the ODI World Cup, with both victories coming against Pakistan.

21:45 Local Time, 16:15 GMT, 21:45 IST: It has been a fantastic performance on all fronts from New Zealand to finally open their account in the mega event. They were in a bit of bother when their top-order failed to impress but the 112-run partnership between Devine and Halliday resurrected them and then a good finish in the final ten overs enabled the Black Caps to post a good score on a slowish surface. In response, the Bangladeshi batters struggled for momentum from the word-go as Mair and Jess Kerr kept probing away by generating a substantial amount of swing and seam movement. The Bangladeshi batters went into their shell and also kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Amelia Kerr and Tahuhu also bowled in disciplined channels as New Zealand strengthened their stranglehold upon Bangladesh. A couple of partnerships from the lower order revealed some spark but that only delayed the inevitable. It’s fair to say that the game slipped out of Bangladesh’s grasp in the batting powerplay itself owing to their overly cautious and shaky approach but kudos to the New Zealand bowlers too for their strong show. Bangladesh will need to rethink their strategy going forward. Stick around for the presentations...

Eden Carson to Fahima Khatun, out Caught by Plimmer!! That'll be it. Tossed up full outside off, Fahima Khatun stepped out and hacked right across the line, she got a top-edge that was safely held by Plimmer at cover. Pretty big win for New Zealand. Fahima Khatun c Plimmer b Eden Carson 34(80) [4s-2]

Eden Carson to Fahima Khatun, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Eden Carson to Marufa Akter, 1 run, very full outside off, Fahima Khatun misses a drive and Isabella Gaze fumbles as well, they sneak through for a bye

Eden Carson to Fahima Khatun, 1 run, length delivery on middle, swiped away towards deep square leg

Eden Carson to Fahima Khatun, no run, full outside off, Fahima Khatun steps out a touch to block

Eden Carson to Fahima Khatun, no run, full outside off, knocked to mid-on

Eden Carson [3.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack

Lea Tahuhu to Marufa Akter, no run, full outside off, blocked

Lea Tahuhu to Marufa Akter, no run, length delivery outside off, left alone

Marufa Akter, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Lea Tahuhu to Nishita Akter Nishi, out Bowled!! Right through! Lea Tahuhu has her third, good length delivery just outside off, nips back in sharply off the deck, Nishita Akter Nishi was caught in her crease as this went through the gate before rattling the stumps. New Zealand are just one wicket away now from a big win. Nishita Akter Nishi b Lea Tahuhu 5(6) [4s-1]

Lea Tahuhu to Nishita Akter Nishi, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Lea Tahuhu to Nishita Akter Nishi, no run, very full on middle, blocked

Lea Tahuhu to Nishita Akter Nishi, FOUR, clipped away nicely! Low full toss on middle, Nishita Akter Nishi flicks it and finds the gap at deep backward square leg