Fifth women's one-day international, Lord's:
New Zealand 178-4 (46.4 ovs) beat England 176-9 (50 ovs) by six wickets

England's Lydia Greenway launches into a cover drive at Lord's

England's women ended the summer with defeat on the big stage as they lost by six wickets to New Zealand at Lord's.

A score of 176-9 was not enough despite 65 by Lydia Greenway, her best one-day score, but they had the consolation of winning the one-day series 3-2.

New Zealand seamer Erin Bermingham took a career-best 4-35 from her 10 overs.

And Sara McGlashan (65 not out) and Amy Satterthwaite (59) then shared a match-winning stand of 109 as the tourists reached 178-4 with 3.2 overs to spare.

England were in with a chance after Katherine Brunt removed the New Zealand openers in successive overs and spinner Laura Marsh had Suzie Bates stumped to reduce them to 35-3.

But McGlashan and Satterthwaite batted sensibly, collecting 13 boundaries between them to put heir side ahead of the required rate.

Satterthwaite was eventually caught by Brunt off Holly Colvin with the total on 144, but White Ferns skipper Aimee Watkins (11 not out) helped McGlashan knock off the remaining runs.

Bermingham picked up the Player of the Match award, with England batter Greenway named Player of the Series.

"There have been some good performances all round, I was a little surprised to get it," said 24-year-old Greenway.

"I was pleased to build an innings today and try to get us back in the game. It's a shame it wasn't quite enough to win.

"I've worked hard on my batting with [coach] Mark Lane and it is really starting to show. It's a great personal achievement to set a new highest score and doing it at Lord's makes it special."

Greenway's performance has lifted her six places to eight in the ICC women's batting rankings, which are still headed by Mithali Raj of India. England team-mates Claire Taylor, Sarah Taylor and Charlotte Edwards remain third, fourth and fifth.

Brunt is now second in the bowling rankings behind India's Jhual Goswami, a rise of two places, with Marsh and Colvin swapping places in sixth and seventh.

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