New Zealand Women vs South Africa Women, 7th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Ayabonga Khaka to Eden Carson, out Eden Carson Run Out!! 2 runs completed. New Zealand are bowled out. Carson is run-out while trying to get back for the third run. She wanted to retain strike and leave Illing with one ball this over. Fullish delivery around off, Carson slices the loft and just manages to clear mid-off. de Klerk gets around from long-on and makes a diving stop, Bosch is close to her and she sends in a flat throw to the non-striker's end. Khaka does the rest and even a dive from Carson is not enough to save her. Eden Carson run out (de Klerk/Bosch/Ayabonga Khaka) 4(4)

Mlaba to Lea Tahuhu, out Caught by Wolvaardt!! Whoa! What a catch! Will that be the catch of the tournament? Right now it is. Fourth wicket for Mlaba and she's on fire. Floated up and lands it pretty full, Tahuhu plays the lofted drive and does not get enough elevation to clear Wolvaardt at cover, the skipper leaps to her right and plucks it out with one hand. That ball was travelling and almost behind Wolvaardt when she held on. Top stuff! Lea Tahuhu c Wolvaardt b Mlaba 5(9)

Ayabonga Khaka to Jess Kerr, out Caught by de Klerk!! Wickets tumbling and New Zealand's innings is coming apart. Khaka joins the party. Good length ball, it was in the slot and that's why Kerr decided to go down the ground, does not get it off the middle and picks out de Klerk at long-on. They have gone from 187/3 to 222/8. Can they bat out their 50 overs? Jess Kerr c de Klerk b Ayabonga Khaka 2(8)

Mlaba to Devine, out Bowled!! Malaba strikes again! A tossed up delivery on leg, Devine looks to flick it away, gets beaten and the ball thuds into the pads and ricohets on to the stumps. Third wicket for Mlaba as Devine walks back after playing an important knock. Lost control while playing the flick shot and pays the price for it. Scored a century in the previous contest against Australia and deserved a century in this game as well, unfortunately she misses out. A good passage of play for South Africa as they are pulling things back towards the later stages by taking wickets at regular intervals. Devine b Mlaba 85(98) [4s-9]

Kapp to Devine, FOUR, once again Kapp concedes a boundary off her final ball. Short and banged into the surface, Devine gets on top of the bounce and pulls it in front of square. She rolled her wrists over and played it along the ground

Kapp to Isabella Gaze, out Isabella Gaze Run Out!! That's suicidal. It was Devine's call and she did not hesitate, kept running but Gaze was late to respond and that costs her. Full delivery on leg, Gaze misses the flick and the ball deflects off the pad to short fine. Good presence of mind from Mlaba to throw the ball to Kapp, who flicks it onto the stumps and catches Gaze well short of the crease. Isabella Gaze run out (Mlaba/Kapp) 10(9) [4s-2]

Mlaba to Devine, FOUR, smashed! Devine comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and drills it straight of mid-off

Kapp to Isabella Gaze, FOUR, that spoils the over for Kapp. 86.7ks another off-pace delivery that's dragged short, Gaze waits and cuts it behind square on the off-side. That delay allowed her to get the placement right

Mlaba to Isabella Gaze, FOUR, streaky! But New Zealand will take it. Boundary after 25 balls. Tosses it up and draws Gaze into the drive, the ball turns away and goes off the outside edge through the vacant slip cordon

Mlaba to Green, out Caught by Bosch!! That's a stunning catch. Wickets in successive overs for Mlaba. South Africa fighting back after that Devine-Halliday partnership. This is an excellent start to the final 10 overs. Tossed up and drifts in, Green does not bend down as she drags the reverse sweep from outside leg, hits it uppishly towards backward point and Bosch dives front to her right, grabs it inches above the ground. Green c Bosch b Mlaba 4(7)

Mlaba to Devine, no run, South Africa lose a review. Flighted delivery and it drifts in, Devine sits down to sweep and luckily gets an under-edge onto the pad. If not for that edge this was close as the impact was right in-line with the stumps

Mlaba to Halliday, out Caught&Bowled!! Taken! The partnership is broken. Much needed wicket for South Africa. Mlaba comes back into the attack and strikes with her first ball. She has a big smile on her face. Tossed up delivery, Halliday kneels down to play the slog sweep and gets a big top-edge, the ball goes straight up and Mlaba moves to her left to take a good catch. Halliday was looking in ominous form but has to depart 5 runs short of her fifty. Halliday c and b Mlaba 45(37) [4s-6]

Luus to Halliday, 1 run, tight single. Halliday eases it wide of cover and it needed a diving stop. She started to run but stopped in the middle, but Devine didn't and she was able to make her ground at the striker's end. Bosch went to the wrong end, she would have had Halliday if the throw had gone to the non-striker's end

Luus to Devine, FOUR, back to back fours. Drifting into leg, Devine sits down and nails the sweep backward of square. There's a fielder in the deep but the ball beats her to the fence. That was struck powerfully..

Luus to Devine, FOUR, smashed! Devine comes down the track, gets a shortened length but the ball comes on slowly which allows her to pick her spot and smash it over mid-wicket, couple of bounces and over the ropes

Luus to Devine, 1 run, fifty for Devine. Skipper leading from the front again. Started the tournament with a hundred and now follows it up with a half century. She raises her bat and soaks in the applause. Can she convert this as well? Flatter delivery at the stumps, Devine knocks it to long-on and reaches the landmark

Luus to Devine, 1 run, flighted on middle, Devine sits down and drags the sweep towards short fine. Khaka dives and makes a fine stop, saved a few'

Masabata Klaas to Halliday, FOUR, 108.5kph, another boundary for Halliday. Poor line from Klaas, straying onto the pads and the left-hander glances it to fine leg

Masabata Klaas to Devine, FOUR, 105.4kph, short of length, leg-lined, Devine gets inside the line and manages to tickle it to fine leg for four

Chloe Tryon to Halliday, FOUR, second reverse-sweep from Halliday and she's collected boundaries on both occasions. Full and outside off, Halliday superbly plays the shot to hit it fine of short third man

Chloe Tryon to Halliday, FOUR, 68.9kph, slow and overpitched just down leg. Easy pickings for Halliday who is quick to get low and sweeps it square of the short fine leg fielder. The deep square leg fielder runs across and dives but in vain

Chloe Tryon to Halliday, FOUR, she likes playing this shot. 75.4kph, leg-stump line, Halliday gets low and reverse-sweeps through cover-point

Chloe Tryon to Halliday, FOUR, freebie from Tryon and Halliday accepts the gift. Fullish ball down leg and Halliday sweeps it over and wide of the short fine leg fielder

Chloe Tryon to Halliday, FOUR, overpitched outside off, a low full toss outside off and Halliday plays a beautiful cover drive by leaning forward. Off the mark with a boundary

Chloe Tryon to Plimmer, out Caught by de Klerk!! The 57-run stand has been broken! Chloe Tryon strikes in her first over. 71.6kph, Plimmer comes down the track and moves leg-side to try and go over long-off. The bat turns at the point of impact and she ends up hitting it to long-on and de Klerk doesn't err. Plimmer c de Klerk b Chloe Tryon 31(68) [4s-4]

Mlaba to Devine, 1 run, 77.1kph, full and Devine gets forward to dink it to long-on. 100 up for New Zealand

Mlaba to Plimmer, FOUR, 75.6kph, good use of the feet. Gets close to the pitch of the ball by coming down the pitch, moves leg-side as well and chips it over the bowler's head

Mlaba to Plimmer, FOUR, 72.8kph, straighter line from Mlaba. Drifting down leg, Plimmer shuffles to flick and gets an inside edge for the ball to run away very fine to the fine leg fence

Kapp to Devine, FOUR, four more! 108.9kph, Kapp pitches up and Devine offers a vertical blade to play a gorgeous drive down the ground. Mid-on dives to her left but can't get a hand on it

Kapp to Devine, FOUR, 115.1kph, fuller and straighter, Devine clips it away nicely to send it in front of square on the leg-side. Big gap and the ball runs away to the fence. Third boundary for the NZ captain

de Klerk to Devine, FOUR, 93.2kph, slower, fuller and wider, Devine leans forward and times beautifully as she drives this off-cutter through the covers

de Klerk to Devine, FOUR, 105.7kph, slower ball, short in length, Devine spots it and pulls it powerfully in front of square on the leg-side. One bounce and into the fence

Masabata Klaas to Plimmer, 1 run, very full delivery around off, Plimmer drives it down to long-on and retains strike

de Klerk to Amelia Kerr, out Caught by Luus!! There's the wicket. This was coming.. South Africa kept building the pressure and that resulted in a false shot. Kerr wanted to play the big shot but de Klerk smartly took pace off, the lofted drive comes off the outer half and the ball balloons towards mid-off, Luus misjudged it a bit but recovered to move to her left and hang on with both hands. She even dives to ensure she has complete control of the catch. Amelia Kerr c Luus b de Klerk 23(42) [4s-4]

Masabata Klaas to Amelia Kerr, 1 run, direct hit and Kerr was gone. Badly misjudged single and Kerr even gave up halfway through. Low full toss on leg, Kerr toe-ends the push to mid-wicket and sets off, Brits swoops down and fires a throw at the non-striker's end, misses and Kerr survives. She was not even in the frame when the ball passed the stumps

de Klerk to Amelia Kerr, FOUR, width on offer and Kerr does not miss out. Full and outside off, she opens the bat face and drives it square of the wicket. No need to run for such sweetly timed shots..

Masabata Klaas to Plimmer, FOUR, this time she finds the gap and picks up the boundary. Very similar to the first delivery - full and outside off, Plimmer creams the drive in front of square and pierces the packed off-side field

Ayabonga Khaka to Amelia Kerr, FOUR, lovely shot! It was a bad delivery but still had to be put away. Overpitched outside off, Kerr gets a good stride in and creams the drive wide of mid-off, beats a diving fielder and picks up her third boundary

Ayabonga Khaka to Amelia Kerr, FOUR, Kerr decides to give the charge and converts it into a half volley on the pads, clips it fine and the ball races away

Kapp to Plimmer, FOUR, Plimmer is off the mark. That should be a relief. She was dismissed for a diamond duck against Australia. She gets a freebie down leg and helps it along to the fence. Nice little leg-glance

Kapp to Amelia Kerr, FOUR, Kerr and New Zealand are away. Fullish delivery, swings away a bit and Kerr waits for the movement, drives with the swing in front of square and the ball races away

Kapp to Bates, out Lbw!! Horror start for New Zealand! Dane van Niekerk does a fist pump in the stands. Back to back ducks for Bates. Not a memorable 350th international for her. Good length ball and angles in a touch, Bates plants her front foot across and tries to play around it, gets beaten on the inside edge and is struck right in front of the stumps. Ball-tracking shows it to be smashing into leg-stump. She wastes a review. But what a start for South Africa! They failed to pick a wicket against England but here Kapp has struck with her first ball. Bates lbw b Kapp 0(1)