outside off, chipped up and over the slip with an outside edge it runs all the way to end a pursuit which was a lot less straightforward than it looked to be at the beginning of the innings
IND Women vs ENG Women, 2nd T20I at Mumbai, IND v ENG (W), Dec 09 2023 - Match Result
ENG Women won by 4 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
10.00pm Charlie Dean is indeed player of the match after getting the ball rolling with those two wickets inside the first four overs. At that point India were 17 for 2 and never recovered. Srinidi's report will appear here shortly and Sruthi will be writing from the ground, so keep an eye out for that. From us all and our scorer, Ranjith, thank you for joining us and we look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow for the last match of the series.
9.35pm England will take it though. Victory by four wickets and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. It came down to India's poor batting display after being sent in.
Alice Capsey say England are targeting a clean sweep in tomorrow's final match. "It didn't go to plan at the end but the main thing is we got over the line. We still haven't played the perfect game of cricket. Our three spinners really put in the work and our seamers followed up as well."
Capsey top-scored for her side with 25 after a first-ball duck in the opening match. There's still some concern for England with the form of Sophia Dunkley, who made 9 off 13 this time out after just 1 on Wednesday. But they couldn't have wished for a better return from injury for Sophie Ecclestone... three wickets in the first match, two here and a stunning return catch to remove Richa Ghosh. Charlie Dean, back from illness, set them off nicely by removing both openers, with all of the top four falling lbw.
length ball, on off stump, swung away in front of square leg, who runs across to stop it well
Shreyanka enters the attack...
fullish again, outside off and smeared away to the leg side, didn't get all of it by any means but it's safe
fullish outside off, she takes another swing, and misses
outside off, Ecclestone takes a bit of a wild swing, gets and under-edge safely just behind square leg
and it's out! Pitched outside off and was on target, that's hitting. Deepti Sharma is on a hat-trick!
oh! Lovely ball, turning in off a length to strike the inside of the knee roll ... it's adjudged lbw... England review
not this time! Jones on the reverse sweep, needed to work that finer but she's picked out the fielder and is gone
full and drifting onto leg, she gets in a bit of a tangle trying to what that but no harm done
on middle and carved away through the covers
turning onto middle, she fends it to towards deep third
over the wicket and she paddles it over the keeper, the ball dies in the field and the have to settle for two
oh my! Capsey steps back to give herself room to try and clear cover but the sub fielder takes a blinder! Amanjot Kaur leaps high to pluck the ball from the sky with her left hand, holding firmly as she falls to the ground. That was a beauty!
worked away towards point off the back foot
outside off, and Knight times that beautifully after advancing down the pitch lovely drive over extra cover
Ishaque is back...
attempted reverse sweep as she comes from around the stumps, a shout from the bowler, and they ask for the DRS to see if it was lbw. On-field umpire gave it not out, struck the front pad right below the knee roll and put replays show it pitched outside leg
tight line, she defends towards the bowler
flicked and they scamper through
right in line with middle, Knight defends into the pitch
outside off, a swing and miss
floated up on leg stump, she works it away
Here's Deepti Sharma...
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Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | England Women, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | England Women led the 3-match series 2-0 |
Match number | WT20I no. 1709 |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20 |
Match days | 9 December 2023 - night (20-over match) |
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