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New Zealand will be a team in transition at the end of this summer’s T20 World Cup, when they are defending champions, and veteran Devin showed exactly how much of a gap he can leave in the batting line-up with one of their biggest balls.
Their awful start saw Izzy Gaze bowled by Lauren Bell before the left-armer caught Smith Plimer and bowled him and Kerr missed a sweep that would have been pinned lbw.
Brook Halliday was caught at long-on for three and England were in complete control at the end of the six-over, outscoring their opponents 29-4.
But Devine used all her experience to put the pressure back on England. She bowled Charlie Dean for a back-to-back six to knock the England captain out of the attack – winning just one of his 14 runs.
This meant that all-rounders Kemp and Gibson had to jam their full innings, both conceding 34 from four wicketless overs, while Issy Wong bowled 24 from three.
Devin deftly swung around her winter, often running into piles of ground, but throwing stitches from their length was effective.
The pair rotated the strike throughout, forcing England’s fielders to falter and err more often than not, with Bouchier leaving an easy delivery to Devine at long-on in the final over to add another nine runs in the final over.
Despite England’s all-round effort in the first-leg derby, it was a timely warning from some of the world’s best on the field in the coming months.
