| England Women | India Women |
|---|---|
| 109/1 (35.0 ov) - R/R 3.11 | |
| Batsman | Status | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy Beaumont | Batting | 52 | 111 | 4 | 0 |
| Heather Knight (C) | Batting | 19 | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| Bowling | 0 | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jhulan Goswami | 13 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Deepti Sharma | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Current Partnership | Last Wicket 69/1 (20.3) |
|---|---|
|
40 (40) R/R: 2.75
Heather Knight (C) 19(37)
Tammy Beaumont 19(50)
|
Lauren Winfield 35(63) S.R (55.55)
c Taniya Bhatia b Pooja Vastrakar
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England 104-1 after 34 overs ( Knight 15*, Beaumont 51*)
Jhulan Goswami is into her 13th over. She begins on length, around off-stump in what's an in-swinging delivery. Later, Knight opens the face of the bat and plays a smooth drive towards wide of backward point. That's the first boundary in the second session. Six runs off it.
FOUR! England bring up their 100 as Knight opens the face of the bat to drive this wide of backward point.
England 98-1 after 33 overs ( Knight 9*, Beaumont 51*)
Deepti Sharma begins this over with a flatter ball which lands outside off-stump. Beaumont plays this a bit deep and plays the cut towards point region. Leg slip in place for the spinner. Maiden over.
England 98-1 after 32 overs ( Knight 9*, Beaumont 51*)
Jhulan is back. She manages two dots off the first couple of balls before Beaumont picks a single towards sweeper cover. Just one run off it.
England 97-1 after 31 overs ( Knight 9*, Beaumont 50*)
Deepti is back. Beaumont scores just her second Test fifty, which comes in 99 balls. Just three singles off the over.
FIFTY! Tammy Beaumont reaches her fifty inside 99 balls. It's just her second in Test cricket. She reaches the milestone with a single towards the leg side.
England 94-1 after 30 overs ( Knight 8*, Beaumont 47*)
Jhulan is back. In her first ball, there seemed to be a bit of movement on a full delivery outside off. Anyhow, Beaumont manages to pounce forward and play a drive onto deep extra cover. Beaumont once again retains strike with a single. She's on 48*.
England 93-1 after 29 overs ( Knight 8*, Beaumont 44*)
Deepti Sharma is back into the attack. Beaumont with a couple of runs towards deep extra-cover to reach 47. Just three runs off the over as Beaumont retains strike with a single.
England 90-1 after 28 overs ( Knight 8*, Beaumont 44*)
Jhulan Goswami is into the attack in the post-lunch session. Two slips and a gully in place. Goswami begins with a peach of a delivery, pitching on length outside off, and eventually beats Heather Knight's outside edge. Four runs off it.
Right. It's time for the post-lunch session as Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont take centre-stage once again. England will be hoping to build on Beaumont's run to build a challenging total and make Mithali Raj and Co's life difficult.Jhulan Goswami to continue proceedings for India.
Live Score updates England Women vs India Women Test Day 1: Deepti Sharma begins this over with a flatter ball which lands outside off-stump. Beaumont plays this a bit deep and plays the cut towards point region. Leg slip in place for the spinner. Maiden over.
Preview: Seven years —that is how long the India women’s cricket team, led by the experienced Mithali Raj have waited for to play another Test match. They face Heather Knight’s England in Bristol in a one-off four-day Test starting on Wednesday.
The last time the India women played a Test was back in 2014, when Thirush Kamini (192) and Punam Raut (130) scored centuries along with some all-round bowling effort, especially from Harmanpreet Kaur and Rajeshwari Gayakwad led them to an innings victory over South Africa in November that year. That was India’s third win on the trot that time, which included two wins over England (one in August 2014 and another in September 2006 before that).
Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and Harmanpreet Kaur are few of those cricketers who played that Test against England in 2014, but this time with the likes of youngsters Shafali Verma and Pooja Vastrakar, it will be a different ball game altogether. Anyhow, this Indian team will look up to seniors Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami for inspiration.
The major concern for the Indian team will be if Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey would be able to bowl long spells as they have not done so for a prolonged period.
In terms of batting, the talented Shafali Verma could be given her Test cap and will likely open with Smriti Mandhana. Ekta Bisht or Poonam Yadav Yadav could headline the spin department for India, along with Deepti Sharma.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Nat Sciver is one of the six English players who were part of their last Test against India, which also includes Heather Knight.
The pitch for the game will be a used one, with a T20 Blast game having been played last week, but Heather Knight was far from pleased with it, saying that it was ‘not ideal’ to play the match on a used strip.
Squads:
India: Mithali Raj (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.
England: Heather Knight (captain), Emily Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver (vice-captain), Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield-Hill.
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