Match Details

ENGW vs INDW 1st Matchth Matchth-Match, INDW vs ENGW 2021

INDW

54-38.4

England Women won by 18 runs (DLS

ENGW

20.0177-7

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Scorecard

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	45	44

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	45	48
10 Over	77	82
15 Over	121	120
20 Over	168	177

Commentary

That's the end of our coverage for the match. It was a pleasure bringing you the coverage of this game. Do join us for round two of this T20I series on the 11th. And keep a tab on OneCricket as we bring all the cricket that is played all around the world. Till the next time, it's a ta-ta and goodnight from me, Arjun Bhalla, and my co-commentators - Vikhyat Jain and Anurag Singh.

Natalie Sciver | Player of the Match: It just came together, I was really enjoying it. The wicket was nice, it was good. [Good form] Definitely, got an opportunity to bat with more freedom, good partnership at the top and we've got a strong line-up so that helps. [Jones stand] Once you felt comfortable, you could really hit through the line, so we managed to get a good partnership together. Our plans in T20, we know them really well, and have had a lot of success, so it was a good game.

Natalie Sciver gets the Player of the Match award for her sparkling 55 off just 27 balls, while she also scalped a wicket with the ball.

Heather Knight | England Skipper: Still got a series to win, important we turn up at Hove. Really pleased today, thought Nat was outstanding in the middle over, brilliant partnership with Amy. Clinical with the ball, looked to take wickets early, so very pleasing. [Sciver] It was awesome, really aggressive. Nat hits the ball so hard, she struck it cleaner than ever. Danni and Tammy deserve a mention at the top as well, been a while since we had a 50 partnership. [Jones] She's moved down from opening, feel she's in a great position to win us games, four-five are really important [positions] and she's well suited to the role. [Rain] Unfortunately it's set in, would have been good to get out there.

Harmanpreet Kaur | Indian Skipper: We knew after 8.30pm there was rain forecast so we were batting according to that but unfortunately we kept losing wickets. Otherwise, if there had been two or three more overs then I think we could have made it. I feel that we fielded really well, there is a lot of improvement in our fielding. That's what we want to keep doing as a team. Every game is important for us, today was unfortunate because of rain and some decisions here and there but still two more games for us to prove ourselves and definitely look to win.

Presentation time!

Arjun: The India pair of Harleen Deol and Deepti Sharma stayed unbeaten but they cannot save their team from the embarrassment, the embarrassment of losing. In the end, England won by 18 runs on DLS, they cannot lose the series now.

Arjun: To chase a mountain of 178 runs, the well-known duo of Mandhana and Verma came out to give India a blistering start, but England’s Brunt outstripped the World no. 1 batter. However, the southpaw got united with Deol to crunch some needed boundaries in the Powerplay overs. But the opener played too many stokes as she lost the battle to Sciver. Then Knight brought spinners and piled pressure on the Women in Blue in the overcast conditions. In the process, Glenn scalped the wicket of the out-of-touch Indian skipper, before the rain showers forced the players to get off the field. Later, the rain got better off everyone as we all had nothing more than disappointment.

Arjun: In the clash between the number two ranked and the number three team, heavy-weight England got better off the visiting Indians in this opening T20I match. Earlier in the day, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the coin flip and decided to put Heather Knight and company to bat first. However, the decision didn’t go as Harmanpreet would have hoped for. The opening pair of Wyatt and Beaumont gave a solid start before a breath-taking stand between Sciver and Jones made sure the Three Lions post a mammoth total.

The bad news here! The rain is in no mood to stop, therefore, no more play is possible. Hence, England beat India by 18 runs on the DLS method. And the Three Lions a lead of 8-4 in the multi-format series, which means they cannot lose the series now.

The covers have been placed across the entire square now and the rain is pounding down. We won't lose any overs before 9:31 PM local time (2:01 AM IST).

Light passing showers have put a halt in this game. It's falling down quite heavily now and the covers are being dragged on the pitch. The DLS par score at the end of this over would be 74, so India are short by 18 runs but let's hope the rain gets away and we have a full game.

8.4 S Glenn to H Deol

0 Flighted on a length outside off stump. Deol comes down the track and pats the ball into the off-side towards the fielder at extra cover. Play's stop and the drizzle is getting heavier.

8.3 S Glenn to D Sharma

1 Length delivery on middle and leg stump. Deepti shapes up for the sweep and somehow manages to glove it towards short fine leg for a single.

8.2 S Glenn to H Deol

1 Length delivery around off and a googly there. Deol comes down and goes to flick but toes it to mid wicket for one run.

8.1 S Glenn to D Sharma

1 Full delivery just outside off stump. Deepti gets onto the front foot and prods the ball down the ground towards the fielder at long on for one.

OVER 8.0

India Women

51/3

Harleen Deol

16(22)

Deepti Sharma

2(5)

Mady Villiers

0-4(1.0)

7.6 M Villiers to D Sharma

1 End of the over. Tossed up on a length just outside off stump. Deepti has a swing at it but only manages to shank it down the ground towards long on for one run.

7.5 M Villiers to D Sharma

0 Almost a yorker there on the off stump and Sharma on the front foot blocks it well.

7.4 M Villiers to H Deol

1 Full delivery on middle and off stump. Deol skips down the track and punches the ball towards the sweeper at long on for just another single.