- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Vanitha departs for a three-ball duck. Floated up and angled across off, she goes for a low-percentage slog sweep. The ball does not come on. She only drags it into the hands of Greenway. Poor shot selection on a slow, slow pitch 0/14.4 Mandhana fails to cash in. She plays on for 12. Shrubsole is pleased. What's that triangle celebration? Full indipper from the seamer, Mandhana aims to force it through the offside. She can only drag it back on to the stumps. The leg stump is knocked out 15/212.1 India are struggling in Dharamsala. Sciver strikes with her first ball. Length and outside off, sliced into the lap of backward point. Mithali falls for a scratchy 33-ball 20 47/411.2 Brunt takes a cracker of a catch, sprinting her to left from deep midwicket and completing a tumbling grab. Full on off, Pandey ventures down the pitch and clouts it in the air.... holes out to Brunt. Knight overran the ball initially, but adjusted well 44/320 length ball on middle, slogged over cow corner. Kaur wants two. She is caught well short. She is not even in the frame. Accurate throw in the deep, Taylor gathers it and breaks the stumps 90/714 India keep stumbling. Tossed up invitingly, lures Veda out of her crease. She aims for a leg-side flick/swipe. She ends up playing all around it. She does not connect. Knight nails the off stump 52/516.1 Shrubsole returns and dismisses Jhulan. Back of a length, this does not bounce at all, shoots low to foil Jhulan's attempted cut. She can only under-edge it behind to Taylor. She went low with it and snaffled the catch 65/619.4 cutter from Gunn, just a shade outside off, Kaur does not make contact with a slog sweep. Anuja rushes across in search of a single. Kaur does not budge. Both batsmen are caught at the same end. Anuja goes. Gunn collects the ball and tips the bails off 87/7Extras3 (b 1, lb 1, w 1)TOTAL90/8 (20 Overs, RR: 4.5)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vellaswamy Vanitha, 0.3 ov), 2-15 (Smriti Mandhana, 4.4 ov), 3-44 (Shikha Pandey, 11.2 ov), 4-47 (Mithali Raj, 12.1 ov), 5-52 (Veda Krishnamurthy, 13.6 ov), 6-65 (Jhulan Goswami, 16.1 ov), 7-87 (Anuja Patil, 19.4 ov), 8-90 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB HC Knight 4 0 15 3 3.75 0 0 K Sciver-Brunt 4 0 24 0 6.00 1 0 A Shrubsole 4 0 12 2 3.00 0 0 JL Gunn 4 0 16 0 4.00 0 0 RL Grundy 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2 0 7 1 3.50 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 and she strikes first ball. Big wicket. Edwards is out. Looped up on middle, Edwards eyes the leg side and pops a leading edge. Verma hurtles forward, tumbles, and catches it in front of the wicket 10/15.4 floated outside off, Kaur slows this up and finds some turn. The opener goes across the line. She sweeps and sends a top edge that drops into the hands of midwicket 42/25.5 Taylor steps out again, this time Kaur outfoxes her. She drags her length back and gets some turn again. Taylor can't lay bat on it. Verma breaks the stumps to give India another lift 42/311.5 Knight shows her ace early as she comes down the pitch. Bisht held this back, got it to dip and turn away past the outside edge. Stumped with ease. Verma claims another dismissal 62/413.3 soft, soft dismissal. England have been pinned down. Sciver uses her feet, Bisht gives this plenty of air. Sciver shapes to drive but does not get hold of it. She plops it in the air and watches the ball settle into the hands of Raj at short cover. Bisht sets off on a celebratory sprint 71/612 two in two for Bisht. India are believing. They get into a huddle. India's coach is up on her feet in the dug out. This was dangled up straight on middle. There is nobody behind square as Greenway aims for a sweep. She does not make contact, though. The finger goes up. It would have smashed middle 62/515.1 dropped shortish on off, goes back and chops it straight to cover. Rocket direct hit. Ekta turning it on, this time on the field. Wyatt sets off in search of a quick single. Brunt wasn't interested. Ekta rifles a throw and nails the stumps at the bowler's end 79/717.5 similar ball - short and wide outside off. Similar shot - chopped to point. The pair set off for a single. The fielder hurries and sends a throw to the keeper who takes the bails off. Gunn is just short 87/8Extras4 (b 1, lb 2, w 1)TOTAL92/8 (19 Overs, RR: 4.84)Did not bat: RL GrundyFall of wickets: 1-10 (Charlotte Edwards, 2.1 ov), 2-42 (Tammy Beaumont, 5.4 ov), 3-42 (Sarah Taylor, 5.5 ov), 4-62 (Heather Knight, 11.5 ov), 5-62 (Lydia Greenway, 11.6 ov), 6-71 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 13.3 ov), 7-79 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 15.1 ov), 8-87 (Jenny Gunn, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Patil 4 0 22 0 5.50 0 0 J Goswami 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0 E Bisht 4 0 21 4 5.25 0 0 RS Gayakwad 4 1 10 0 2.50 0 0 H Kaur 4 0 22 2 5.50 1 0 V Krishnamurthy 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
England Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15:30 start First Session 15.30-16.55, Interval 16.55-17.15, Second Session 17.15-18.40
Match days
22 March 2016 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England Women 2, India Women 0
Match Coverage
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