Charlotte Dean is the Player of the Match!

Dean: Really happy. We’ve played really well to come back from a few bad games. I was trying to keep it simple, keep it tight along the stumps. When you’re bowling at the other end of Soph, you’re in good hands. She always has some words of wisdom. This is for you (to family).

After 31.2 overs,England Women 136/6 ( Heather Knight (C) 53 , Sophie Ecclestone 5)

FOUR! Sophie Ecclestone hooks a short ball from Meghna Singh to collect the winning boundary, as England open their account in the 2022 ICC Women's World Cup with a four-wicket win over India with a little under 19 overs to spare! Skipper Heather Knight remains unbeaten on 53, regaining her form with a match-winning knock.

OUT! Two wickets in three balls for Meghna Singh! Brunt was perhaps looking to level the scores, but got a thick top-edge instead. Easy catch for Richa Ghosh. ENG 128/6

Brunt c Ghosh b Singh 0(2)

OUT! Dunkley attempts to dab the ball towards third man off Meghna, but ends up serving a low catch for keeper Richa Ghosh. England lose their fifth wicket with just seven more needed to win. ENG 128/5

Dunkley c Ghosh b Singh 17(21)

OUT! Harmanpreet Kaur pulls off a blinder at mid on to dismiss Amy Jones, who was looking for a second consecutive maximum. Jones didn't quite time this one, but even then it required Kaur to time her jump precisely to be able to hold on to this one. ENG 102/4

Jones c Kaur b Gayakwad 10(28)

OUT! Just when Sciver was starting to charge towards her half-century, she's undone by the variable bounce as she tamely chips the ball towards mid on. Goswami settles under the ball and grabs the sitter. ENG 69/3

Sciver c Goswami b Vastrakar 45(46)

FOUR! Nat Sciver gets down on one knee and swings her arms to bring up the fifty partnership with Heather Knight with a sweep through square leg. ENG 55/2

OUT! Meghna Singh with the early breakthrough, and boy will that work wonders for their confidence! The ball kicks up higher than usual and takes Wyatt by surprise, getting the thick outside edge. And top effort by Rana as well to complete a superb catch at slip. ENG 3/1

Wyatt c Rana b Meghna 1(3)

BOWLED! Charlotte Dean completes the formalities and signs off with excellent figures of 4/23 as India are bowled out for a paltry 134 after being asked to bat by England on a dry Bay Oval wicket! Meghna looks for the sweep, and misses completely to get her stumps rattled.

Meghna b Dean 3(12)

OUT! Both set batters depart in a space of a few deliveries, as Goswami hits the ball straight to point at a comfortable catching height to depart for 20. India one wicket away from getting bowled out. IND 126/9

Goswami c Wyatt b Cross 20(26)

OUT! Ghosh is run out just when she was starting to set her sights on a maiden World Cup fifty. Another direct hit at the non-striker's end from mid off, this time Natalie Sciver the fielder, and Ghosh is ultimately caught short of her crease. She had taken a couple of steps forward and had to make a last-minute dash back to her end after her call for a single was rejected. IND 123/8

Ghosh run out (Sciver) 33(56)

OUT! Vastrakar had overturned an LBW decision just two balls earlier, but this time is struck plumb in front of middle while attempting to short-arm pull a fullish delivery from Dean towards fine leg. Goes for the review again, and this time burns it by getting three reds on HawkEye. IND 86/7

Vastrakar LBW Dean 6(9)

OUT! Ecclestone gets Mandhana, and that's a body blow to India's hopes! Is struck on the knee roll on the front pad while getting down on one knee and going for an expansive sweep. The umpire raises her finger right away, and Mandhana's quick to take the review. Impact is umpire's call, and the ball is found to be hitting the top of off. India's hopes of crossing 200 just took a massive hit. IND 71/6

Mandhana LBW Ecclestone 35(58)

OUT! Two wickets in three balls for Charlotte Dean in her first over of the day, in only her second World Cup appearance, and this time it's Sneh Rana who has to depart for a two-ball duck after getting caught-behind. Unlike Kaur though, Rana was attempting a full-blooded drive. IND 61/5

Rana c Jones b Dean 0(2)

OUT! Huge wicket for England with partnership getting broken before it can cause any further damage as Charlotte Dean gets Harmanpreet Kaur caught-behind in her second delivery of the day. IND 61/4

Kaur c Jones b Dean 14(26)

OUT! Deepti pushes for a risky single in the final delivery of the eighth over, and is caught well short of the non-striker's end thanks to a superb direct hit by Kate Cross at mid off. She departs for a 10-ball duck, with India in serious trouble at the moment. IND 28/3

Deepti run out (Cross) 0(10)

OUT! Mithali Raj endures another disappointing outing with the bat, and the pressure on the India skipper continues to grow. Mithali chips the ball towards cover, where Sophia Dunkley takes a fine, low catch to help Shrubsole collect her second wicket of the powerplay. IND 25/2

Raj c Dunkley b Shrubsole 1(5)

OUT! Anya Shrubsole gets the early breakthrough, and completes 100 ODI wickets in the process! Bhatia departs after a steady start, getting a faint inside edge onto her stumps. IND 18/1

Bhatia b Shrubsole 8

Teams:

India: Yastika Bhatia, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

England: Tammy Beaumont, Danielle Wyatt, Heather Knight (c), Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen Jones (wk), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Charlotte Dean, Anya Shrubsole

TOSS: England win the toss, and skipper Heather Knight opts to bowl