Key events
14th over: India 70-1 (Rawal 23, Deol 15) Filer is steaming in but she drops short and wide to be cut away in the gap by Deol.
13th over: India 64-1 (Rawal 22, Deol 10) Ecclestone is driven for four by Deol who collects a single off the last ball in order to keep strike.
12th over: India 59-1 (Rawal 22, Deol 5) Righto, here comes Lauren Filer for her first spell. Slip in place. Can she bust this game open for England? She starts with a leg side wide and is then clipped for an easy single by Rawal. Filer gets Deol to flinch a little at a short ball but it missed the gloves on the way through to Amy Jones.
11th over: India 56-1 (Rawal 21, Deol 4) Ecclestone gets one to grip and spit and signals she wants a slip. Deol throws the blade at a length ball, plinks in the air but in the gap and they scurry three runs.
10th over: India 52-1 (Rawal 20, Deol 1) Just a single off Bell’sw fifth over. England have tightened things up in the last few. Here comes Sophie Ecclestone for her first twirl of the match.
9th over: India 51-1 (Rawal 20, Deol 0) Kate Cross is into her fifth, she bustles through a tidy over with just three runs off it as India bring up their fifty to a polite burst of applause.
8th over: India 48-1 (Rawal 18, Deol 0 ) Harleen Deol is in at number three for India.
WICKET! Smriti Mandhana c Jones b Bell 28 (India 48-1)
Nat Sciver-Brunt is letting the game drift a little here, an over of spin or a summons for Lauren Filer is needed. Bell is too short and Mandhana can sit on the back foot and pull for four. Rinse and repeat, leg side and swivelled for four more…
An edge! From nowhere England have picked up Smriti Mandhan, Bell came around the wicket and Mandhana got a feather fencing at a good length ball. The home sided really needed that.
7th over: India 40-0 (Mandhana 20, Rawal 18) Cross is given another, Mark Butcher on the tv commentary suggests England need a spark. You can’t start a fire without one. Cross is at the stumps with the keeper up. A tidy is over is blotted by a misfield in the covers that sees Rawal get a drive away for four instead of a single. England haven’t had the faintest sniff of a chance in this innings.
6th over: India 34-0 (Mandhana 20, Rawal 12) Bell is flicked for four more by Mandhana, it’s all too easy for India at the moment. Bell spears in a sharp yorker but Mandhana digs it out easily enough and clips another full ball for two. There is a smidge of movement from the hand but it is slow. India in cruise control at the moment.
5th over: India 28-0 (Mandhana 14, Rawal 12) I’d be tempted to get Lauren Filer on pronto, India take eight from the over without breaking a sweat. Rawal pings Cross through point for four and the openers rotate strike with ease.
4th over: India 20-0 (Mandhana 13, Rawal 5) Don’t bowl there to Smriti! Bell goes short and is pulled away with ease by Mandhana and then a full ball on the pads is timed sweetly through midwicket for four more!
3rd over: India 11-0 (Mandhana 5, Rawal 5) No alarms for India but a quiet start to the inning so far.
2nd over: India 7-0 (Mandhana 2, Rawal 4) Lauren Bell shares the new ball, a hint of away swing from the lissom limbed seamer. Rawal guides a single to gully and its the only run off a tidy first over.
1st over: India 6-0 (Mandhana 2, Rawal 3) Cross doesn’t quite have her radar correct in the first over, she has a slip in place but doesn’t trouble the outside edge, flinging a a wide down the leg side to gift India an early run.
Rawal and Mandhana are a right and left hand combo which always messes with a bowler’s line. No real movement in evidence so far, Cross would find it if there was some to harness. Bright blue skies on the south coast… batting conditions you’d think and there are no demons in this wicket.
James Wallace
Thanks Rob and hello everyone. I suspect England’s somewhat spluttering effort with the bat might not be enough to keep this vaunted India batting card at bay but as ever, early wickets could swing the dial back towards the home side.
The players are emerging back onto the Southampton turf after a spot of sustenance, Kate Cross has the ball in hand for England. Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana opening up for India. Let’s play!
India need 259 to win
England did well to recover from 97 for 4, with Sophia Dunkley, who turned 27 today, making a mature and stylish 83. But a total of 258 feels below-par on a good Southampton pitch. Much will depend on whether Lauren Filer is able to give India the hurry-up.
The runchase begins in just under half an hour. James Wallace will be here for that; I’ll see you soon.
WICKET! Dunkley b Amanjot 83
50th over: England 258-6 (Ecclestone 23) England pilfer 13 from the last over of the innings. Ecclestone belts Amanjot to the cover boundary, then Dunkley launches a slower ball to the same part of the ground to bring up the fifty partnership in 35 balls.
Dunkley is knocked off her feet when a misplaced throw from the deep hits her on the helmet as she is running for a second. She takes a quick concussion test before the final ball of the innings, which skids on to hit the stumps as she misses another off-side slap.
49th over: England 245-5 (Dunkley 77, Ecclestone 16) After an unsuccessful review for LBW from India, Dunkley blasts Sharma thrillingly over extra cover for her eighth four. Ecclestone, who is playing a useful hand, sweeps another boundary round the corner.
This is a decent finish for England; they’ve scored 23 off the last two overs.
48th over: England 233-5 (Dunkley 72, Ecclestone 10) Dunkley hits Charani’s first two deliveries for four, the first a beautifully placed shot to wide long-on. But it doesn’t quite lead to the huge over that England needed, with Charani conceding only three from the last four balls.
47th over: England 222-5 (Dunkley 63, Ecclestone 8) Ecclestone skips down to punch a low full toss from Sharma between extra cover and mid-off for her first boundary. Very good shot. But England’s total feels maybe 20 or 30 below par.
In the previous over (I think), Ecclestone was warned for running down the middle of the pitch.
46th over: England 215-5 (Dunkley 61, Ecclestone 3) Dunkley uppercuts Goud stylishly for four, another good shot in an area of the field that has been profitable for her today.
45th over: England 208-5 (Dunkley 56, Ecclestone 2) The wicket means another rebuild, albeit a very short one this time. Five runs from Deepti’s over. England will still be eyeing 250.
44th over: England 203-5 (Dunkley 52, Ecclestone 0)
WICKET! England 203-5 (Davidson-Richards st Ghost b Charani 53)
Davidson-Richards is stumped in strange circumstances. She walked down the track to Charani and got a thin edge that was fumbled by the keeper Ghosh. Davidson-Richards was slow to react, assuming she was going to be stumped anyway, and Ghosh had time to grab the ball off the floor and do the necessary.
Had Davidson-Richards tried to make her ground straight away she may well have survived. A tame end to a pretty good innings.
Fifty to Davidson-Richards
43rd over: England 199-4 (Dunkley 50, Davidson-Richards 50) A couple of important milestones in that over from Deepti Sharma: first the hundred partnership, then Davidson-Richards’ second ODI fifty. It came from 70 balls and has been a sensible, low-key innings, exactly what England needed after slipping to 97 for 4.
42nd over: England 196-4 (Dunkley 50, Davidson-Richards 48) Back comes Kranti Goud, the swing bowler who has had a mixed day with the ball. Davidson-Richards cuffs her over midwicket for four, part of a rare double-figure over in this innings: 1×4, 3×2, 1×1, all to Davidson-Richards.
Fifty for Dunkley
41st over: England 185-4 (Dunkley 50, Davidson-Richards 37) Dunkley takes a single off Rana to bring up a mature, composed half-century from 68 balls. Her return to form has been one of the big plusses in a difficult year for England.
Rana needs treatment at the end of a very good spell: 10-0-31-2. In fact she’s leaving the field alongside the physio.
40th over: England 182-4 (Dunkley 49, Davidson-Richards 35) Dunkley makes room to guide Amanjot past backward point for four. She and Davidson-Richards played with a lot of common sense; in doing so, they’ve earned an opportunity to have some fun in the last 10 overs. If England can get to 250 they’ll be reasonably happy after such a tricky start.
39th over: England 175-4 (Dunkley 44, Davidson-Richards 33) Dunkley clips Rana past short midwicket, where Rodrigues dives low to her right and gets a fingertip on the ball. Technically that’s another dropped catch but even a fielder as good as Rodrigues would take that maybe once in every 15 attempts.
38th over: England 172-4 (Dunkley 43, Davidson-Richards 31) Amanjot’s return means a change of pace in the bowling, if not the scoring. At this stage, as we approach the death overs, both teams seem happy with England scoring roughly four an over.
37th over: England 168-4 (Dunkley 40, Davidson-Richards 30) A slightly better over for England, who take four singles and a two off Rana. But it feels like something is about to give.
36th over: England 162-4 (Dunkley 38, Davidson-Richards 26) Davidson-Richards smashes the ball back at Charani, who crouches to make a good stop. It wasn’t a caught-and-bowled chance. England are batting with greater urgency but India are giving them little to hit.
35th over: England 159-4 (Dunkley 37, Davidson-Richards 24)
34th over: England 156-4 (Dunkley 36, Davidson-Richards 22) It’s hard to know what would be a competitive score. You’d imagine England will want at least 250 because the pitch looks fine.
Dunkley moves them four runs closer with a premeditated reverse sweep off the bowling of Charani. She’s played nicely and has 36 from 49 balls.
33rd over: England 150-4 (Dunkley 31, Davidson-Richards 21) Sneh Rana, who took the key wicket of Nat Sciver-Brunt, begins her second spell after drinks. Davidson-Richards walks down to whip a full toss just wide of Rodrigues at midwicket. No chance of a catch; instead it goes for one of three singles in the over.
32nd over: England 147-4 (Dunkley 29, Davidson-Richards 20) Dunkley backs away to hammer a short ball from Goud behind square for four. She’s looking good, that dropped catch notwithstanding, and a single off the next ball brings up an important fifty partnership.
Davidson-Richards plays and misses before surviving a hopeful LBW appeal. That’s drinks.
31st over: England 140-4 (Dunkley 24, Davidson-Richards 19) Another dropped catch! Dunkley flicks Sharma towards midwicket, where the usually reliable Rodrigues spills a sharp chance above her head.
That’s the third missed chance of the innings, a surprise given the quality of India’s fielding in recent games.
30th over: England 136-4 (Dunkley 22, Davidson-Richards 17) Kranti Goud, who dismissed the openers in her first spell, drops Davidson-Richards in the first over of her second. An attempted pull from Davidson-Richards turned into a tennis shot straight back down the ground. Goud threw both hands above her head, except instead of using both she put one behind the other and was unable to hang on.
29th over: England 133-4 (Dunkley 20, Davidson-Richards 16) Sharma wakes the crowd up by fielding the ball in her follow-through and flinging it whence it came. Davidson-Richards moves out of the way and smiles broadly down the pitch.
28th over: England 129-4 (Dunkley 18, Davidson-Richards 14) Pratika Rawal comes on to bowl a bit of occasional offspin. Her second ball is too wide and flashed through extra cover by Dunkley, a fine shot that brings her first boundary.
England have moved up a gear, taking 13 from the last two overs. Hardly an onslaught but an improvement nontheless.
27th over: England 122-4 (Dunkley 13, Davidson-Richards 12) The first sign of intent comes from Davidson-Richards, who skips down to drive the new bowler Deepti Sharma over mid-on for four. Excellent stroke.
26th over: England 116-4 (Dunkley 12, Davidson-Richards 7) Davidson-Richards smiles wryly after being beaten by some uneven bounce. She made a century in her only Test appearance to date, so we know she can bat. England have struggled to find a consistent No6 in ODIs so this is a decent chance.
For now, she and England are struggling. Two from Charani’s over, 31 from the last 10.
25th over: England 114-4 (Dunkley 11, Davidson-Richards 6)
24th over: England 111-4 (Dunkley 10, Davidson-Richards 4) Dunkley, who is relearning an old role at No5 after a spell up the order, laps Charani deftly for three. As Mark Butcher says on Sky, with only the bowlers to come this pair have little options but to rebuild carefully.
23rd over: England 106-4 (Dunkley 7, Davidson-Richards 2) Dunkley tries to sweep Rana and top-edges over the keeper’s head for two. If England lose another wicket now this could be over before Pointless.
22nd over: England 102-4 (Dunkley 4, Davidson-Richards 1) Charani returns to the attack and continues an excellent mini-spell for India. They’ve picked up two wickets for 19 in the last seven overs.
“I turned on the cricket about 20 minutes ago so there was something on in the background,” says Ant Pease. “Since I turned on the feed, the run rate has dropped by one per over, then two wickets fell in five minutes. For the good of the nation, I’ve turned back off. From here on out, I’m relying on the OBO…”
21st over: England 99-4 (Dunkley 1, Davidson-Richards 1) Sophia Dunkley and Alice Davidson-Richards are England’s last recognised batters. They have a lot of work to do.
When Sciver-Brunt was dropped by Mandhana at short midwicket a couple of overs ago, Harmanpreet moved her best fielder Jemimah Rodrigues into that position. Lo and behold, Sciver-Brunt offered a very similar chance – except this time it was caught superbly at ankle height by Rodrigues. England are in big trouble.
WICKET! England 97-4 (Sciver-Brunt c Rodrigues b Rana 41)
India should be feeling pretty snug right now. Smug, too, because Sciver-Brunt has gone after an inspired change from the captain Harmanpreet Kaur!
20th over: England 97-3 (Sciver-Brunt 41, Dunkley 0) Sciver-Brunt releases a bit of pressure with a majestic flick/pull to the left of midwicket for four. That’s the first boundary since the 13th over. India may be on top but the box seat won’t feel comfortable while Sciver-Brunt is at the crease.
19th over: England 92-3 (Sciver-Brunt 36, Dunkley 0) Terrific over from Rana – one run, one wicket. India are on top.
WICKET! England 91-3 (Lamb c H Kaur b Rana 40)
Join the dots and they’ll eventually read W-I-C-K-E-T. Emma Lamb succumbs to the pressure by mistiming a drive to mid-off that is comfortably held by Harmanpreet.
Lamb goes for 39 from 50 balls. She started very well but struggled to rotate strike when the spinners came on.
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