India Ladies slumped to an 18-run loss in opposition to ECB Ladies’s Growth XI in a 50-over warm-up fixture at The County Floor, Beckenham right here on Tuesday.
After opting to bowl, India was put beneath strain by the assured 196-run opening stand between Emma Lamb and Maia Bouchier. N. Sree Charani broke the partnership, dismissing Lamb within the twenty ninth over. Bouchier, who made a sprightly 84-ball 104, retired from play.
Charani, who made her ODI debut in April this 12 months, was the decide of the bowlers with three wickets to her identify.
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Charani, who made her ODI debut in April this 12 months, was the decide of the bowlers with three wickets to her identify.
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Whereas skipper Hollie Armitage was dismissed courtesy a success wicket off Charani’s bowling, the English center order got here collectively to courageous India’s bowling assault. Alice Davidson-Richards (42 off 49 balls), and 34-run knocks from Paige Scholfield and Danni Wyatt Hodge helped England put up a rating of 353 for the lack of 5 wickets. Charani, who made her ODI debut in April this 12 months, was the decide of the bowlers with three wickets to her identify.
India’s chase didn’t get off to the perfect begin with Mahika Gaur dismissing Smriti Mandhana for a solitary run. Shafali Verma, who has discovered herself out of reckoning for the One-Day squad, surprisingly featured on this fixture and was despatched in to open. Nonetheless, any likelihood of creating this an announcement fixture vanished when she was dismissed by Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual for a 13-ball 16.
Harleen Deol stitched two key partnerships, a 105-run stand with Yastika Bhatia and a 44-run stand with Harmanpreet Kaur (in image).
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Harleen Deol stitched two key partnerships, a 105-run stand with Yastika Bhatia and a 44-run stand with Harmanpreet Kaur (in image).
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Harleen Deol then took on the duty of conserving India’s rating ticking. Regardless of going at a couple of run a ball initially, she slowed down as she anchored the chase, retiring with 91-ball 100 to her identify.
Comparability of the 2 centurions on this fixture
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Comparability of the 2 centurions on this fixture
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Key contributions from Yastika Bhatia (45-ball 32), Amanjot Kaur (32-ball 43) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who scored a fluent fifty (47-ball 54) to get India shut. Nonetheless, India’s age-old points with its tail got here again to harm its possibilities, with the facet falling quick by 18 runs.
The nice and cozy-up is certainly one of two preparatory video games slotted for the guests forward of the white ball tour of England which options 5 T20Is and three ODIs.