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Jones threw the bat at a large, full supply from Gaud and sliced the ball in direction of gully. It gave the impression to be previous Deepti Sharma, who dived backwards to her proper to take a surprising one-handed catch. Outrageous! That’s a microcosm of the entire tour; India have wiped the ground with England within the area.
WICKET! England 8-2 (Jones c Sharma b Gaud 4)
Everybody has a plan till they get punched within the face. Amy Jones has fallen to a surprising catch and England are in all types, already.
2nd over: England 8-1 (Jones 4, Lamb 0) The offspinner Deepti Sharma shares the brand new ball and rushes by an over that prices only one. The brand new batter Emma Lamb, who’s extra comfy towards tempo early on, performed out 4 dot balls to finish the over.
1st over: England 7-1 (Jones 3, Lamb 0)
WICKET! England 7-1 (Beaumont b Gaud 2)
Kranti Gaud begins the innings with a giant no-ball, which permits Amy Jones to tug the free hit over midwicket for 3 runs. Her opening companion Tammy Beaumont works two off the pads after which survives a massive LBW shout. It did an excessive amount of and would have missed leg stump.
Irrespective of, as a result of the final ball of the over will get the job carried out. Beaumont has been bowled by a jaffa – an identical supply to the LBW attraction, besides this one was completely pitched and got here again by to the gate to hit the highest of off. The proper begin for India.
England will make historical past in the event that they pull this off. No workforce has scored 319 or extra batting second to win a ladies’s ODI. In actual fact, just one workforce has chased greater than 300, Sri Lanka towards South Africa final 12 months.
England, whose openers are about to take the sphere, have fairly the job on.
Thanks Daniel, hey everybody. Jemimah Rodrigues, interviewed on Sky Sports activities, reckons India made a “combating whole”. The pundits don’t completely concur. The unstated consensus is that India have a combating likelihood in the identical method Mike Tyson had a combating likelihood each time he entered a boxing ring between 1985 and 1989.
That, then is me. Rob Smyth might be with you shortly to name England dwelling, however in any other case, peace aht.
Between-innings studying:
That was shockingly competent from India. Not that it wasn’t apparent that they’re good, extra that they calmly put away the dangerous balls with excessive prejudice, noticed out the higher bowlers and more durable moments, then correctly bought after it on the finish. England have the firepower to chase this, however it’ll want one thing very particular to even make it shut.
India set England 319 to win ODI sequence
fiftieth over: India 318-5 (Ghosh 38, Yadav 2) Sorry, one ball: Yadav will get away to midwicket, then Ghosh bottom-edges excessive … simply over Allen, and simply over the fence for six! Two extra observe, advert it’s price noting that India have compiled this phat whole with out even needing Deepti; that’s some terrifying energy, proper there. An tennis-slap down the bottom provides two extra, likewise a lovely-sounding hole loft again over the bowler’s head, and that completes a near-perfect dig from India. Nicely, properly batted.
forty ninth over: India 305-5 (Ghosh 26, Yadav 1) Yadav forces to cowl to get off the mark and when Ghosh can’t get away the ultimate supply of Smith’s spell – the evaluation of which reads 1-74 – Bell may have a full over at Yadav to finish the innings.
WICKET! Kaur c Sciver-Brunt b Smith 1-02 (India 304-5)
Harmanpreet drives laborious however uppishly, and Sciver-Brunt, diving because the ball lasers previous her, takes an honest catch. A top quality knock from a high quality participant.
forty ninth over: India 304-4 (Kaur 102, Ghosh 26) It’s been an uncomfortable innings for Smith, whose first ball is swept to deep backward sq. by Ghosh; to win the sequence, England should now full their highest-ever chase. A dot follows, then a tough pull heads straight to Filer … who form of leaps previous it, placing the prospect down.
forty eighth over: India 299-4 (Kaur 102, Ghosh 21) Bell is again and Ghosh flicks into the leg-side for 2, then turns a slot-ball right into a half-volley, stepping away once more to fizz 4 by cowl. The ability in India’s batting lineup is significantly critical, however when Ghosh slaps to cowl, they fight for a second run and does Harmanpreet make it again to the non-striker’s? Simply, the full-length drive saving her, however in comms, Butch is irritated Lamb wasn’t in sharply sufficient nor her throw ok, and England are punished, Ghosh annihilating a slower-ball over broad mid-off for the primary six of the innings. England’s fielding wants some consideration, and a one then a two make it 17 off the over; India have paced this superbly.
Harmanpreet Kaur raises her century
forty seventh over: India 282-4 (Kaur 100, Ghosh 6) It’s Smith in once more and her first three balls go for 2 ones and a two, Ghosh off the mark with a shove down the bottom. She received’t take too many sighters, I wouldn’t suppose, however within the meantime, Harmanpreet drives by mid-off and that completes a frankly sensational class-is-permanent century – it appears really easy for her when she’s taking part in properly. And as we mentioned, Ghosh received’t wait to be requested, stepping away to free arms and zetz 4 over cowl earlier than taking a single to finish a 10-run over. India nonetheless have batting to return, too, so I’d anticipate them to correctly go at these final three overs.
forty sixth over: India 272-4 (Kaur 96, Ghosh 0) India may need sufficient runs already, however there’re lots extra on the market for them; England will hope the breakthrough permits them to use the brakes.
WICKET! Rodrigues c Jones b Filer 50 (India 272-4)
Filer tries a bumper so Rodrigues appears to drag, however as a substitute gloves behind the place Jones strikes ft properly to take a sensible leg-side catch.
forty sixth over: India 272-3 (Kaur 94, Rodrigues 50) Filer to complete off and after one to Harmanpreet, Rodrigues pulls for an additional single, elevating her fifty off simply 44 deliveries. I really like how busy and optimistic she is on the crease.
forty fifth over: India 269-3 (Kaur 94, Rodrigues 49) Smith returns – good luck outdated mate. Shonuff, Harmanpreet takes two, then smears 4 over mid-off – it appears really easy for her, however she’s bought some form of lower-back state of affairs, taking remedy on the pitch Shubman Gill-style. That takes a couple of minutes, then she will get up and instantly sweeps 4 extra, in good management; this actually is an incredible knock and, as I kind the phrases, she retreats in her crease then will get all the way down to loft one other sweep over sq. leg. That’s 14 off the over with a ball to return, and a cover-drive first bats Beaumont’s drive, then runs away in direction of the fence, Dean working it down to save lots of a fourth boundary. She’s one hit away from one other century, and already, this whole appears nasty.
forty fourth over: India 252-3 (Kaur 77, Rodrigues 49) Filer begins with a large, then drops brief, providing width … and Harmanpreet lasers for to the fence, the partnership 79 off 61. There’s loads of batting to return too, so these batters don’t have any excuse for not going after it and, as I kind, the sensational Harmanpreet launches 4 extra down the bottom, stepping again to power-stroke again over the bowler’s head. Eight off the over with 4 balls nonetheless to return, the following of which yields a single … and the one after 4 extra, clumped by Jemimah by superb leg; a pull for 2 completes the scoring from the over, 16 runs all informed, and Filer is 0-61 off 9.
forty third over: India 236-3 (Kaur 68, Rodrigues 46) Rodrigues comes all the way down to Dean, two massive strikes, turning a length-ball right into a full toss and slamming 4 by cowl. Gosh, and a sweep into the on-side completely foxes Lamb, the ball spinning away as she goes in direction of it, and that’s 4 extra. A single follows, then Harmanpreet sweeps into the bottom for a 3rd boundary of an over which, because of a one and a two – the second that includes a misfield from the England captain – yields 16 runs.
forty second over: India 220-3 (Kaur 63, Rodrigues 32) Filer replaces Smith and after two singles from three deliveries, Harmanpreet stands and delivers, ready on the crease to clout one other over-pitched supply over mid-on for 4. Two additional singles full the over and India are constructing momentum.
forty first over: India 212-3 (Kaur 57, Rodrigues 30) Rodrigues sweeps for one, then Harmanpreet misses a pull they usually run a leg bye. India want boundaries now although, and the previous rapidly twinkles down the observe to launch 4 over the infield and to cow nook. So Dean, conscious she supplied width, goes straighter … permitting Jemimah to brush 4 extra, earlier than reversing a 3rd boundary in a row. Wonderful work from right here, and that’s 14 off the over. India wanted that.
fortieth over: India 198-3 (Kaur 57, Rodrigues 17) India have hardly ever appeared troubled however they’ve additionally not bought away and, when Smith begins with a pair of dots, there’s a little bit of strain to attain. So Rodrigues will get down on one knee to brush, misses, and wears ball on torso; she was exterior the road, so when the attraction is rejected, there’s no evaluation. A lapped single follows, the one run from the over, and India should absolutely up the tempo now if there’s to be any level of their protecting wickets in hand.
thirty ninth over: India 197-3 (Kaur 57, Rodrigues 16) Rodrigues misses a sweep and wears the ball on the pad, however she was properly exterior the road; I actually take pleasure in her composure on the crease, and the way a lot fin she appears like she’s having. A sweep to deep sq. provides one to the full, then then two additional singles full a significantly better over for England, three from it.
thirty eighth over: India 194-3 (Kaur 56, Rodrigues 14) India are taking singles fairly simply now, two from the primary two balls of Smith’s sixth over, and I’m certain the batters are plotting a boundary in some unspecified time in the future. However when Harmanpreet steps a cross to look down to 3rd, they’ve to make do with a measly three, earlier than three extra singles make it eight off the over as soon as extra.
thirty seventh over: India 186-3 (Kaur 51, Rodrigues 6) I like Rodrigues, however I’d undoubtedly have thought of sending Deepti in above her simply because she’s taking part in so properly and the longer you will get her within the center, the higher. India, although, know there’s little to return from England’s normal death-bowlers – as I kind we’re informed Ecclestone has by no means completed her spell as early in an innings. Meantime, Dean returns, and after Rodrigues takes a single, Harmanpreet flogs 4 by lengthy on, raises her fifty with a single, and two extra of these means a complete eight runs from the over. India are beginning to transfer.
thirty sixth over: India 178-3 (Kaur 45, Rodrigues 6) What’s an excellent rating from right here? India have wickets in hand and can absolutely need to get near 300 if they will – six an over from right here takes them to 265, however with Deepti to return, they’ve scope for a bit extra regardless of the sluggish outfield. Smith, although, returns and although Rodrigues turns her loosener across the nook for 2, 4 dots adopted by single imply that’s an honest comeback over from Smith, three runs coming from it.
thirty fifth over: India 175-3 (Kaur 45, Rodrigues 6) India are set for a demise onslaught however can they get it going from virtually a standing begin? Nicely, after two singles from two balls, Harmanpreet punishes a drag-down with a pull for 4, and two additional singles imply the over prices eight.
thirty fourth over: India 167-3 (Kaur 39, Rodrigues 4) I assume if we’re being beneficiant, we’ll say England provoked that wicket by protecting it tight and attacking by protecting their finest bowlers going, however it was a wild shot from Deol, who may’ve tried to bat by. Anyhow, the partnership ends at 81 and Ecclestone goes to bowl her last over within the hope of creating additional inroads. However after one run from 4, Rodrigues will get off the mark with a properly timed extra-cover drive, the over yielding 5 and Ecclestone ending a sometimes wonderful spell with 1-28 off 10.
WICKET! Deol c Sciver-Brunt b Bell 45 (India 162-3)
Bell bangs in and Deol forces it when she doesn’t should, top-edging a cross-batted swipe to brief midwicket. India have donated England a wicket they scarcely appeared like conjuring.
thirty third over: India 162-2 (Deol 45, Kaur 38) Bell hasn’t, I’m afraid, appeared particularly threatening right this moment, and her first 5 deliveries yield 4 singles and a two.
thirty second over: India 156-2 (Deol 43, Kaur 34) Ecclestone continues, Sciver-Brunt in better want of a wicket now than an over later; that’s good, aggressive captaincy. Nevertheless it doesn’t work, 5 dots adopted by one other attractive Harmanpreet cover-drive; it makes her the seventeenth batter to attain 4000 ODI runs. There’ll be many, many extra.
thirty first over: India 152-2 (Deol 43, Kaur 30) Bell bangs in and Deol uppercuts to broad third, Filer setting off too slowly to maintain her to at least one. Two singles observe, then an off-side broad, and India are properly set for a demise slog, given they’ve Jemimah and Deepti but to return.
thirtieth over: India 147-2 (Deol 40, Kaur 29) With the partnership 61 off 71, Sciver-Brunt turns to Ecclestone, who has simply three overs left, and brings the sphere up, seeking to make one thing occur. Deol, although, doesn’t take the bait and search for the much less well-guarded boundaries, getting down on one knee to heave a sweep for one … then simply as one other over from England’s finest bowler is disappearing, Harmanpreet accepts the problem, stepping down and making room to nail a picturebook extra-cover drive to the fence for 4.
twenty ninth over: India 142-2 (Deol 39, Kaur 25) Bell replaces Smith as Sciver-Brunt continues her seek for a breakthru; Harmanpreet turns her loosener away into the leg-side for one. Three dots observe, however Deol, ticking properly, clears her entrance pad to mow throughout the road for 4, earlier than tickling an extra single to cowl.
twenty eighth over: India 136-2 (Deol 34, Kaur 24) Filer shapes one in and Harmanpreet, caught behind her pad, is struck on the again one. England attraction however they comprehend it was excessive and probably happening … however, as India as two singles and a large, we’re proven that the batter was deep in her crease and a evaluation would’ve seen her strolling. That’s the second time that’s occurred right this moment.
twenty seventh over: India 131-2 (Deol 32, Kaur 22) Two singles then, supplied width, Harmanpreet throws palms, clobbering a reduce to the purpose fence for 4. She’s beginning to take pleasure in herself however, after a single, Deol appears to go bit … however skews an outdoor edge to 3rd man … the place it drops secure. Eight off the over, partnership burgeoning on which level has anybody ever used the phrase “burgeoning” in a non-sporting context?
twenty sixth over: India 123-2 (Deol 30, Kaur 16) Filer bangs in and Deol forces to deep backward sq. for one, then Harmanpreet ideas and runs for yet one more. An extra single follows then, supplied a slot ball, the India captain takes a giant step ahead, then occasions a improbable drive by backward level for 4 that appears ominous for England. Once more, England might very a lot use a wicket.
“Re Billie Piper,” returns John Starbuck, “her face appeared on the finish of Ncuti Gatwa’s final scene because the Physician, which historically leads the viewers to anticipate her as the following regenerated Physician. There’s been loads of argumentative fuss about this, as she was previously a ‘companion’, although it displays the final time the Physician was feminine. In any other case, they normally painting the regenerative course of as a typical little bit of TV magic (science).”
Received it. My spouse is properly into sci-fi so I’ve seen one million Babylon 5s, however she’s by no means prevailed upon me to observe the Dr.
twenty fifth over: India 115-2 (Deol 28, Kaur 10) Sciver-Brunt will need to fiddle as many overs out of Smith as she will be able to, however Deol will know that so, after two dots she unloads the suitcase at one, skipping all the way down to knuck inside-out, over mid-off for 4. That’s a terrific strike, made all of the extra invaluable when she squirts the following supply to deep level for 2, the scoreboard stored ticking over. A single completes the over, and the partnership is now 34 off 47; we’re midway by the innings.
twenty fourth over: India 108-2 (Deol 21, Kaur 10) Sciver-Brunt restores Filer to the assault instead of Ecclestone; can she discover her size on this spell? Earlier within the innings she was primarily too full too incessantly, however she begins properly right here, just for Deol to flick her second supply to deep sq. for 2. A single follows, then Harmanpreet additionally takes two to deep sq., making it 5 runs from the over.
twenty third over: India 103-2 (Deol 18, Kaur 8) Harmanpreet mows into the on-side however picks out midwicket they usually run one, elevating India’s hundred within the course of. One other single and a two observe, and that’s a significantly better over from Smith.
“Ecclestone has used the time since The Ashes to regenerate?” asks Nicholas Method. “Does that imply she’s now performed by Billie Piper?”
I feel this should be a Dr Who gag I don’t get.
twenty second over: India 99-2 (Deol 17, Kaur 5) Ah, Ecclestone continues for a seventh over, Sciver-Brunt hoping she’ll break this partnership and that the batters received’t need to enable her a 3rd straight maiden. Deol shoves her second ball to mid-off for one, then Harmanpreet twizzles to superb leg they usually attempt to nick a single however was Deol’s bat grounded on the dive? The umpire desires a glance … however it was superb.
twenty first over: India 97-2 (Deol 16, Kaur 4) Smith into the assault, starting her spell with a no ball {that a} replay says was superb; what is going to Deol do with the free hit? She skips down and, supplied width, thrashes over further for 4. She’s in now and, with one ball bowled and 5 conceded, the bowler is underneath strain. She responds pretty properly within the first occasion, a single following when the ball skips up over Dean’s try and area, however then a beautiful cover-drive punishes an over-pitched supply; that’s Harmanpreet off the mark and 10 off the over.
twentieth over: India 87-2 (Deol 11, Kaur 0) Yup, Ecclestone continues, however Harmanpreet is aware of she’s gone in six deliveries, so performs circumspectly even when supplied the sweep. An inside-edge meets the fifth ball, however it loops up and falls secure, the place leg-slip isn’t, and Ecclestone completes a second consecutive maiden. That may, I think about, be the top of her spell.
nineteenth over: India 87-2 (Deol 11, Kaur 0) Deol drives for 2 then, after two dots, she forces a drive by further, India’s first boundary in 70 deliveries. Six from the over however, with Harmanpreet on strike and but to attain, Sciver-Brunt will certainly enable Ecclestone one other over.
18th over: India 87-2 (Deol 5, Kaur 0) A wicket-maiden for Ecclestone, and this can be a key passage of the match arising.
WICKET! Mandhana c Dunkley b Ecclestone 45 (India 81-2)
Provided a drag-down, Mandhana realises she must take benefit, however her timing is supply and she or he makes use of her entire physique seeking to step away and pull, solely to select brief midwicket, the place Dunkley takes a sensible catch in entrance of her coupon. Large breakthrough for England.
seventeenth over: India 81-1 (Mandhana 45, Deol 5) Dean continues however nonetheless lacks attacking help from her fielders, unfold across the park. She concedes three singles, India content material to consolidate.
sixteenth over: India 78-1 (Mandhana 43, Deol 4) Mandhana takes one to sq. leg, the one run of the over, and Ecclestone is settling into her spell now. Drinks.