England girls clinched a last-ball thriller to beat India girls by 5 runs within the third T20I match between the 2 sides on Friday on the Oval.
With this victory, the host has opened its account within the collection after consecutive losses in Nottingham and Bristol, and it now trails the Ladies in Blue 2-1.
Sophie Ecclestone’s economical bowling and Lauren Filer’s breakthroughs at essential levels ensured that England didn’t concede an unassailable lead within the collection.
Chasing 172, India had began effectively with openers Smriti Mandhana (56 off 49) and Shafali Verma (47 off 25) notching up yet one more fifty-run partnership earlier than Ecclestone denied the latter a half-century.
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Coming in at No. 3 was Jemimah Rodrigues who had scored a effective fifty within the final match. The 24-year-old gave the impression to be batting in the identical vein of kind however Filer rapidly eliminated each Smriti and Jemimah (20 off 15).
Dropped catches marred England’s defence however pacers Lauren Bell and Issy Wong used the slower one of their arsenal to close perfection to take the sport to the final over. Six runs have been wanted off the final ball however India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (23 off 17) couldn’t muscle it out of the park.
Earlier, England determined to bat in opposition to the Ladies in Blue for the primary time after successful the toss for a 3rd consecutive time within the collection. The host was with out Nat Sciver-Brunt, who was dominated out of the match as a consequence of a groin damage.
Charlotte Edwards’ fees started with intent as openers Sophia Dunkley (75 off 53) and Danni Wyatt-Hodge (66 off 42) posted a 137-run partnership for the primary wicket.
It was damaged solely within the sixteenth over when Deepti Sharma caught Dunkley off her personal bowling. The breakthrough triggered a catastrophic collapse as England misplaced eight wickets whereas scoring simply 31 runs.
Regardless of Arundhati Reddy (3/32), Deepti (3/27), N. Sree Charani (2/43), and Radha Yadav (1/15) cleansing up the host’s center order and tail, England in the long run made positive that its file of by no means shedding a match within the format after scoring over 170 remained intact.