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New Zealand Women have picked 16-year-old legspinner Amelia Kerr for the next months home series against Pakistan Women. Allrounder Sophie Devine and batsman Liz Perry returned to the squad, while spinners Leigh Kasperek and Erin Bermingham were unavailable for selection.Kerr has represented Wellington Women for close to two years in limited-overs cricket. She is the granddaughter of former Test cricketer Bruce Murray, and her parents have also represented Wellington in domestic cricket.New Zealand coach Haidee Tiffin said changes like Kerrs inclusion were done keeping the 2017 Womens World Cup in mind.Amelia has deserved this recognition - its a wonderful opportunity for her, and were also delighted to be welcoming back Sophie and Liz, Tiffin said. Our strategy is to use the opportunities we have to challenge players and to evaluate our game-plans, in order to give us the best possible lead-in to the 2017 World Cup.Batsman Natalie Dodd and allrounder Maddy Green, who are a part of the squad in the ongoing series against South Africa, have been left out. Green had been picked for the South Africa matches as a replacement for offspinner Kasperek who was sidelined for eight weeks after fracturing her finger.Pakistans tour will start with the five-match ODI series from November 9, and will be played in Lincoln and Nelson. The last three ODIs will be counted for points in the ICC Womens Championship and will be the last round of matches in the tournament for both teams. New Zealand are currently placed fourth on the table with 20 points, one point behind England Women, and have a chance to cement automatic qualification for next years World Cup by beating Pakistan, who are placed seventh. 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So if she agrees with the suggestion that her teams Game 4 victory in Los Angeles was one of the gutsiest wins shes been a part of with the Lynx, its not an overstatement.That victory kept the Lynx alive as they aim for their fourth title in six seasons. Minnesota meets Los Angeles on Thursday with the WNBA championship on the line in front of whats expected to be a sold-old Target Center for Game 5 (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET).The Lynx dealt with foul trouble for defensive stalwart Rebekkah Brunson, and a very intense -- if marred by a few key mistakes -- effort from the Sparks to triumph 85-79 at Staples Center on Sunday and tie the WNBA Finals best-of-five series at 2-2.Natasha Howard came in to play important minutes in place of Brunson, who has primarily guarded Sparks center Candace Parker throughout the series. And Maya Moore, who was the game-high scorer with 31 points, also spent time defensively on Parker.We fortunate, I think, to get through it, Reeve said of the time spent on the bench by Brunson. I think Tashas minutes were extremely solid, and Maya gave us a different dimension that they hadnt really had to prepare for before. She was adequate, for sure, with post defense. I thought we handled it as well as we could.In this series between the teams with the two best records in the WNBA, weve seen a little of everything.Its been an emotional Finals, just the highs and the lows of both teams being so tightly matched, Moore said. You just feel the devastation of a loss, and the highs of a win. It takes a lot to get back to that place of competing with focus.But Minnesota is the franchise that has done that the most consistently over the past six seasons. 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And were looking forward to this challenge again.The Lynx went through a Game 5 just last year, in fact, after a back-and-fourth WNBA Finals series with Indiana. The Fevers offense, though, just seemed spent by that point, after theyd given all they had to win Game 4 and send the series back to Minnesota. The Lynx prevailed 69-52 at Target Center.Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, who was the MVP of that series, expects this Game 5 to be close.I think its going to be very gritty, said Fowles, who has been so key both with her rebounding and clogging up space inside that the Sparks post players want. Nothing is going to come easy. We have to do what we do well.We have this thing we call hot spots, and thats where other teams are at their best shooting. We just try to take them away from those spots, let them see traffic there a little bit.The Lynx were most dominant in this series in Game 2. They made defensive adjustments from their Game 1 loss and won 79-60, which tied for the Sparks lowest point total this season. The Lynx were able to hold league MVP Nneka Ogwumike to just six shots in Game 2, and force Parker to take a lot of her 12 shots in places she didnt prefer to take them.A defensive effort similar to that will make the Lynx very hard to beat.But I feel like even in Game 3, we had a good mindset, Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen said of Minnesotas 92-75 loss last Friday, which was the game in which the Sparks were the most in control.Both teams are just fighting so hard. This series really has been what you want the Finals to be about. ' ' '