Alice Capsey began England’s Twenty20 series against New Zealand with an unbeaten 74 off 51 balls, her highest score for England and her first T20I half-century since July 2024. Promoted to open in place of Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Capsey used the extra time to hit three sixes and seven fours while England chased 137 successfully with three wickets and 16 balls remaining. Sophie Devine’s aggressive innings for New Zealand ended when she was bowled by Dani Gibson after hitting multiple sixes. Capsey carried England through the chase, adding an unbeaten 64-run partnership with Freya Kemp. With the World Cup three weeks away, England’s upcoming T20s against New Zealand and India offer chances to sharpen form, while ring fielding looked strong despite Nat Sciver-Brunt’s left calf injury.
"England got off to a winning start in their Twenty20 series against New Zealand after Alice Capsey struck an unbeaten 74 from 51 balls her highest score for England, and her first T20i half-century since July 2024. Capsey has generally batted at No 3 for England but on this occasion was promoted to open in place of Danni Wyatt-Hodge, missing this series due to the imminent birth of her first child."
"She made full use of the extra time available to her, smoking three sixes and seven fours as England chased down their 137-run target with three wickets and 16 balls to spare. Capsey's was still a slightly more restrained innings than that of New Zealand's Sophie Devine, who had earlier lived the high life for 21 balls, wellying four sixes over midwicket including three in the course of one over from Sophie Ecclestone but eventually crashed and burned, bowled by Dani Gibson when she finally failed to connect with a straight one."
"Unlike Devine, Capsey not only reached the milestone of her half-century but saw the England innings through to its conclusion, sharing an unbeaten 64-run partnership from 35 balls with Freya Kemp. With the start of the World Cup now only three weeks away, she has chosen exactly the right time to rediscover some swagger. As the World Cup looms, these T20s three against New Zealand and three against India should give England the chance to polish away any rustiness in the format, having last played a T20i in July 2025."
"Nat Sciver-Brunt remains absent nursing a left calf tear though we are assured she will be fit for the World Cup. In her stead Charlie Dean marshalled the troops well again, plus picked up a couple of handy wickets bowling Izzy Gaze with one which turned, and having Brooke Halliday caught trying to go over the top. Injuries aside, this was presumably some"
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