India Women vs New Zealand Women, 24th Match, ICC Womens World Cup 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Bates to Mandhana, out Caught by (sub)Rowe!! Taken on the second attempt. Bates is pumped as she breaks the partnership and gives New Zealand a much needed breakthrough. Mandhana walks off to a standing ovation. She's given India a solid platform to explode. Does not quite get under this flighted delivery, goes through with the slog sweep and miscues it towards cow corner, Rowe runs to her right and tries to take it with both hands, but the ball pops out and she reacts quickly to cling on. She was close to the rope as well but keeps her balance. A fine knock from Mandhana comes to an end. Mandhana c (sub)Rowe b Bates 109(95) [4s-10 6s-4]

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, off-pace delivery, Mandhana crouches low and slog sweeps to deep mid-wicket, goes on the bounce

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no ball, SIX, that must have slipped out. Another attempted slower ball goes wrong for Kerr - high full toss above the waist and Mandhana heaves it all the way over deep square leg. Might have been a tired delivery.. Free-hit coming up

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, slower ball around leg, Mandhana makes room and drives to long-off

Bates to Mandhana, no run, 95.2ks fired full and outside off, Mandhana drives and picks out extra cover

Bates to Mandhana, 1 run, sliding in with the angle, Mandhana tucks it to deep mid-wicket

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, on a length and outside off, Mandhana opens the bat face and guides it to point

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, hundred for Mandhana. She started the tournament slowly but has found her groove in the last 3 games. Fifties against Australia and England, now she converts it into a ton. Bishop asked Harmanpreet at the toss about the lack of hundreds from India's batters, Mandhana has answered that question in fine manner. She pumps her fists and takes off her helmet to acknowledge the applause. Top knock! Angled across Mandhana and she knocks it to sweeper cover

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, full toss on leg-stump, Mandhana eases it down to long-on

Bates to Mandhana, 1 run, only slightly short, Mandhana goes back and pulls it through midwicket

Bates to Mandhana, 2 runs, overpitched outside off, driven nicely through the covers and they charge back for the second

Bates to Mandhana, FOUR, did the fielder not spot it? Back of a length outside off, cutter, she opens the face and glides it to the left of short third who hardly moves and seems to suggest she didn't see it

Bates to Mandhana, no run, full outside off, Mandhana knocks it to cover

Bates to Mandhana, no run, pushed into the off-side, another dot

Bates to Mandhana, no run, good length outside off, steered to backward point

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, pulled to deep midwicket

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, FOUR, doesn't get hold of this one but it still goes to the boundary. Again plenty of flight, length is very full and Mandhana tries the sweep this time. Drags it behind square

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, SIX, alarm bells must be going off for New Zealand. Things getting out of control. Tossed up on off, lands right in the slot and Mandhana launches it over long-on

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, 1 run, shuffles across the stumps and pulls it behind square

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 2 runs, thick top-edge on the sweep shot, goes high in the air and falls wide of deep square leg

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, no run, cuts it to point

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, no run, that looks dead as she misses a swipe across the line. Yes, the umpire raises her finger but Mandhana has reviewed. Oh there's a spike on UltraEdge. Mandhana didn't think there was any bat involved and was walking off. Amelia Kerr throws her hands up in disbelief. Plenty of flight on this legbreak, lands on middle and strikes Mandhana on the pad as she has a big swipe across the line. The review was taken in hope as she definitely didn't feel an edge

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, wide googly outside off, Mandhana cuts to sweeper cover

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, no run, loose shot and beaten! Angling away outside off, good length ball, Mandhana pokes at it without moving her feet and it goes through past the edge

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, 1 run, angling away outside off, good length ball, Mandhana opens the face and runs it to deep third

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, slow googly outside off, length ball, Mandhana cuts to sweeper cover

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, no run, googly outside off, turning away from a good length, Mandhana hangs back and taps it to cover

Devine to Mandhana, no run, good length on off, Mandhana opens the face and steers to point

Devine to Mandhana, wide, slower short ball down leg, left alone

Devine to Mandhana, 1 run, angling away from off, Mandhana punches off the back foot to deep point

Devine to Mandhana, no run, punched to backward pont

Devine to Mandhana, FOUR, you can put as many fielders as you want over there, Mandhana will continue to pepper the boundary. What touch, what timing. Slower one angling away outside off, plays very late and dabs it fine past the keeper

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, FOUR, loose delivery and punished! It's down leg, back of a length and Mandhana pulls it fine past the keeper

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, 1 run, pick-up pull shot off a good length, goes to deep midwicket on a couple of bounces

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, FOUR, Mandhana continues to flow! Advances down, gets a short one at the body and nails the pull over midwicket

Devine to Mandhana, 1 run, driven to sweeper cover

Devine to Mandhana, no run, full outside off, angling away, Mandhana looks to drive through the off-side but is beaten on the edge bu the angle

Devine to Mandhana, no run, oh she was shaping to scoop but decided to leave it in the end as the line was wide of off. Not sure if Devine saw her move

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, no run, slower length ball on middle, Mandhana punches gently to short extra cover

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, 1 run, back of a length on leg, not very short but Mandhana gets the pull away to deep square leg

Eden Carson to Mandhana, 1 run, overpitched on middle and leg, driven to long-off

Eden Carson to Mandhana, 1 run, pulls the length back and now Mandhana punches off the back foot to deep point

Eden Carson to Mandhana, FOUR, second time she's gone over mid-on off Carson, and again the ball is full enough to allow her to hit across the line. Has to pull it back slightly

Eden Carson to Mandhana, no run, drifting in on leg, good length ball, Mandhana defends off the inside half to midwicket

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, full on off, Mandhana knocks it to long-off

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, good diving stop from Halliday. Mandhana was about to pepper the backward point boundary again. Good length on off, she hangs back, uses the angle from over the wicket and glides it beautifully behind square. Halliday denies her as she dives to her right to cut it off

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, full on leg stump, pace off, Mandhana drives to long-off

Eden Carson to Mandhana, 1 run, third consecutive fifty from Mandhana! Had a slow start to the tournament but has bounced back in style! Knocks this one through the point region to bring up the milestone

Eden Carson to Mandhana, FOUR, goes for the big shot and gets the boundary! Full at the stumps, drifting in, and Mandhana hits across the line to clear mid-on. Length was full enough that she didn't have to worry about playing against the turn

Eden Carson to Mandhana, no run, drifting in on middle, nicely flighted from round the wicket, Mandhana gets his front pad out of the way and knocks it to short cover

Eden Carson to Mandhana, 1 run, dragged down short outside off, Mandhana cuts to sweeper cover

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, half-volley on the pads, flicked through midwicket

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, full at the stumps, driven to long-off

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, FOUR, there's the region behind point that Mandhana absolutely loves! Has scored heavily in that region in previous matches, particularly the England game. Nothing wrong with the delivery. Good length and angling away outside off, but her ability to play late stands out as she opens the face and guides it in the gap

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, slow and drifting away wide of off, Mandhana hangs back and cuts to sweeper cover

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, SIX, juicy full toss and Mandhana can do with it whatever she wants! Skips down, swings across the line and smokes it over midwicket. Don't see this very often with Amelia Kerr

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, 106.9ks full and slanted across, Smriti drives to sweeper cover and retains strike

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, very full and around off, Smriti squeezes the drive out to cover

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, 106.1ks angled across off, Smriti knocks it wide of cover

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, 106.3ks around leg-stump, Smriti is happy to ease it back to Kerr

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, fullish delivery on leg, Smriti pushes it back with a straight bat to Kerr

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, 76.5ks flatter and short of length, Smriti knocks it to sweeper cover and retains strike

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, flighted delivery, too full in length and Smriti drives to long-off

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, 69.4ks googly around off, Smriti shuffles across and works it through mid-wicket

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, 1 run, angled across the left hander, Smriti punches it to sweeper cover

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, fraction short and drifts across, Smriti punches it to sweeper cover

Amelia Kerr to Mandhana, no run, starts with a googly outside off, Smriti knocks it to cover

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, 1 run, 111.4ks full pitcher outside off, Smriti drives to sweeper cover

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, wide, not a good start for Tahuhu. Another wide and all three have been way outside off

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, wide, 107.1ks sprays it outside off, Smriti ignores and it is the second wide for the over

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, 1 run, juicy full toss and Smriti knocks it straight to cover, there's a fumble and the duo cross over. She missed out there..

Lea Tahuhu to Mandhana, wide, starts off with a very full delivery outside off, Smriti leaves and collects the wide

Devine to Mandhana, 1 run, angled outside off, Smriti reaches and carves it square of the wicket, just a single

Eden Carson to Mandhana, 1 run, 81.1ks shortens the length, Smriti waits and knocks it to long-off

Eden Carson to Mandhana, SIX, lovely shot! She's so good with this shot. Uses her feet, gets to the pitch of the ball and gives herself enough room to free her hands, lofts it inside out with the spin and clears wide long-off

Eden Carson to Mandhana, no run, 81.4ks flighted on off, Smriti angles it with an open face to point

Eden Carson to Mandhana, no run, 77.3ks tossed up on middle, Smriti prods forward and blocks to cover

Devine to Mandhana, 1 run, 99.8ks fuller and outside off, Smriti moves across and eases it to sweeper cover

Devine to Mandhana, no run, 111.3ks back of a length outside off, Smriti shuffles across and knocks it to cover

Devine to Mandhana, FOUR, starts the over with a boundary. Angled across and there was enough width for Smriti to flay this behind square, opened the bat face and placed it between the two fielders inside the ring

Eden Carson to Mandhana, 1 run, floated up and the length is too full, Smriti drives to long-off

Eden Carson to Mandhana, no run, fraction short around off, Smriti punches towards point and there's a diving stop

Eden Carson to Mandhana, no run, slower and sliding in, Smriti attempts the sweep and misses, struck on the arm

Eden Carson to Mandhana, FOUR, first four for Smriti. Carson drifts down leg and that's easy pickings, Smriti crouches low and sweeps backward of square. Hopefully that gets her going..

Devine to Mandhana, 1 run, 97.1ks full toss outside off, Smriti reaches and drives to sweeper cover

Devine to Mandhana, no run, 101.8ks fuller and outside off, Smriti walks down and pushes it to cover

Devine to Mandhana, no run, uhhh! Angled across the left hander, Smriti opens the bat face and attempts the steer, almost nicks it behind

Devine to Mandhana, 1 run, nearly strikes with her first ball! Full and angled across, Smriti reaches for the drive and slices it towards point, Carson dives to her left but the ball evades her. Another nervy moment..

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, 1 run, walks down and stays leg-side, gets the room outside off and eases the drive in front of square, sweeper in place and it is only a single

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, no run, 111.8ks back of a length delivery and Smriti shapes to pull, mistimes it to mid-wicket. It was not short enough

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, 1 run, she's off the mark. Walks down, converts it into a full toss and eases it straight down the ground. Calls for a quick single and makes it in before the ball hits the stumps

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, no run, walks down and gets yorked by a 108.8ks delivery, brings her bat down quickly and jams it to Green at slip

Rosemary Mair to Mandhana, no run, full pitcher on off, Smriti pushes it back to Mair

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, maiden! 109.5ks full and at the stumps, Smriti blocks it back to Kerr

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, once more keeps it full and outside off, Smriti eases it into the cover region

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, another full delivery close to off, Smriti pushes it firmly to mid-off

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, 96.6ks floaty delivery outside off, Smriti pushes it to mid-off

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, 108ks slanting across from outside leg, Smriti defends with a straight bat

Jess Kerr to Mandhana, no run, 101.3ks fullish delivery around off, Smriti eases it to mid-on