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Right then! That is all we have from this match. The hosts have gone 4-0 up and they will be looking for a whitewash come the final ODI. It might be a dead rubber but India Women will be looking to get one win in order to take some momentum with them into the World Cup. The final match of this tour will be played on Thursday, the 24th of February. The first ball will be bowled at 0330 IST (2200 GMT, previous day) but the coverage will begin much sooner. Do join us then. Take care and goodbye!

New Zealand Women skipper, Sophie Devine says with the bat they showed great intent. Adds, they know they can save a few more runs with better fielding and would work on it. Adds, the fans are backing us and she is glad they have the backing with the World Cup coming up.

Mithali Raj, the India Women captain is in for a chat. She says, they have been trying to work out on some combination and feels that the bowlers need to be more consistent and they will be looking to improve that department. Mentions, Richa Ghosh is a very exciting player for India.

Amelia Kerr is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for yet another impressive outing with both the bat as well as the ball. She says, the openers got off to a flier and she is glad she could carry on the good work. Adds that she has worked a lot on herself in the winter and is all prepped up for a huge summer season. Mentions, to have such confidence heading into the World Cup is a massive advantage.

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A daunting task was made almost impossible when Shafali Verma and Yastika Bhatia were sent packing early, neither of them even troubling the scorers. Smriti Mandhana came back into the side and played a few shots but she too perished soon. It was then a counter-attacking partnership from the skipper, Mithali Raj and young pocket-sized dynamite Richa Ghosh worth 82-runs which brought belief back into the Indian camp. Ghosh got out after reaching the 50-run mark and Raj followed suit as she looked to up the ante. After that, it was just a question of when the innings ends and by how much the hosts would win. The tail was cleaned up by Amelia Kerr and the visitors were handed a thumping defeat. They will now look to get something out of this series before the World Cup starts and would want to win the final match of the tour.

New Zealand Women have now gone 4-0 up in the five-match series and it was a dominating display with both the bat and the ball today from the hosts. To be honest, the win was set up with the bat, when the hosts scored 191. But just to seal the deal, Frances Mackay and Jess Kerr picked up early wickets to nip the chase in the bud in the Powerplay itself They had the visitors 19 for 4 inside 5 overs and it was a stern resistance then from Ghosh and Raj that delayed the win. Once those two were dismissed in successive overs, the hosts cleaned up the tail in almost no time. Mackay and Jess Kerr ended with two wickets each but Hayley Jensen and Amelia Kerr were the ones who did the job at the top and at the death respectively. Amelia Kerr rounded off a dominant all-around performance with 3 wickets in her final over. New Zealand Women will be pleased with that showing.

OUT! CLEANED UP! Three wickets in the over to end the innings of India Women. Amelia Kerr shining with the ball as well. A googly, full and on the stumps. Rajeshwari Gayakwad clears her front leg and tries to heave it across the line but misses. The ball goes through to shatter the stumps. New Zealand Women win the game by 63 runs.

FOUR! Nicely played. Too full, angled down leg. Rajeshwari Gayakwad glances it down to fine leg for a boundary.

Full and on off, blocked out solidly.

Rajeshwari Gayakwad is the last batter in for India and she will also face the hat-trick ball.

OUT! Cleaned up! A team Hat-Trick! Amelia Kerr has two in two and Renuka Singh is out for a golden duck. This is a peach of a delivery. It's the wrong 'un, nicely tossed up and around off. Renuka Singh presses forward to defend but the ball turns in sharply and goes through the gap between bat and pad, crashing int0o middle stump. New Zealand Women now just one wicket away from winning the match and Kerr is on a hat-trick. Is there anything this woman can't do?

Renuka Singh comes in to bat now.

OUT! TIMBER! Floated, full and on the stumps. Deepti Sharma shuffles across and looks to sweep it away but misses it completely. The ball sneaks behind her and shatters the stumps. New Zealand Women look to be in a hurry to end things here.

Meghna Singh walks in at number 9.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another one holes out for India. Frances Mackay gets some extra bounce off the deck this time. It is flighted, full and on off. Sneh Rana looks to sweep it away. The ball flies off the top edge and goes towards short fine leg and Rosemary Mair takes a dolly.

LEG BYE! Floated, full and on the pads. Sharma looks to sweep it away but misses. The ball brushes her pads and rolls towards square leg. They collect a leg bye.

Tossed up, on off. Rana pushes it to cover for one.