- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR42.3 slog-swept... straight to deep midwicket! Raut picks out Wyatt, lurking inside the rope, and a mighty innings ends 222/226.5 picks out midwicket, Mandhana falls short of a WWC century! Knight is cock-a-hoop at having got rid of India's wrecking ball at the top of the order... Bit of a tame way to go, given how imperiously she had been striking the ball, but it was still a wonderful innings. Didn't get hold of a pull, dropping back into the crease, and offered up a simple catch that Hazell snaffled 144/150 a big wind-up to finish, but Brunt at deep midwicket slides in to intercept with a well-judged catch! Raj misses out on a red-inker, but what a sublime innings that was. Individually, and collectively from India 281/3Extras10 (nb 1, w 9)TOTAL281/3 (50 Overs, RR: 5.62)Fall of wickets: 1-144 (Smriti Mandhana, 26.5 ov), 2-222 (Punam Raut, 42.3 ov), 3-281 (Mithali Raj, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB A Shrubsole 6 0 37 0 6.16 2 0 K Sciver-Brunt 7 1 50 0 7.14 1 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3 1 18 0 6 0 0 D Hazell 10 0 51 1 5.1 2 0 JL Gunn 10 0 46 0 4.6 0 1 A Hartley 7 0 38 0 5.42 0 0 HC Knight 7 0 41 2 5.85 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.1 full, wide of the stumps, Beaumont steps out and chases it... but can only divert a thick edge to slip! It was quite a sharp catch but well held, India have their breakthrough via Pandey 33/110.5 full outside off, Taylor again chips towards mid-on... and this one is taken cleanly! Good intent but not the best execution and Pandey has another big wicket. Taylor knew she hadn't got hold of it straight away, well held by Meshram over her right shoulder 42/231.1 round the wicket, tucked off the pads, and my goodness, a direct hit from the bowler has done the skipper like a kipper! Smart pick up and shy, and Knight falls. Is it darkness now for England? 134/417.1 swept, and is that a catch behind the stumps? Raj has called for the first use of DRS in this tournament. Sciver was sweeping, and the ball bobbled off her arm at the very least... was there glove involved? There certainly was! A fine one-handed scoop down the leg side from the keeper, and England are now in very serious bother 67/343.5 brilliant from Bisht! Gunn drives, the bowler fields, turns and throws down the stumps with Wilson stretching to get back... and her bat is in the air! What a way to go, the end of a gutsy innings from Fran Wilson, but that could be the game for India. Bisht, bashed, boshed 229/734.3 a lollipop return catch, and England's fifth wicket goes down! Taking the pace off the ball, through the shot too soon, and plucked off the full face of the bat for Sharma's second! 154/541.3 direct hit, Brunt is run out from backward point! Deepti Sharma is the partnership breaker, Brunt is left shaking her head... She was a little slow to set off after being called through by Wilson and although she put in a despairing dive, the throw was a bullet 216/644.2 tossed up and swatted to the leg side... another good throw and Verma breaks the stumps, this time Gunn is short! It looked like there was a run there but she was perhaps slow to get going and India pull off their fourth run-out to send England spiralling closer to defeat 229/847.3 superbly taken, that's sealed it! Heaved leg side and the sub fielder, Veda Krishnamurthy, runs in from deep midwicket and throws herself forward to take a wundercatch and complete an impressive 35-run win for India over the hosts in their WWC opener 246/1046.2 bowled her! Yadav gets a wicket, England are nine down and India are on the verge of starting with an impressive win... Tossed up full as Hazell shuffled across to be done behind the legs 236/9Extras7 (lb 4, w 3)TOTAL246 all out (47.3 Overs, RR: 5.17)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Tammy Beaumont, 8.1 ov), 2-42 (Sarah Taylor, 10.5 ov), 3-67 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 17.1 ov), 4-134 (Heather Knight, 31.1 ov), 5-154 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 34.3 ov), 6-216 (Katherine Sciver-Brunt, 41.3 ov), 7-229 (Fran Wilson, 43.5 ov), 8-229 (Jenny Gunn, 44.2 ov), 9-236 (Danielle Hazell, 46.2 ov), 10-246 (Anya Shrubsole, 47.3 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Match Notes
- Over 33.3: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batsman - FC Wilson (Struck down)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsNo more glasses, but same fierce focus for Mandhana
After missing most of the first half of 2017 due to a serious knee injury, the classy Smriti Mandhana made a sensational comeback in India's World Cup opener
India provide the fireworks for Derby's big day
Jarrod Kimber watches India, and Smriti Mandhana in particular, produce a performance worthy of a World Cup opening fixture
Winfield ruled out of England World Cup opener
England have suffered a major setback in their preparations for Saturday's Women's World Cup opener against India at Derby, with the news that Lauren Winfield, their hard-hitting opener, will miss the match after sustaining a wrist injury
Mandhana sets the standard as India overwhelm England in World Cup opener
India's impressive batting line-up made a collective statement of intent, not least their 20-year-old prodigy Smriti Mandhana, as England, the hosts, were overwhelmed by a display of power and finesse




