India Women vs England Women, 2nd ODI Live Score: IND 144/3 - Mithali, Harmanpreet rebuild as IND crosses 100

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the second ODI between England and India in Taunton. This is Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan and I'll be taking you through proceedings for the day with some help from my colleague Ayan Acharya.

144/3 (34 overs): Cross comes on and Dunkley inadvertently gifts India a boundary here, the ball going off her knee to the rope. How fast is this outfield?

140/3 (33 overs): Lovely variations from Brunt here. Mithali couldn't read that third delivery which angled in dangerously enough to nab an edge. Just one run off that over. India's pace now becoming a worry. 17 overs remain What can the side manage?

We see Harman walking back. Looks like she's made her way for some freshening up. We resume.  Someone from the crowd shouts 'HURRY UP!' Brunt comes on.

STAT: Close to 20 overs gone in dot balls here for India (119 balls)

139/3 (32 overs): OH DROPPED, very first ball of the over. Mithali smacks one right back in Glenn's direction and it strikes her on the wrist as she tried to collect it in her followthrough. How painful must that be given she's hit in hard enough to run for four. Glenn pulls back, conceding just a run more in the over. Five off it. Drinks break, it seems like.

134/3 (31 overs): Brunt goes just for three runs in this over. It's the 31st over. When does India decide to accelerate?

131/3 (30 overs): Seven runs come off this over from Glenn, starting with a crisp boundary from Mithali's bat. If you try going outside leg, Mithali isn't going to leave those. We're back to the nudging singles. This pair is keeping the score going in ones and twos for the time being. Waiting for Harman to open the face of the bat and her arms in this series so far.

I experienced a computer glitch and my colleague Ayan was there to ensure smooth sailing here for you all. Hopefully the Indian innings follows our example? Too much? Never! It's an assured rebuilding process here from the duo. England's hunt for a wicket continues.

124/2 (29 overs): Katherine Brunt is back into the attack. Mithali happy to defend at the moment. The England bowlers have been quite disciplined so far. Harman plays a delightful straight drive, just for a single.

121/3 (28 overs): Glenn continues. Another quiet over from the English bowlers. Just a single off it in the end. Either Harman or Mithali needs to break free sooner than later.

120/3 (27 overs): Sciver continues. A tidy over from Sciver. Just three singles. The partnership between Mithali and Harman now nearing fifty.

117/3 (26 overs): Sarah Glenn continues. Harman plays the paddle sweep and collects four. A dot later, Glenn concedes 5wides. Runs starting to flow for India now. 11 off the over.

106/3 (25 overs): Mithali Raj is starting to up the ante. Sciver overpitches and Mithali unfurls a trademark cover drive, gets four. Seven from that over.

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99/3 (24 overs): Sarah Glenn, right-arm leg break, is brought into the attack. Five singles from that over. While these two need to rebuild, they also need to keep an eye on the scoreboard. The openers, especially, Shafali, got India off to a flying start. They will hope to end with a flourish.

94/3 (23 overs): Sciver goes short and signs of aggression from Mithali, who pulls it away for four. Six off that over.

88/3 (22 overs): Kate Cross slips in another quiet over. Just two from it. England putting on the squeeze.

86/3 (21 overs): Tidy over from Nat Sciver here. We know she can be stingy, we saw her bowl in the Test match, very frugal with how much she allows. Harman and Mithali happy to play the patience game, seems like.

Sciver comes in now.

85/3 (20 overs): Cross comes in. Kaur is dealing in singles and doubles - good strategy here from here to rotate the strike at best. Mithali capitalises on the kinetic energy here by striking one through the covers. Quite a bit of power in this shot. Seven runs come off the over and decent over for India.

78/3 (19 overs): Maiden over from Ecclestone.

78/3 (18 overs): Clear change in momentum here as England has pegged back. One run coming off the over here. Mithali and Harmanpreet have time to sort this out and Harmanpreet has the best possible anchor at one end to sort herself out and find some form.

Captain and deputy take charge for India. They have their jobs cut out for them.

77/3 (17 overs): Mithali Raj comes in now, with a fair bit of work to do. Ecclestone resumes. Third delivery, OH THIS COULD BE OUT! Very slow this from Ecclestone, and Shafali is beaten by the change in pace. Brilliant work by Amy Jones behind the stumps as she collects and hits the stumps. Is Shafali short of her crease? The third umpire is called on to help and a split screen replay shows her off by inches. Excellent here from England and they've removed the dangerous Shafali Verma!  WICKET Shafali Verma st Jones b Ecclestone 44 (55b 7x4)

77/2 (16 overs): Cross comes back. What can she manage here? England has brought in a slip too, once bitten twice shy we see! And it seems like everything's coming up Cross today as she gets her second wicket of the day, sending Jemimah Rodrigues back to the pavilion. She sends a fuller one angling straight down the middle stump. Jemimah wants to go big and gets some height but that's not timed all to well. Brunt's there in mid-on, safe hands. Jemi walks, the low scores continue. WICKET Jemimah Rodrigues c Brunt b Cross 8 (15b 2x4)

75/1 (15 overs): If you thought Jemimah was going to stay quiet today, looks like you might just be mistaken. Two fours and the burned bowler is Sophie Ecclestone this time. One full delivery and another slightly overpitched delivery which are both sent off down cover. Nine runs off the over for India.

66/1 (14 overs): Cross is back and is immediately hit for back-to-back boundaries. Shafali is manufacturing these shots from very little given to her. She leaves her stumps completely exposed but managed to paddle this good length delivery to the fine leg boundary. She gets a bit lucky with the second one, given this edge fell past Jones behind the stumps. No slip so not much England can d here, as the ball runs down third man. Jemimah gets time at the striker's end, but remains on zero. Nine runs off the over.

57/1 (13 overs): Ecclestone returns and concedes just the one run. Jemimah begins defensively. And she can afford to go on to drop anchor if she'd like, if that allows Shafali to go on in the fashion she has so far.

From that 2017 WC, India's average first innings score is 207. Abysmally low compared to Australia which leads the pack with an average in the 280's.

Jemimah Rodrigues is in now, for the very first time in this series. How will she utilise this opportunity?

56/1 (12 overs): OH CHANCE HERE. Shafali drives down cover but that's stopped and thrown back to the non-striker. Shafali dives and survives, but that would have been something if it had hit the stumps directly.  If not Shafali, the English will settle for Smriti Mandhana as Cross finds an inside edge off Mandhana going straight onto the off stump. Mandhana was looking to get this to third man and tried to cut it, but it's always trouble to have something comes in so close to the body. Cross is delighted.  WICKET Smriti Mandhana b Cross 22 (30b 3x4)

Kate Cross comes into the attack.

55/0 (11 overs): Ecclestone continues. Smriti and Shafali bring up the team fifty, following thay with a wristy swat through midwicket for four. What a classy shot that from the teenager. Seven runs come off the over.

The last five times India has batted first in an ODI, the side has lost. Not a great stat, but this duo has the ability to help the side overturn that dubious stat.
 
48/0 (10 overs): Smriti Mandhana dispatches Shrubsole past deep midwicket for FOUR runs. She pulls this one from around her chest. Oh right after, we see what looks like a inside/under egde going dangerously close to the stumps, but Shafali has managed to nudge that down leg. Safe.

42/0 (9 overs): Cautious here from India. Both these openers know how lethal Ecclestone can be. The duo are happy to negotiate in singles and end with just three runs coming off it.

39/0 (8 overs): Shrubsole gets in a quiet over. Just the one run from it. We will see spin in the power play as Ecclestone warms up.

There are many things one doesn't want to encounter in life - an angry Katherine Brunt should be one of them without doubt.

38/0 (7 overs): Brunt is welcomed back with a boundary, from Mandhana this time. She has comfortably pierced the gap between fine leg and deep midwicket. Fielders will not get to it in time - FOUR RUNS. OH OH, Brunt manages to get a fair amount of height from Shafali in the final ball of the over and it carries to Lauren Winfield-Hill at mid-off who makes a mess of it after getting her hands to it. SPILT AND A COSTLY ONE AT THAT! Seems to have gone through her hands there. Katherine Brunt is livid.

32/0 (6 overs): Quieter over this. Just two runs off it. Shrubsole back to status quo. While I do find time to type, we should note that the running between the wickets is better today. Good signs for India. Good use of the powerplay so far too. Confident and measured when needed.

30/0 (5 overs): Brunt begins, going a little tight with the line, trying to stem the run flow here. And it works, until Shafali decides to tease her a bit. Brunt sends a fuller delivery and drives through the off side. Her feet were all over the place here but she dispatches it away and for for runs to boot.

23/0 (4 overs): Shrubsole has the better economy here in this match so far and Indians are approaching with caution. Oh but what is this? Shafali just CANNOT left Shrubsole walk away happy with the over. She whacks a good length ball straight over the bowler's head for FOUR. Oh, beautiful shot that. Shafali is making room where there is none. Seven runs off the over.

16/0 (3 overs): Brunt's got some nice movement here early on. She's getting some height as well from this pitch. There's an LBW appeal in the third delivery. Seemingly going up, but the umpire seems to think that impact may be outside leg. Fuss ends, no review, despite a dead series Brunt appeal. That tight line is broken with two back-to-back boundaries from Shafali Verma. The first one is cut over short third. Brunt has allowed Shafali some space here and there are peole on this side of the field, but Shafali goes right over. Brunt then gifts her a short ball. That does nothing to Shafali who awkwardly but decisively lobs that over deep midwicket for another boundary.

6/0 (2 overs): Smriti almost always manages to get India going early, but it will be crucial for her to save her wicket today and build a partnership with Shafali to save India the blushes incase a batting collapse decides to manifest itself. Shrubsole comes in seeking to foil those very plans. The openers have decided to say safe and Shrubsole ends with a maiden.

6/0 (1 over): A steady start by the Indians. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma know what this game means and what the side needs to do. The duo need to give the side a start and Mandhana gets to it, ending the first over with a clinical pull shot to deep midwicket for four runs!  Six runs come off the over in total. Both batters are off the mark.

All right then. Time for live action. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma begin for India. Katherine Brunt takes guard for the host.

THREE BIG CHANGES FOR INDIA: Jemimah Rodrigues replaces Punam Raut, Sneh Rana comes in for Ekta Bisht and Poonam Yadav replaces Pooja Vastrakar. Bigger challenge for India - setting a competitive target.

India Women (Playing XI): THREE CHANGES Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia(w), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav

England Women (Playing XI): UNCHANGED FROM 1ST ODI Lauren Winfield Hill, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight(c), Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen Jones(w), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, Kate Cross

Talking points from 1st ODI:

1. Deciding between Mithali and Punam - Having two players with similar approaches and pace in the number 3 and 4 slot cost India vital momentum in the middle overs of its innings. With two players dropping anchor at the same time, India found it difficult to find runs before wickets began tumbling again. A batting order rejig may be inevitable for Raj & Co given the side saw 181 dot balls in its innings - 30.1 overs of no runs scored.

2. Who if not Jhulan: Mithali Raj herself listed this as a problem area - a tame pace attack. Besides Jhulan, none of the others were able to strike consistent lines and lengths and Jhulan was the only one who managed a wicket. The veteran pacer was kinder in her assessment, calling for patience with the seam bowling lineup in the side. Watch here:

3. England in World Cup mode: With a lineup that's more or less settled, England is almost on autopilot mode through certain passages of play. Domestic games, time for players out in the middle and a focused framework helps the side. The host will seek to seal the series in the second ODI so the third can be used to test a few more members from its bench.

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One of the stars of England's win in the first ODI was Tammy Beaumont, who has built an imperiously consistent reputation of being a bankable top order batter for her side. Here's how she assessed her performance:  Tammy Beaumont: Don't believe in form, focus on being ruthless and relentless

Indian skipper Mithali Raj was stinging in her assessment of India's performance saying the team lacked intent all through. Read more here: Mithali Raj: Team lacked intent, needs top order batter who can get runs

Before we get to coverage from the second ODI, here's a recap of the first game of the series in Bristol on Sunday.

England's top order made short work of the 202 target as unbeaten fifties from Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver gave the host an eight-wicket win against India in Bristol on Sunday.

England reached home with 91 balls to spare as Beaumont and Sciver's unbeaten 119-run stand smothered a listless Indian attack. England went 1-0 up in the ODI series, and took a 4-2 lead in the multi-format points standings.

Earlier, Skipper Mithali Raj led from the front with a patient 72. She shared two crucial partnerships — 56 runs with Punam Raut (32) and 65 with Deepti Sharma (30) — to take India to a modest total.

India lost both openers cheaply. Shafali Verma made 15 on her ODI debut. She miscued a Katherine Brunt (2/35) delivery to Anya Shrubsole at mid-on in the fifth over.

HIGHLIGHTS| India W vs England W, 1st ODI Highlights: Beaumont 87, Sciver 74 lead IND rout in Bristol

Smriti Mandhana (10) fell soon after, with Shrubsole (2/33) going through her defence. Punam and Mithali then resurrected the innings. Just when the partnership was starting to flourish, Punam handed a simple catch to Sophie Ecclestone off Kate Cross.

India vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur's (1) didn't trouble the scorers.

Mithali notched up her fifty in 95 balls with a four off Shrubsole. She found runs hard to come by at the start of her innings. But after Deepti's dismissal, she changed gears and hit three boundaries in an over, slicing and lofting Shrubsole to amass 15 off the 44th.

Ecclestone eventually got rid of Mithali  in the 46th over as India slumped to 180 for 6.

Shikha Pandey (3) and Jhulan Goswami (1) remained unbeaten to help India get past the 200-run mark.

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Reminder of the points -

16 points up for grabs in total in this tournament

Where are the teams playing?

The second ODI will be played at the County Ground in Taunton.

Where to watch - telecast and live streaming details

The 2nd ODI between India and England women in India will be telecast on Sony TEN 1 and available for live streaming on Sony Liv. Jio TV and Airtel XStream will also provide live streaming. Alternatively, you can catch over-by-over updates here on Sportstar.