The women of India won a resounding victory with 4 titles on the women of England Wednesday at Rose Bowl, to continue a difficult total to take a 1-0 lead in the ODI series of three games.
The sleeves of England: a story of recovery
After winning the draw and choosing to fight, the sleeves of England took a difficult start, losing the two operators Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones cheap against the Goud Kranti of India. The impressive opening spell of Goud (2/55) put England under pressure at 20/2. A standard partnership of 71 takes place between Emma Lamb (39) and Natalie Sciver (41) has rebuilt the sleeves, but the Filars of India retaliated. Sneh Rana was particularly effective, taking two crucial counters for only 31 points to leave England at 97/4.
The momentum has changed thanks to a superb 106-point partnership for the fifth window between Sophia Dunkley and Alice Davidson-Richards. Dunkley was anchor, a top score with an 83 cast made up of 92 bullets, while Davidson-Richards provided excellent support with a 53 well made 53. Their efforts, as well as a late cameo by Sophie Ecclestone (23 out of 19), propelled England to a competitive total of 258/6.
Chase of India: the heroism of Depti Sharma
The pursuit of India began with a solid start of the openers Pratika Rawal (36) and Smriti Mandhana (28). However, England’s quisors retaliated, picking up counters at regular intervals to question the pursuit. A run-out and a few key counters, including Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, saw the average order of India.
With the scoring at 124/4, the match was at stake. It was so that Deepti Sharma And Jemimah Rodrigues (48) forged a winning partnership of the match. The pair added a crucial 90 points, calmly navigating in the pressure and keeping the dashboard. Although Rodrigues failed just at fifty, Deepti Sharma took command. Displaying exceptional composure, it anchored the sleeves with half a shiny and undefeated half-century. Its 62 run 64 bullets, which included three four and the only six of the match, led India towards victory with 4 counters in hand and 10 balls to lose.
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Game player
Deepti Sharma was rightly named match of the match for her undefeated winner.
Deepti 🤝 Jemimah
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Victory gave India an advance of 1-0 in the series. The two teams will now go to Lord for the second ODI on Saturday July 19.
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