India women clinch 3-match ODI series against New Zealand

In Women's Cricket, New Zealand beat India by eight wickets in the third and final One Day International at Hamilton yesterday.

Put into bat, the visitors were bundled out for 149 in 44 overs. Deepti Sharma with 52 off 90 balls made a significant contribution.

From New Zealand, Anna Peterson took four wickets in 10 overs and was declared Player



of the match.

In reply, hosts overhauled the 150 run target, in 29.2 overs. Susie Bates and Amy Satterthwaite scored fifties to help the hosts in the consolation win.