New Zealand has won the toss and chosen to bowl in the first of three one-day internationals against England which serve as part of England’s run-up to the Ashes series in Australia now under a month away.

England are playing against New Zealand in Match 27 of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, October 26, 2025. England have secured their semi-final spot, while New Zealand are out of contention, making this match little more than a dead rubber.

Englands Heather Knight and Amy Jones have hailed New Zealands captain Sophie Devine saying she is a proper cricketer and can hit the ball better than anyone in the womens game; Devine was playing in her 159th and final ODI match;

But Ecclestone bowled only four balls before leaving the action again, with the England and Wales Cricket Board confirming she was receiving treatment on her damaged shoulder. New

Catch play-by-play updates from the first One Day International (ODI) between New Zealand and England on Sunday, October 26, at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui

New Zealand and England will square off in the third and final T20 international of their series on Wednesday at Eden Park.

Rain forced the abandonment of the first Twenty20 international between New Zealand and England after the visitors posted 153-6 in their completed innings.