Alice Capsey’s superb unbeaten 74 guides England to victory over New Zealand

Alice Capsey ’s unbeaten 74 guided England to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their opening T20 clash in Derby.

Alice Capsey’s superb unbeaten 74 guides England to victory over New Zealand. Alice Capsey ’s unbeaten 74 guided England to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their opening T20 clash in Derby. The visitors were put in and suffered the worst possible start as Lauren Bell bowled Georgia Plimmer with the first ball of the match and they needed an aggressive 45 off 22 balls from Sophie Devine to get back on track. Maddy Green and Izzy Sharp’s late partnership of 36 helped them up to 136 for seven, with Bell and Charlie Dean claiming two wickets apiece. Capsey spearheaded England ’s chase, hitting seven fours and three sixes in her 51-ball knock and added an unbroken 64 with Freya Kemp for the fourth wicket to ease England over the line with 16 balls to spare. England got off to the ideal start when Bell struck with her first ball as P...