England Women take final IT20 and win multi-format series
England Women won the multi-format series 10-6 v India Women at Chelmsford.
England Women won the multi-format series 10-6 v India Women at Chelmsford.
India Women won the second Vitality IT20 at Hove to leave the multi-format series delicately poised at 8-6 to England going into the final match at Chelmsford.
England 177-7 beat India Women 54-3 by 18 runs (DLS Method)
Nat Sciver equalled the record for England Women's fastest IT20 half-century - 24 balls - as the hosts beat India by 18 runs in the first Vitality IT20 at Northampton.
It gives Heather Knight's side an unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format series, with two more IT20s to come.
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England Women have announced their squad for the Vitality IT20 series against India, which gets underway at Northampton on Friday.
The multi-format series sits at 6-4 to England, with each IT20 worth two points.
Danni Wyatt and Mady Villiers are back amongst the 14, while Kate Cross and Lauren Winfield-Hill return to play for their regional teams and will be available for this weekend's Char
India Women 220-6 beat England Women 219 by four wickets
India Women won a tense final Royal London International at Worcester by four wickets.
Mithali Raj's unbeaten 75 took her side home to see the ODI series end 2-1 in favour of the hosts.
The multi-format series sits at 6-4 with the final three matches - the Vitality IT20 series - due to get underway in Northampton on Friday July 9.
England Women 225-5 beat India Women 221 by five wickets
Five wickets for Kate Cross and an unbeaten half-century for Sophia Dunkley took England Women to a five-wicket win in the second Royal London International at Taunton.
Dunkley's 73 - in her debut ODI innings for England - settled some nerves for the home side after they fell to 92-4 and then 133-5. She was aided by Katherine Brunt, th
England Women 202-2 beat India Women 201-8 by eight wickets
Fifties from Nat Sciver and Player of the Match Tammy Beaumont took England Women to a commanding eight-wicket win in the first Royal London International at Bristol.
It puts them 4-2 up in the multi-format series, after the LV= Insurance Test was drawn.
England's bowlers had done a fine job to restrict the visitors to 201-8 in t
England Women have announced a 16-strong squad for the Royal London Series against India.
Sophia Dunkley is included, and could make her ODI debut when the series gets underway at Bristol on Sunday June 27.
Freya Davies and Sarah Glenn, who returned to their regional teams during the LV= Insurance Test match, are back in the squad.
Heather Knight (Western Storm, captain)
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England 396-6 dec drew with India 231 & 344-8 (f/o)
India Women held on to draw the LV= Insurance Test at Bristol.
With the visitors reduced to 199-7 ahead of tea on the final day, the most likely outcome seemed to be an England win, but Sneh Rana and Taniya Bhatia dug in to put on 104 for the ninth wicket to secure the draw and see the points shared.
It means the multi-format series
India 83-1 and 231 trail England 396-9 dec by 82 runs
England Women were frustrated by a combination of rain and Shafali Verma on day three of the LV= Insurance Test.
India trail by 82 runs going into the final day, having been asked to follow on, with 108 overs due to be bowled tomorrow.
Earlier Sophie Ecclestone had taken 4-88 to close the visitors’ first innings on 231.
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India 187-5 (England 396-9 dec)
England Women took five late wickets across a dramatic final hour on day two of the LV= Insurance Test at Bristol.
Shafali Verma (96) and Smriti Mandhana (78) had taken their team to 167-0 but the late flurry of wickets saw the visitors close on 187-5, 209 in arrears.
Sophia Dunkley had earlier made a maiden Test half-century on debut - and Anya Shrubsole r
England Women 269-6
England Women’s captain Heather Knight fell agonisingly short of a second Test century – on the day she made her 100th appearance as England skipper – as the hosts ended day one of the LV= Insurance Test on 269-6.
Four Indian wickets in the final session saw the visitors wrestle back some momentum to leave the game evenly poised heading into day two.
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