England, 212-5, beat New Zealand, 211-8, by 5 wktsBell takes five scalps as England seal 3-0 win
Lauren Bell took her first ever five-wicket haul in international cricket as England narrowly wrapped up a whitewash in their one-day international series. Despite the match being reduced to 42-overs-a-side due to a 95-minute rain delay, New Zealand had posted their highest total of the series – 211 for eight. But Bell’s interventions cut off promising innings from the captain, Sophie Devine, the half-centurion Amelia Kerr and the left-hander Brooke Halliday.
England then overhauled the total with five wickets to spare in spite of an early wobble, thanks to half-centuries from Amy Jones and Nat Sciver-Brunt – the latter unbeaten on 76, after New Zealand handed her a life at cover on 63, scuppering their chances of a face-saving dead-rubber win.
