Watch: Englands Heather Knight takes blinder of a catch against New Zealand at ICC Women’s World Cup

England women’s
team captain Heather Knight grabbed a stunning catch to dismiss Lea Tahuhu of
New Zealand in a thrilling ICC Women’s World Cup match at Eden Park in Auckland
on Sunday. With both sides looking to grab full points, a win for any of the
team would play a key role in their bid to finish in the top four.

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Knight, in a
high-octane match, literally flew to her right and grabbed the ball out of the
thin air. The video of Heather Knight’s incredible catch was shared on ICC and
Cricket World Cup’s official Instagram handles.

She took the
catch when New Zealand were 155 for five after 38 overs and were looking to
finish well and set a competitive total. Tahuhu is well known for her ability
to play quick knocks but the New Zealander had to take the long walk back to
the pavilion without opening her innings, thanks to flying Knight. The bowler
was Ecclestone.

England bowlers
managed to pull things back in the backend of the New Zealand innings, after
cameos from the top-order put the hosts in a decent position.

At one time, New
Zealand were flying at 130 for two after 30 overs, and would have been hoping
for a 250+ score. However, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

The New Zealand
lower-middle order and tailenders were completely blown away by the English
bowlers. New Zealand in the end were bowled out for 203 in 48.5 overs with
Maddy Green remaining unbeaten on 52.

Kate Cross and
Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets each for England while Charlotte Dean
chipped in with two.

England, in
reply, were rattled by Tahuhu as she bowled over Tammy Beaumont before Jess
Kerr got the scalp of Danielle Wyatt. Natalie Sciver scored 61 which helped
England beat New Zealand by a solitary wicket in a nail-biting clash.

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“Amazing to get
this win… but credit to the Kiwis, they fought so hard. Today was all about
the win and luckily we did that. It was nice to get over the line, the bowlers
were outstanding, but we have to be better and one of the top order has to go
on and do the job. There is a bit of relief, we will reflect on what we can do
better and we can make it easier but the main thing was getting the win,”
Knight said after the match.

“We are building
quite nicely and players are performing well, Kate Cross was outstanding, Nat
Sciver and the spinners were good. It still has not clicked but hopefully that
is to come, and we have two massive must-win games to come,” she added.