India v New Zealand: Women’s Cricket World Cup – live

12.56pm BST 35th over: India 218-1 (Pratika 90, Jemimah 3) Jemimah is pushed up the order to make merry from that outstanding base. Five easy runs from Melie Kerr’s over. 12.54pm BST 34th over: India 213-1 (Pratika 87, Jemimah 1) Well done Susie Bates – still got it even in her first spell of the World Cup. The highest stand of the tournament comes to an end – glorious stuff from Smriti. 12.50pm BST WICKET! Smriti c Rowe (sub) b Bates 109 (India 212-1) At last! A slog sweep flies high towards the lights, comes down to earth just in front of the rope where Rowe fluffs her first attempt but catches the rebound with her wrists and to huge relief. The end of a wonderful innings. Updated at 12.50pm BST 12.48pm BST 33rd over: India 211-0 (Pratika 86, Smriti 109) Pratika helps a limping ball from Kerr down to the rope before Smriti tonks a full toss, a waist high full toss for six. The free hit just brings a single. 12.45pm BST 32nd over: India 195-0 (Pratika 79, Smriti 101) A long break for drinks again. Just three single from Bates’ over. Every single New Zealand can make India run, will exhaust them more. 12.36pm BST 100 for Smriti Mandhana! 31st over: India 192-0 (Pratika 77, Smriti 100) And with a single comes India’s first hundred of the tournament, a fabulous display of hitting from Smriti – her 14th ODI century. She lifts both helmet and bat and smiles that glorious smile. In the dugout a keyboard of blue stands to applaud. 12.32pm BST 30th over: India 188-0 (Pratika 75, Smriti 98) Devine calls up her trusty war horse Suzie Bates to have a go. Now even the immaculate fielding is starting to wilt as Smriti slots four between two immobile bodies. 12.29pm BST 29th over: India 181-0 (Pratika 75, Smriti 91) Smriti grabs a handful of salt and scrubs it into the raw wound. A one-kneed six cracked up and into the night, the next, also on one knee, swept down to the rope. Kerr ia unimpressed. Updated at 12.29pm BST 12.25pm BST 28th over: India 170-0 (Pratika 75, Smriti 80) Tahuhu continues to feel the heat as Pratika flays her past point and a sprawling fielder for one four, past midwicket for another. 12.22pm BST 27th over: India 161-0 (Pratika 66, Smriti 79) New Zealand break through! – no, they don’t. Smriti looks stone-dead lbw to Milie Kerr but but choses to review Sue’s raised finger, because why not, and DRS finds a slither of an inside edge. The news surprises Smriti, already walking off, as much as it does Kerr, who shrugs her shoulders in disbelief. 12.16pm BST 26th over: India 155-0 (Pratika 64, Smriti 76) Smriti crouches down by her stumps – the humidity is starting to tell here – the boundary fielders constantly sipping from drinks. Tahuhu returns and starts her second spell with a wide. Then Pratika parries one angled into her pads with a wristy steer for four. 12.11pm BST 25th over: India 147-0 (Pratika 58, Smriti 75) At half way, New Zealand are yet to take a wicket and India are steaming across the ocean and far away. Pratika with the dancing feet this time, four lofted over mid on. More quick drinks. 12.08pm BST 24thover: India 140-0 (Pratika 52, Smriti 74) Another Smriti four, as she leans back and caresses the ball away. Devine tries to stem the flow with a short ball but it drifts leg side for a wide. 12.05pm BST Ffity for Pratika 23rd over: India 132-0 (Pratika 50, Smriti 69) Smriti opens her eyes wide and, twinkling of toe, pulls Mair across the grass and over the rope. A nipped single brings Pratika her second fifty of the World Cup and the over finishes with four more for Smriti, a wayward delivery nudged past the keeper. 11.59am BST 22nd over: India 121-0 (Pratika 48, Smriti 60) Pratika contemplates a scoop, but changes her mind at the last second, grounded to the crease. Just three singles from Devine’s over. 11.56am BST 21st over: India 118-0 (Pratika 46, Smriti 59) Mair returns to try and break this dangerous partnership. No cigar, but no boundaries either. The ground is alive with the Mexican wave. And a stat for you: Smriti and Pratika have the most runs by an opening pair in ODIs since 2024. 11.52am BST 20th over: India 113-0 (Pratika 43, Smriti 58) A run rate of four from the first ten overs became 7.5 from overs ten to 20. Eight off Carson’s fourth over, including a four from Smriti, inelegant by her standards, but does the job. Updated at 11.53am BST 11.49am BST 19th over: India 107-0 (Pratika 42, Smriti 52) Jess Kerr starts her over with a no ball but the free hit brings naught as Pratika finds the cover fielder. A sharp bit of fielding by Halliday in the ring cuts off a boundary. Five singles 11.45am BST Fifty for Smriti Mandhana! 18th over: India 102-0 (Pratika 40, Smriti 50) Smriti brings up the century partnership by lofting Carson for four – eggs over easy, one bounce before clearing long on boundary. A couple more brings fifty, making her the second highest run-scorer this World Cup behind Healy. 11.41am BST 17th over: India 94-0 (Pratika 38, Smriti 44) Ice towels and sun umbrellas bring temporary relief. Jess Kerr resumes, Smriti threads four between third and backward point like the expert seamstress she is. 11.34am BST 16th over: India 86-0 (Pratika 36, Smriti 38) Kerr tosses the first ball of the over up and SMriti strolls down the pitch and pings her for six over deep mid wicket. Four more from a Pratika square drive that whistles exquisitely over the rope ahead of the despairing sweeper. DRINKS, and India have wrestled control. Updated at 11.39am BST 11.28am BST 15th over: India 74-0 (Pratika 31, Smriti 31) Devine cuts her losses and replaces the expensive Tahuhu with Jess Kerr, whose first two overs went for three. The ploy works immediately, with just three singles run. Updated at 11.29am BST 11.25am BST 14th over: India 71-0 (Pratika 28, Smriti 27) Steady from Kerr, but India milk five singles from it. Updated at 11.29am BST 11.23am BST 13th over: India 67-0 (Pratika 28, Smriti 27) Pratika has decided Tahuhu must go. After the second ball flies off the pad and down to the rope, she pulls out a short-arm jab over wide long on, then a glorious front-foot lofted drive with pose held for all of Mumbai to appreciate, for four more. 11.19am BST 12th over: India 53-0 (Pratika 20, Smriti 25) ICC woman’s cricketer of the year 20204 Melie Kerr is whistled into the action. A single and two leg byes from her first over. 11.17am BST 11th over: India 50-0 (Pratika 20, Smriti 24) Another bowling change, Tahuhu starts with a wide and follows up with a wide three balls later. And another slips past Smriti’s off stump. Tahuhu curls her lip as she walks back. A delivery drifts widish of Pratika’s off stump , who promptly tucks cuts her for four. New Zealand’s change bowlers have not managed to capitalise on the miserliness of the opening pair. 11.09am BST 10th over: India 40-0 (Pratika 15, Smriti 22) Pratika flays four like a chef presented with some rotten vegetables, pulling Devine over midwicket. But four dots complete the over and at the end of the power play, India’s run-rate is a grudingly respectable four an over. 11.05am BST 9th over: India 35-0 (Pratika 11, Smriti 21) Ignore me, as Smriti shimmies down the pitch with twinkling boots and lofts Carson over long off and for six. Gorgeous shot which pleases as on-edge crowd. 11.02am BST 8th over: India 28-0 (Pratika 11, Smriti 14) Smriti starts the over by slashing a juicy pie from Devine past backward point for four. Just one more run though, so India hardly steaming along . 10.59am BST 7th over: India 23-0 (Pratika 11, Smriti 9) The first over of spin, with the fresh-faced Eden Carson, black towel tucked into her waistband. Smriti sweeps the first-ball loosener down to the rope. But the ring successfully prevent any more boundaries. 10.56am BST 6th over: India 18-0 (Pratika 11, Smriti 4) Devine brings herself into the attack and Smriti rushes her first ball, sending the ball flying just past a airborne point. Dab-dab, we return to the singles game. 10.53am BST 5th over: India 15-0 (Pratika 10, Smriti 2) A boundary at last, as Mair sends down a half volley and Pratika flicks her away off her ankles and down to the rope. And another! A greedy step forward and angled over cover. The engine is running. Updated at 10.54am BST 10.49am BST 4th over: India 6-0 (Pratika 2, Smriti 1) Lots of empty seats at the moment, but on TMS Steve Finn says that spectators are gathering in the shaded areas to shelter from the sun – it’s 3.15 in the afternoon in Mumbai. A couple of singles off Kerr’s second over, and then an out of character wide. India cannot pierce New Zealand’s fielders waiting in a tight ring. 10.43am BST 3rd over: India 3-0 (Pratika 1, Smriti 0) The crowd are chomping for boundaries, but New Zealand’s bowlers are not complying. More stinginess from Mair, nibbling the ball both way and giving India nothing. Jut a single. 10.38am BST 2nd over: India 2-0 (Pratika 0, Smriti 0) Jess Kerr at the other end, neat lengths, Smriti, watchful, taps the ball back. An excellent maiden. 10.36am BST Play! 1st over: India 2-0 (Pratika 0, Smriti 0) Rosemary Mair, hair scraped back, earrings dancing, starts with an outswinger that Pratika lets go safely by. And so it continues for much of the over, with two leg byes from the last ball. 10.30am BST India have limped to this stage, on the back of three losses. But here they are, and they must turn things around today. After the anthems, New Zealand huddle for a giant high five, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal trot to the middle. 10.23am BST Hot, hot, hot It’s 35 degrees at the DY Patil stadium, and a humidity level in the 50s means that sweat won’t evaporate very effectively. It’s going to be tough out there. 10.19am BST I think Sophie Devine summed up the situation pretty well pre-match: “I can’t imagine the a type pf pressure that India feel, a billion people tuned into the TV screens. I’ve got real empathy for them, for us it’s a really exciting challenge, playing India, in India, in a World Cup, these are the moments that you want to be playing cricket.” 10.19am BST India bring in Rodrigues India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani. Mumbai’s Rodrigues replaces Amanjot Kaur, but still no extra bowler. 10.19am BST New Zealand unchanged New Zealand XI: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (capt), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Eden Carson, Lea Tahuhu. 10.19am BST Harmanpreet looks calm in the storm. “The pitch is looking good and we have a good opportunity with the extra batter to set a big total.We want to enjoy the moment and play good cricket.” 10.19am BST New Zealand win the toss and bowl Sophie Devine: “We don’t think the surface will change much and we just want a first crack with the ball. We haven’t played as much as we’d like but…we walk towards the pressure, playing India in India in a World Cup, it doesn’t get much bigger than that.” 10.19am BST Preamble Crunch. Match number 24 is the big one. India can qualify for their own tournament’s knock out stages if they win today. Rain-haunted New Zealand must win for a chance to make it to the semi-finals. Join us in Navi Mumbai – it should be a thriller, play starts at 10.30amBST. Updated at 10.24am BST