It was not a great start for the White Ferns and Whanganui player Jessica Watkin in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies after a 34 run loss to India in the opening game at Guyana National Stadium on Friday local time.
India raised an imposing 194-5 on the back of a superb 103 from 51 balls by Harmanpreet Kaur, the first women's T20 century for her country.
Watkin took a lot of stick from her three overs, including conceeding the first six of the tournament, to finish with 1-40 after she had Jemimah Rodrigues stumped for 59.
However, Watkin would be stumped herself off her first ball facing spinner Poonam Yadav, to leave New Zealand 73-3 in the 10th over, and from there they finished on 160-9.
The White Ferns next game is a day/night match with Australia.