England beat India in final-ball thriller to finish T20I collection on a excessive with report ladies’s run chase at Edgbaston of 168 | Cricket Information

England edged a final-ball thriller to finish their T20 collection towards India on a excessive, pulling off a ladies’s report run-chase at Edgbaston of 168 to win the fifth worldwide by 5 wickets.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge (56 off 37 balls) struck a twenty first T20I fifty as she celebrated her three hundredth worldwide cap, the opener – who was dropped on 5 – getting England off to a flier with Sophia Dunkley (46 off 30) as they shared of their second century stand as a partnership.

Each departed within the area of seven balls, whereas Tammy Beaumont – after tonking 30 off 20 – and Amy Jones (10) fell within the closing over with simply six required as abruptly issues grew to become tense, however Sophie Ecclestone (4no) struck the profitable run off the final ball as India missed with a run out probability that will have taken issues to a Tremendous Over.

India had already wrapped up the T20 collection, main 3-1 coming into this closing match in Birmingham, however England secured a morale-boosting victory going into the three-match ODI collection, beginning Wednesday in Southampton – stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 12.30pm (first ball, 1pm).

After being inserted by Beaumont on the toss, Shafali Verma was the standout with the bat for India, the opener cracking 13 boundaries and a six in her 75 off 41 balls, serving to the guests recuperate from the lack of Smriti Mandhana (8) and Jemimah Rodrigues (1) inside the primary three overs.

At one stage, Verma – who struck India’s second-fastest T20I fifty, off 23 balls – gave the impression to be firing her facet to an imposing complete, just for them to be impressively pegged again by England’s trio of spinners.

Charlie Dean (3-23), Sophie Ecclestone (2-28) and Linsey Smith (1-26) mixed for excellent figures of 6-77 from their 12 overs, whereas Maia Bouchier pulled off a shocking, diving catch on the boundary to crucially see the again of Verma within the 14th as India had been restricted to 167-7

Bouchier returned to the England facet instead of Alice Capsey, who was disregarded together with seamers Lauren Bell and Lauren Filer, rested forward of the ODIs.

Tasked with knocking off a ladies’s report run-chase at Edgbaston, however the good batting of Wyatt-Hodge and Dunkley shortly made India’s complete look, if something, under par.

Wyatt-Hodge earned a reprieve within the second over, dropped by Sree Charani at brief fine-leg as one burst by her palms and to the boundary, and it proved to be a expensive error as she kicked on by to a 30-ball half century.

Dunkley appeared set to observe her companion by to the identical mark, solely to fall 4 brief within the eleventh over, bowled by the gate by Radha Yadav (1-20).

One grew to become two within the twelfth when Wyatt-Hodge’s day was performed when slogging one as much as mid-on off Depti Sharma (2-31), however stand-in skipper Beaumont’s knock had appeared appeared to stave off the specter of any late wobble till the final-over drama.

Beaumont was bowled by Arundhati Reddy (2-47), whereas Jones was gone two balls later to a spectacular diving catch by Radha Yadav at deep midwicket – England’s activity abruptly quite a bit more durable, with 5 nonetheless wanted from the ultimate three balls.

However Ecclestone took three off Reddy’s subsequent, with singles exchanged off the final two for the win, though Mandhana missed the possibility to expire Ecclestone with a direct hit from mid-on off the ultimate ball.

Beaumont ‘proud’ after series-ending win

England stand-in captain Tammy Beaumont:

“It has been a troublesome collection for us however credit score to India, they’ve performed some difficult cricket. They’ve come out with energy of their batting line-up and at instances we’ve not had the solutions.

“However I’m pleased with the women to placed on a efficiency tonight. I’m actually glad we received that win. We confirmed character, which is all we ask for.

“Rather a lot has been stated about our athleticism however that isn’t one thing you possibly can repair in a single day. We’re placing the work in and are beginning to see extra [good] performances below stress.”

“It simply would possibly take a bit longer to have the right sport.”

Harmanpreet: Nice achievement to win collection

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur:

“It’s a nice achievement for us to win the collection and I assumed we performed effectively at the moment, it was very shut. It was an awesome effort and the best way we fought again was excellent.

“It’s all about the way you’re coaching. The camps we had earlier than coming right here helped give us confidence.

“The ODIs are one other format all of us love and hopefully the best way we performed the T20 collection will assist us go into that with the identical mindset.”

England vs India schedule

All instances UK and Eire; all stay on Sky Sports activities

T20 worldwide collection

One-day worldwide collection

• First ODI: Wednesday July 16 (1pm) – Southampton
• Second ODI: Saturday July 19 (11am) – Lord’s
• Third ODI: Tuesday July 22 (1pm) – Chester-le-Road

Watch the primary ladies’s one-day worldwide between England and India, stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 12.30pm on Wednesday (first ball at 1pm) or stream with out a contract.