- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 a long half-volley outside off, and a slow-motion drive to cover! Wow! What a start. Mandhana could hardly believe her luck, angled across with lovely width to free the arms, but she met it with fractionally tentative footwork, slightly on the up, and lollipopped a straightforward (but always droppable...) chance to Dean 0/10.6 backs away to leg, plops the catch to Capsey at mid-on! Stunning first over from Bell. Cramped the right-hander for room, anticipating her attempt to access the off-side. Dean briefly thought about taking responsibility for the chance as Verma's bat-face closed on impact, but in the end Capsey rushes forward from mid-on and scoops up well with a dive 7/213.4 Gone! Oh Yastika, what have you done?? Worn on the pad initially, dribbling out to short third. They decide to run but Yastika should have turned it down. Ends up being run out at the bowler's end by a couple of feet! No chance... 133/313.6 Caught and bowled! Dean gets the last laugh, Rodrigues advancing again but turning the hands on a full ball, sending it back towards the stand-in captain... it came quick but brilliantly taken high to her left. Two wickets in the over and two new batters... 137/415.6 Brilliantly taken by Wong over her shoulder! Corteen-Coleman has her maiden international T20 wicket, Ghosh trying to reverse-sweep but sending it high rather than far. Wong tracked it well sprinting back and taking that low to the ground on the slide 148/516.2 Bowled her! Slower ball does the trick, spins into the right-hander after pitching on a length. Fulmali was trying to lift that down the ground but didn't read it out of the hand. Deflects off the pad and into leg stump! 148/619.5 Straight to Dean at straight midwicket! Bumper, another pull shot, which sounded good but was not fully out of the middle. Dean takes the catch about 10m in front of the boundary 187/7Extras20 (lb 1, w 19)TOTAL188/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.4)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Smriti Mandhana, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Shafali Verma, 0.6 ov), 3-133 (Yastika Bhatia, 13.4 ov), 4-137 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 13.6 ov), 5-148 (Richa Ghosh, 15.6 ov), 6-148 (Bharti Fulmali, 16.2 ov), 7-187 (Deepti Sharma, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LK Bell 4 0 34 3 8.5 10 5 0 1 0 IECM Wong 3 0 41 1 13.66 7 5 0 5 0 MR Corteen-Coleman 3 0 19 1 6.33 7 1 1 0 0 S Ecclestone 3 0 33 0 11 5 5 1 0 0 CE Dean 4 0 26 1 6.5 12 4 0 0 0 DR Gibson 3 0 34 0 11.33 3 4 0 1 0
Current Run Rate
CRR
7.52
Required Run Rate
RRR
20.33
Last 5 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 5 Ov (RR)
31/4 (6.2)
Current Run Rate
CRR
7.52
Required Run Rate
RRR
20.33
Last 5 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 5 Ov (RR)
31/4 (6.2)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.5 miscued slog! That's an unworthy way to go, and she knows it. Just a wipe across the line, looking for power, but getting the ball high on the blade, for Verma to trot round at mid-off and bag the opening wicket! 18/13.6 A gift! Capsey sees the short, wide long-hop straight out of the hand, lets her eyes bulge with anticipation, and rushes her uppercut to snick a palpable edge to the keeper! That's not one she'll look back on fondly. England's start takes another dent 37/215.5 Slower again, outside off, slog-swept by Jones... and taken by Verma at deep midwicket! Take a bow Nandani Sharma - her first international dismissal is a vital one. Jones struck it well but needed an extra 10 yards on that. England circling the drain... 120/413.2 Straight to Rodrigues on the midwicket sponge! Knight comes down and swings to the leg side, but it's a foot short of clearing the boundary. Another start for Knight... 101/316.5 Edged and gone! Wide and across the leftie does the trick. Deepti put a little more mayo on that, Kemp cuts at it past the off side tramline. Faint nick into the gloves of Richa Ghosh. 124/615.6 Two in two for Sharma and Shafali! Another slower ball, another loft high to the leg side... but this one goes higher and requires Shafali to sprint in from the sponge, taken out in front of her halfway to the 30-yard circle 120/5Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL124/6 (16.5 Overs, RR: 7.52)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Sophia Dunkley, 1.5 ov), 2-37 (Alice Capsey, 3.6 ov), 3-101 (Heather Knight, 13.2 ov), 4-120 (Amy Jones, 15.5 ov), 5-120 (Dani Gibson, 15.6 ov), 6-124 (Freya Kemp, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Reddy 3 0 16 0 5.33 10 2 0 1 0 K Gaud 4 0 24 2 6 13 2 1 0 0 NSS Sharma 3 0 28 2 9.33 6 4 0 0 0 N Shree Charani 3 0 17 1 5.66 5 1 0 0 0 DB Sharma 3.5 0 38 1 9.91 2 5 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England Women , elected to field first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days
28 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Women T20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 73 runs, 2 wickets)
- India Women: 50 runs in 3.5 overs (23 balls), Extras 12
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (YH Bhatia 31, JI Rodrigues 12, Ex 12)
- India Women: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: India Women - 101/2 in 10.0 overs (YH Bhatia 50, JI Rodrigues 37)
- YH Bhatia: 50 off 31 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 58 balls (YH Bhatia 46, JI Rodrigues 42, Ex 12)
- JI Rodrigues: 50 off 31 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India Women: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: India Women - 188/7 in 20.0 overs (A Reddy 9, K Gaud 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 2 wickets)
- England Women: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: England Women - 85/2 in 10.0 overs (AE Jones 48, HC Knight 13)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (AE Jones 35, HC Knight 14, Ex 1)
- AE Jones: 50 off 32 balls (7 x 4)
- England Women: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
All Match NewsEngland bowl and hand debut to Corteen-Coleman; Harmanpreet rested
Mandhana was leading India while England brought Bell back into the XI
Ecclestone: 'When life wasn't great, cricket turned for the worse too'
England spinner opens up on struggles of the last 18 months as she eyes "miracle ending" at T20 World Cup
Harmanpreet: India looking for 'clarity' on best XI ahead of T20 World Cup
Hole left by absent allrounders could mean opportunities for Radha Yadav and Bharti Fulmali
World Cup contenders England and India hope to get their combinations right
England will want time in the middle for the new opening pair of Sophia Dunkley and Alice Capsey, while India will want a repeat of the historic first T20I series win in England last year


