IND vs ENG HIGHLIGHTS, Women’s one-off Test: Batters shine as India ends Day 1 at 410/7

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IND vs ENG HIGHLIGHTS, Women’s Test Day 2: India 186/6; Harmanpreet and Co. extend lead to 478 vs England

India Women vs England Women HIGHLIGHTS, Test Day 2: Follow the match commentary updates from Day Two of the IND-W vs ENG-W Test at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

The day comes to a close with a maiden from Ecclestone. A day that belonged to India for the most part except the occasional hiccups. Two hundred-run partnerships and four half centuries later, India end the day at 410/7

Most runs in a day in Women’s Tests

475 - New Zealand Women (44) v England Women (431-4), 1935 - Christchurch 

449 - Australia Women (204-5) v England Women (245-9), 2022 - Canberra 

410 - India Women (410-7) v England Women, 2023 - Navi Mumbai

Sciver Brunt continues. That’s a maiden

Filer continues. Easy pickings for Vastrakar as Filer bowls a full toss wide outside off, the former helps it through covers for a FOUR! Five runs from the over 

A BREAKTHROUGH LATE IN THE DAY! SNEH RANA DEPARTS after Sciver-Brunt castles her stumps! Pooja Vastrakar is in at nine

400 up for India with a single from Deepti. India becomes only the second team in women’s Tests to score 400 runs in a single day! Short from Filer, Deepti goes for a pull but it takes an outside edge and runs towards the boundary! Just incase you’re wondering, since this is a four-day Test, teams are required to bowl a minimum of 100 overs per day. 4:30pm was the cut-off time but due to light availability, England has been asked to extend its stay

IND vs ENG: India becomes second team to record 400-plus runs in a day in women’s Tests

IND-W vs ENG-W: India became only the second team in 89 years to record more than 400 runs in a single day in women’s Tests during Day 1 of the one-off match against England.

Sciver-Brunt continues. Just a single off her over 

Bell continues. Deepti gets to her third consecutive Test fifty with a FOUR off Bell’s delivery. What a fightback this from India. Every time it has suffered setback, a pair in the middle have stood firm and have taken the momentum away from the English bowlers. The partnership is now worth 85 off 129 balls 

Sciver-Brunt replaces Cross. Maiden over 

Bell continues. A fraction outside off and Deepti just guides it past the gully fielder to collect yet another FOUR. The runs are flowing in abundance for India as it looks poised to shatter day 1 records

Cross finds Deepti’s outside edge but the ball manages to squeeze past the first slip and runs awya for a FOUR! Length outside off and Rana smacks it through covers for yet another FOUR! 

India looks all set to breach the numbers for most runs scored in a day in women’s Test history. If the women in blue manage to go past 431, that will be a record. Meanwhile, Bell concedes just a single in her over 

Cross continues. Width on offer and Rana cuts it through covers to collect a couple. Two more off the final delivery of the over 

After a two-run over from Cross, Bell comes into the attack. She bowls a tight one as well, just one conceded 

Five runs off Ecclestone’s over including a four off the final delivery. It was pitched up and outside off and Rana rocked back to cut it through point fielders to find the boundary

Slightly short from Dean and Deepti capitalises as she makes room for herself and drives it through covers for a FOUR! And that’s the 50-run partnership between the two

Ecclestone’s delivery skids down the legside, Deepti tries to help it away towards fine leg and misses but Jones behind the stumps, too, was unable to glove it as the ball runs away for four byes! This time Deepti makes no mistake as he whacks it over deep mid-wicket for a SIX! 

Match resumes and ecclestone continues. After five dots, Ecclestone bowls a short one wide outside off and Rana latches on to it and cuts hard through covers for a FOUR 

Filer continues. Hits the good length outside off, Deepti has a go at it but it takes an outside edge and runs away for a FOUR! TIme for drinks

Deepti just can’t stop sweeping, this time she finds the boundary with a sweep off a tossed up delivery from ecclestone

Deepti continues to accelerate. This time, she gets her timing right on the sweep smacks one in front for square for a FOUR! Back of a length delivery from Ecclestone, Deepti’s attempted sweep is mistimed due to an uneven bounce and she gets hit on her helmet’s grill. The support staff arrive to the middle to check on her but looks like she’s fine to continue. Heather Knight goes for DRS after a huge LBW appeal for Deepti. England loses another review as replay showed Deepti getting an inside edge

Unlucky! Deepti tries to sweep a full length delivery from Dean and misses but the ball eludes the keeper as well and runs away for four byes! 

Eccelstone skims through another maiden as Rana holds a solid bat in defence.

Dean to Yastika, OUT! Redemption for Bell this time. A similar slog-sweep that gave her a reprieve earlier in the innings of the same fielder casts her downfall this time. Yastika mistimes the slog-sweep and perishes after a well-made 66 off 88 balls. Sneh Rana is in at 8. She opens her account with a flick off the pads for FOUR as Dean drifts one in.

Yastika Bhatia c Bell b Dean 66 (88b 10x4 1x6)

Deepti remains solid in defence as Bell comes around the wicket and tries to angle the ball in towards the stumps.

Maiden Test FIFTY for Harmanpreet Kaur? Oh, no. Harmanpreet, what have you done? She is run out after attempting to complete a single. Sent back by the cover fielder but her bat is stuck before the crease and she falls on 49. Second time since that freak dismissal in the WC semifinal earlier this year. That’s poor from the Indian captain.

Harmanpreet Kaur run out (Wyatt) 49 (81b 6x4)

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Short from Bell and Yastika belts the ball through mid-wicket for FOUR. Edged and Knight drops a chance at first-slip. Thick outside-edge from Yastika and it zips low to the left of Knight. She gets a hand but fails to latch onto ti.

Yastika brings up her maiden Test fifty with a SIX off Filer, hooking a short ball over fine-leg. That also brings up the 100-run stand with Harmanpreet.

Ecclestone lines one in and Harmanpreet works the ball with the turn through mid-wicket for FOUR. Ecclestone follows up with one outside the off-stump and Harmanpreet drives through cover for two runs. A single to follow. Runs flowing thick and fast at the moment. Yastika eases into a drive and reels in two more runs.

Yastika starts with a FOURafter the break as Ecclestone errs with a loosener. Five from the over.

Filer continues to charge with pace and bangs one short to Yastika. She swivels quickly to hook the ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single. Yastika and Harmanpreet lead India to Tea after establishing a fine partnership.

Harmanpreet Kaur continues to use the paddle and sweep. She gets away with some pre-meditation and finds a single through square-leg. Ecclestone overpitches and Yastika duly puts it to the deep cover fence for FOUR as India crosses 250.

Yastika sweeps Dean behind square and finds FOUR runs and brings up the 50-run partnership with Harmanpreet in 72 balls.

Harmanpreet eases into a superb cut past point for FOUR as Cross errs on line and length.

Harmanpreet lunges forward for a hard sweep and sends it in the air towards Dunkley at backward point. No harm done and she finds a single. Yastika slaps another one through point for one run. 

Cross continues. Yastika has built a swift start to her innings with the batters rotating frequently with singles.

IN THE AIR and DROPPED! Lauren Bell drops a regulation catch running from mid-on. Yastika gets a massive reprieve after mistiming the slog-sweep off Charlie Dean. 

Dean sends a flighted delivery and Yastika latches on to it as she dances down the wicket and lofts it over midwicket for a FOUR! 

Sciver-Brunt continues. Harmanpreet continues to maintain the momentum as she gets a FOUR off a pull

Match resumes. Dean continues. Overpitches a bit on the legside and Yastika slog sweeps it over the infield for a FOUR! Six runs came from that over 

Sciver-Brunt replaces Bell. Three runs off the first four deliveries, including a couple that brings up 200 for India! Harmanpreet gets extremely lucky, she tried to cut a length delivery but it finds an inside edge and almost finds the stumps. However, it manages to slip past Jones and runs away for a FOUR. Time for drinks

Yastika gets off the mark in a positive manner as she drives one through covers off a slightly wider one from Bell 

Slightly full from Dean and Harmanpreet flicks it through the leg-side to collect a double. Just a couple from that over, England tightening the screws now 

Bell bowls one down the leg for Jemimah, who swings and misses, if not for the superb dive from Amy Jones behind stumps, the ball would’ve run away towards the boundary. LAUREN BELL STRIKES! Manages to find the gap between the bat and pad of Jemimah and makes a mess of the middle stump! Yastika Bhatia is the new batter in

Quicker through the air from Ecclestone and Harmanpreet sweeps it fine for a FOUR! Five runs came from that over 

Bell’s over starts in a dramatic fashion as Jemimah is trapped leg-before, huge shout from the English side but the umpire is unmoved. DRS taken. Ball tracking reveals that the trajectory of the ball was missing the stumps, Jemimah survives. Maiden over from Bell 

Jemimah continues to slaughter the bowlers, this time she puts a loose one from Ecclestone through covers for a FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Jemimah as she sweeps this one towards fine leg. 11 runs from the over 

Bell replaces Filer. Jemimah gets to her maiden half-century in style with FOUR through the covers! Just outside off from Bell, Jemimah tries to push it through covers but it takes an outside edge to beat the slip fielder and runs away for a FOUR. Three off the final ball as Bell concedes 11 from her over 

After two dots from Ecclestone, Shubha dances down the track and hits one through mid-on to collect a FOUR! Ecclestone gets the last laugh! SOFT DISMISSAL! Shubha tried to despatch a short one over the infield but only manages to find Nat-Sciver at midwicket. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is in at four

Three runs from the first three balls from Filer including a double. Jemimah is one away from her half-century. Four runs came from that over 

Ecclestone continues. She manages to bowl five dots but Jemimah picks the gap through the cover region off the final delivery, Dunkley does well at the edge of the rope but the Indian pair pick up three runs 

Filer continues and she surprises Shubha with a short one as the leftie takes one on her helmet, words of encouragement from Jemimah from the other side to help settle her nerves. Superb reply from Shubha as Filer tested her with yet another short one, but much slower this time. Shubha puts it away for a FOUR with a pull and THAT BRINGS UP THE 100 partnership! Back of the length delivery from Filer and Shubha manages to find the gap through covers and smacks it for a FOUR! Looks like Cross has injured herself trying to save the boundary, she’s on the ground clutching her knees in pain. But luckily for England, she is back on her feet in no time 

Ecclestone to bowl from the other end. Mix-up in the middle, Jemimah worked one through the off-side, Shubha from the other end tries to steal a single and runs half-way through the pitch but is sent back and has to put on a dive to save herself! Two from the over 

Perfect start to the session for India as Jemimah puts a loose one from Filer through covers for a FOUR! The third wicket partnership is now worth 94 off 113 deliveries. This has been a proper rescue mission from the Indian pair in the middle

The English players have made their way into the middle with the Indian pair of Shubha and Jemimah entering the field shortly after. After having a sub-par first session, India has pulled the momentum back in the second, without losing a wicket

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Debutant batter Shubha Satheesh struck the second-quickest half-century by an Indian woman in Test cricket. Read the full story by clicking the link below: 

IND vs ENG: Debutant Shubha Satheesh hits second-fastest Test fifty by an Indian woman

IND-W vs ENG-W: Shubha’s half-century is the second quickest by an Indian after Sangita Dabir’s 40-ball fifty, the fastest recorded half-century in women’s cricket.

Five dots from Ecclestone. In the final delivery, Shubha tries to dab it towards cover fielder but it takes an outside edge and runs past a diving slip and crosses the boundary rope, FOUR! A good finish to the second session for India overall! 

Cross continues from the other end. Just one from the over. The partnership between Jemimah and Shubha is now worth 85 off 105 balls 

Ecclestone continues. Jemimah tries to defend it on the front foot but misses, Amy Jones dislodges the bails and lets out a huge shout for a stumping as the square leg umpire goes upstairs. Replay shows that her foot was comfortably grounded, Jemimah survives a scare. And that’s a maiden over from Ecclestone

Cross returns and replaces Dean. Short and outside off, Shubha finds room and helps it towards third man for a FOUR! She’s just four runs away from a half-century on debut. AND SHE DOES IT IN STYLE! She gets to her 50 in 49 balls with an on-drive that fetches her a FOUR! 

Ecclestone starts off with a dot before Shubha manages to trickle one on the offside for a single. Jemimah finds the gap through covers to collect a FOUR off a tossed up delivery. Five runs came from that over 

Dean continues and Jemimah welcomes her back with a FOUR through covers off an overpitched delivery that was pitched way outside off! Eight off the over. The last 10 overs have been quite productive for the women in blue as they manage to score 61 without losing any wicket

Sophie Ecclestone into the attack now, replaces Filer. Short and a bit of width offered, Shubha rocks back and cuts it through covers for a FOUR! Wonderful shot from the debutant. Looks like Shubha felt uncomfortable in the middle, physios rush in to attend her. But nothing worrisome as she gets back to the crease within a couple of minutes. Short again from Ecclestone and Shubha plays a similar cut between point and cover to collect a double, the leftie is now unbeaten on a run-a-ball 40

Deen continues from the other end. Jemimah and Shubha are going steady, taking India near 100. Short one from Deen and Shubha cuts it away for a FOUR and brings up the fifty partnership! Another FOUR for Shubha, this time she sweeps a straighter delivery 

Change of ends for Filer as she replaces Nat Sciver. Jemimah continues to tick the scoreboard as she dispatches a fuller one for a FOUR. Seven from that over including a leg-bye

Bowling change at the other end, Charlie Deen replaces Filer. Tidy over from Deen as she concedes just one from her first over 

Filer bangs it short and Jemimah swiftly hooks it behind square for FOUR. Wobble seam from Filer but it strays down leg for five wides. Brilliant from Filer. She cuts Jemimah into half with a sharp nip-backer that flies past the top of middle-stump. Filer overpitches and Jemimah drives it through cover for two runs.

Filer continues at the start of the second hour. Jemimah remains solid in defence as she plays out a maiden.

Lauren Filer into the attack. She attempts to go full and fast but Jemimah responds with a flowing drive through mid-off for FOUR. Even better this time as Filer draws the ball straighter. Jemimah crunches the ball past the bowler for another FOUR.

FIFTY up for India as Shubha slashes Cross through backward point for FOUR. Hold the pose, Shubha! Cross overpitches and Shubha sends a perfect drive down the ground past the bowler for FOUR.

Nat Sciver-Brunt replaces Bell. Sciver-Brunt rushes one past Jemimah’s outside-edge as she prods forward to block. Hint of room and Jemimah drives the ball towards cover-point.

Cross to Shafali, OUT! A ripper to knock the stumps. Wobble-seamer from Cross lands on length and straightens just a bit to force Shafali down the wrong line as the off-stump goes for a toss. Jemimah Rodrigues is in at 4. She’s off the mark with a single.

Shafali Verma b Cross 19 (30b 4x4)

EDGED and through the slip cordon. A regulation outside-edge from Shubha trickles past second slip for FOUR. A single to follow. Short and wide from Bell and Shafali upper-cuts it over gully for FOUR.

Cross squares up Shafali with a delivery that nearly brushes the off-stump. She shortens her length and Shafali crunches it through cover for FOUR. Cross overpitches and Shafali quickly works it through mid-wicket for another FOUR.

Bell to Mandhana, OUT! Dragged on. Cross-seam slider from Bell shapes in off the turf and Mandhana gets an inside-edge on an attempted cut as the ball disturbs the stumps. Debutant Shubha Satheesh is in at 3. She is off the mark with a blazing drive through covers for FOUR. Eases into the shot by planting her left knee on the ground. 

Room and bounce from Bell and Shafali slashes the ball through backward point for FOUR. A single to follow. Bell overpitches and Mandhana drives the ball through mid-of. Cross gives chase but fails to stop the ball from trickling to the fence.

Cross comes around the wicket and offers a fuller delivery and Mandhana plays an exquisite cover drive for FOUR. Similar line and Mandhana clears her front leg and pushes through cover for two runs. 

Lauren Bell from the opposite end. She sends in a juicy half-tracker and Mandhan duly puts it through cover for FOUR. IN THE AIR and Mandhana survives! Fraction short and angling in, Mandhana miscues the pull and it just flies past Beaumont’s grasp at short-leg. Close. Bell slides the ball in and Shafali flicks it through square-leg for a single.

Mandhana is off the mark with a brisk push and run to mid-off. Loud shout from the fielders as Cross lines one in to Shafali’s pads. Cross attacks the stumps and Shafali employs a solid defence to fend them off

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma walk out to the middle. Three slips and a gully in place as Kate Cross takes the new ball. 

The players lineup for the national anthems. 

TOSS: India wins the toss and opt to bat first.

England XI: Tammy Beaumont, Sophie Dunkley, Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell 

India XI: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues (debut), Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Sneh Rana, Shubha Satheesh (debut) Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Thakur (debut), Rajeshwari Gayakwad

In this episode of Wednesdays with WV, WV Raman catches up with veteran Indian cricketer Sudha Shah.

Wicketkeepers: Amy Jones

Batters: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana

All-rounders: Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana

Bowlers: Sophie Ecclestone , Kate Cross, Lauren Bell, Renuka Thakur

Team composition: IND 5:6 ENG | Credits left: 7

Matches played: 5

India won:

England won: 1

Drawn: 4

Last result: Match drawn (Delhi; November 2005)

How do you pick a perfect Test XI for a side whose last red ball game was two years ago? Form changes, techniques evolve, and talents come knocking on the team door, but without regular competitive games in the format, how does one do justice and pick the most competitive bunch?

“It is a four-day game. So even if you have to bowl for two days, you have to look at who can bowl for two days and who are those batters who can bat for long,” India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said here ahead of the one-off Test against England. 

“If we look at the pitch and decide the combination, it will be different but if we look at our strengths, it will be a different combination. I would like to go with our strengths,” she added, holding her cards close about what India’s lineup for the four-day game could look like. READ MORE

Our correspondent Lavanya from the venue: Three debuts at least for India with Renuka Singh Thakur and Jemimah Rodrigues being among them.

Matches played: 14

India Women won: 2

England Women won: 1

Drawn: 11

Last result: Match drawn (Bristol; July 2021)

Last five results: IND won - 3; ENG won - 0, Draw - 2

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Harleen Deol, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Thakur Singh, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Meghna Singh.

England: Tammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell, Charlie Dean

In 2021, when India played England in Bristol - the side’s first red-ball game in seven years - the overarching question was about the future of Tests in the women’s game. When India’s next stop in the longest form of the game came a few months later against Australia in Perth - a pink ball affair this time - the footnote remained unchanged. 

So when there is an 802-day gap for India’s next Test match, one can’t fault think tanks for struggling to strike a balance between backing proven warhorses and young blood waiting to show what they can do, for a four-day Test match.

England has had better luck with fixtures given that Tests are a part of the multi-format Ashes series. The side features players comfortable with red ball cricket - from skipper Heather Knight to Tammy Beaumont, who comes into this Test after a scintillating 208 in the Trent Bridge Test earlier this year. READ MORE

INDIA: Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Shubha Satheesh, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque, Renuka Thakur, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

ENGLAND: Alice Capsey, Danielle Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Heather Knight (C), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Tammy Beaumont, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Maia Bouchier, Lauren Bell, Kate Cross, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer

The One-off India W vs England W Test match will be telecast on the Sports18 Network in India. Live streaming of the match will be available on Jio Cinema and FanCode app/website in India.