The White Ferns have lost their final warm-up game to this week's ICC T20 World Cup in Dubai by five wickets to England.
Batting first New Zealand scored 127-4 as Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr opened the innings. Bates going for three, but Kerr scoring 64 from from 46 balls with eight fours and a six.
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Captain, Sophie Devine made 24, Brooke Halliday 2 and Maddy Green seven. izzy Gaze continued her growth as a player by scoring 28 from 19 balls with two fours and one six.
In reply England made 133-5 with 18 balls to spare as Danni Wyatt made 31 and Nat Sciver-Blunt 31 and Danielle Gibson 24.
A worrying sign is that 15 extras were scored through the New Zealand bowlers, 13 of them wides.
Eight bowlers were used with Rosemary Mair and Lea Tahuhu both taking two wickets each.
The White Ferns first game of the T20 World Cup is against India on Saturday.
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