New Zealand women's cricket team in England in 2018

International cricket tour

One Day International series

	England women	New Zealand women
Dates	7 – 13 July 2018
Captains	Heather Knight	Suzie Bates
Results	England women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Amy Jones (161)	Sophie Devine (164)
Most wickets	Sophie Ecclestone (6)	Leigh Kasperek (8)
Player of the series	Amy Jones (Eng)

The New Zealand women's cricket team played the England women's cricket team in July 2018.^[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.^[2] Before the WODI matches, both teams played in a tri-series, with South Africa women being the third team.^[3]^[4] England Women won the three-match series 2–1.^[5]

Squads

England^[6]	New Zealand^[7]
Heather Knight (c) Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Sophie Ecclestone Georgia Elwiss Katie George Jenny Gunn Alex Hartley Amy Jones (wk) Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield Danni Wyatt	Suzie Bates (c) Bernadine Bezuidenhout Sophie Devine Kate Ebrahim Maddy Green Holly Huddleston Hayley Jensen Leigh Kasperek Amelia Kerr Katey Martin Anna Peterson Hannah Rowe Amy Satterthwaite Lea Tahuhu Jess Watkin

ICC Women's Championship
7 July 2018
11:00
Scorecard

England 290/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 148 (35.3 overs)
Heather Knight 63 (58) Amelia Kerr 2/36 (10 overs)		Sophie Devine 33 (43) Nat Sciver 3/18 (4 overs)

England Women won by 142 runs
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Mike Burns (Eng) and David Millns (Eng)
Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Eng)

England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Katie George (Eng) made her WODI debut.
This was England Women's biggest win, in terms of runs, against New Zealand Women in WODIs.^[8]
Points: England Women 2, New Zealand Women 0.

ICC Women's Championship
10 July 2018
13:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 241 (48 overs)	v	New Zealand 118 (38 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 67 (76) Sophie Devine 2/26 (6 overs)		Suzie Bates 24 (50) Sophie Ecclestone 3/14 (8 overs)

England Women won by 123 runs
County Cricket Ground, Derby
Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
Player of the match: Tammy Beaumont (Eng)

ICC Women's Championship
13 July 2018
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 219 (47.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 224/6 (44.4 overs)
Amy Jones 78 (95) Leigh Kasperek 5/39 (9.4 overs)		Sophie Devine 117* (116) Sophie Ecclestone 2/39 (10 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 4 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)

^ "England women to host South Africa, New Zealand in 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^ "England confirm 2018 fixtures". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^ "Jess Watkin, Bernadine Bezuidenhout called up for tour of Ireland and England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "England take on table leaders New Zealand". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^ "England v New Zealand: Sophie Devine's century leads tourists to victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^ "England confirm squad for New Zealand ODIs". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "New Zealand women call up Watkin, Bezuidenhout for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "England v New Zealand: Hosts win by 142 runs in first ODI at Headingley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Sophie Devine delivers New Zealand consolation win after Leigh Kasperek takes five wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

Players

Related teams

Tours

Home series

Competitions

Matches

World Cup finals	1982 1988 1993 2009 2017 2022
T20 World Cup finals	2018

See also

v t e 2017–2020 ICC Women's Championship
Preceding tournament: 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship
2017	Sri Lanka in West Indies (Oct) England in Australia (Oct) New Zealand in Pakistan (Oct)
2018	India in South Africa (Feb) West Indies in New Zealand (Mar) Australia in India (Mar) Pakistan in Sri Lanka (Mar) South Africa in England (Jun) New Zealand in England (Jul) India in Sri Lanka (Sep) South Africa in West Indies (Sep) Australia in Malaysia (Oct)
2019	Sri Lanka in South Africa (Feb) West Indies in Pakistan (Feb) New Zealand in Australia (Feb) England in India (Feb) England in Sri Lanka (Mar) Pakistan in South Africa (May) West Indies in England (Jun) Australia in West Indies (Sep) Sri Lanka in Australia (Sep) India in West Indies (Nov) England in Malaysia (Dec)
2020	South Africa in New Zealand (Jan) Australia in South Africa (Mar)
Following tournament: 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship

v t e International cricket in 2018
Preceding season: International cricket in 2017–18
April 2018	World Cricket League Division Four
May 2018	Bangladesh women in South Africa Pakistan in Ireland Pakistan in England West Indies vs ICC World XI in England
June 2018	Bangladesh against Afghanistan in India Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup Sri Lanka in the West Indies New Zealand women in Ireland South Africa women in England England in Scotland Netherlands Tri-Nation Series Pakistan in Scotland Australia in England Afghanistan in India England women's Tri-Nation Series India in Ireland Bangladesh women in Ireland
July 2018	Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier India in England Bangladesh in West Indies and USA New Zealand women in England South Africa in Sri Lanka Pakistan in Zimbabwe Nepal vs Netherlands in England
August 2018	Nepal in Netherlands Saudari Cup BCA Women's T20I Series Afghanistan in Ireland South American Women's Championship
Ongoing	Women's Championship Associate T20I cricket
Following season: International cricket in 2018–19

v t e 2018 English cricket season
« 2017 2019 »
International cricket	England v Pakistan West Indies v World XI England women v South Africa women Scotland v England England v Australia Women's Tri-Nation Series England v India England women v New Zealand women
Domestic cricket	County Championship Royal London One-Day Cup Vitality Blast MCCU Matches Minor Counties Championship Women's Cricket Super League Women's County Championship Women's Twenty20 Cup
County seasons
CC Division One	Essex Hampshire Lancashire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Worcestershire Yorkshire
CC Division Two	Derbyshire Durham Glamorgan Gloucestershire Kent Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Sussex Warwickshire