NZ vs Sco – New Zealand bowl in must-win match with Sophie Devine, Lea Tahuhu back
New Zealand chose to bowl vs Scotland
With tournament hopes hanging by a thread, Melie Kerr asked Scotland to bat first in hot conditions in Bristol. Temperatures are set to rise to 33 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, which will make fielding more challenging as the day goes on.
New Zealand retained Suzie Bates even as Sophie Devine was back to full health after missing the last match with illness. Bates was carded at No. 7 in a reshuffled batting line-up that will see Melia Kerr open and Izzy Sharp at No. 3, with Georgia Plimmer dropped. They have also included Lea Tahuhu, who will retire after this tournament, and makes her first appearance in place of Rosemary Mair.
Scotland welcomed back Ailsa Lister and Rachel Slater, who were both unavailable through injury for their last match but retained Pippa Sproul and Hannah Rainey. Chloe Abel and Gabriella Fontenla have been left out.
Both sides have lost two of their three matches and would need to win their remaining two and have other results to go their way to make the semi-finals. The loser of this match will be eliminated.
New Zealand: 1 Melie Kerr (capt), 2 Izzy Gaze (wk), 3 Izzy Sharp, 4 Sophie Devine, 5 Brooke Halliday, 6 Maddy Green, 7 Suzie Bates, 8 Jess Kerr, 9 Nensi Patel, 10 Lea Tahuhu, 11 Bree Illing
Scotland: 1 Darcey Carter, 2 Katherine Fraser, 3 Kathryn Bryce (capt), 4 Sarah Bryce (wk), 5 Ailsa Lister, 6 Pippa Sproul, 7 Priyanaz Chatterji, 8 Kirstie Gordon, 9 Megan McColl, 10 Rachel Slater, 11 Hannah Rainey
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