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India Today
10-07-2025
- Sport
- India Today
4th T20I: India women secure historic series victory over England
India's women's cricket team secured a historic series victory over England with a composed six-wicket win in the fourth T20I at Old Trafford on Wednesday, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match result marked India's first-ever bilateral T20I series win over England, and their maiden multi-match series triumph on English soil, having previously fallen short in all six of their past away series against the to bat first after winning the toss, England started positively through openers Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Sophia Dunkley. However, the early momentum was disrupted when Shree Charani removed Wyatt-Hodge in the third over with the score on 21. Dunkley played fluently for her 22 off 19 balls, but her dismissal to Deepti Sharma at the end of the powerplay left England at 38 for 2. Captain Tammy Beaumont and Alice Capsey looked to stabilise the innings with a 35-run stand, lifting the hosts to 68 for 2 at the halfway bowlers, however, wrestled back control in the second half of the innings. Radha Yadav delivered a disciplined spell of 2 for 15 from her four overs, applying the brakes through the middle. Charani also impressed with 2 for 30, as England managed just 42 runs while losing five wickets in the final nine overs. A late burst of 16 runs in the final over from Issy Wong and Sophie Ecclestone pushed England to a modest 126 for reply was assertive from the outset. Openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana made the most of the powerplay, racing to 56 in under five overs. Verma fell for 31 in the seventh over, and Mandhana followed shortly after for Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur then added a composed 48-run partnership, bringing India to the brink of victory. Though Kaur was dismissed with just 10 needed, Rodrigues remained unbeaten to see her side home with three overs to series began with a dominant 97-run victory for India at Trent Bridge - their largest T20I win over England - followed by a 24-run triumph in Bristol. England pulled one back with a narrow five-run win in the third T20I at The Oval, but India responded emphatically in Manchester to seal the fifth and final T20I will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday. Both sides will then shift focus to a three-match ODI series beginning on 16 July.- EndsYou May Also Like
The Hindu
28-06-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
ENG-W vs IND-W: What happened last time India faced England in a T20I series?
India and England are set to face off in a five-match T20I series, with the opener scheduled at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday. The last time the Women in Blue played England in a T20I series was in December 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The visitor emerged victorious 2-1. England, led by Heather Knight, secured a convincing 38-run win in the first match, with Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Nat Sciver-Brunt top-scoring, and Sophie Ecclestone starring with the ball by taking three wickets. In the second game, England's bowlers dominated, bundling India out for just 80 runs before chasing down the target with four wickets in hand to seal the series. India avoided a clean sweep with a five-wicket win in the final match. Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque claimed three wickets each to restrict England to 126, while Smriti Mandhana's 48 laid the foundation for a successful chase. India and England did not meet during the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup, making this their first contest in any format in over 18 months.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
England admit need for early wickets after another tough day in Ashes
Danni Wyatt-Hodge admitted England fell short with the bat once again as Australia took another step towards a Women's Ashes whitewash on day one of the day/night Test in Melbourne. The tourists have endured a chastening time Down Under, racking up 3-0 defeats in the ODI and T20 formats, and must now battle from behind to salvage anything from their four-day clash at the MCG. They were put in to bat and could only manage a timid total of 170 all out, Maia Bouchier's first-over dismissal setting the tone for yet more Australian dominance. Opening day of the Ashes test complete ✅ — England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 30, 2025 Nat Sciver-Brunt made a hard-working 51 but it was the only real effort of any substance as Alana King ran through the middle order with figures of four for 45. The leg-spinner, wheeling away unchanged at the Shane Warne End, killed off any hopes of a fightback. At stumps the hosts were well in control, Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland steering the score to 56 for one after Lauren Bell removed debutant Georgia Voll. Reflecting on her side's latest underwhelming batting display Wyatt-Hodge, who was one of three senior batters to fall in the 20s, told TNT Sports: 'It was a really tough one, you had to really grind for your runs, especially when Kingy was absolutely ragging it on day one. 'It is what it is, it's what has happened over this whole Ashes series. We would have liked another 50 runs maybe but we've got to bring the energy, bowl really well, bowl at the top of the stumps and hopefully get a few early wickets tomorrow.' Sciver-Brunt, who hit four boundaries in a disciplined stay lasting three-and-a-quarter hours at the crease, accepted England had it hard against King. The 29-year-old spinner has excelled across the formats, topping the wicket charts with 18 at 11.33, and continues to ask questions her opponents cannot answer. 'I played with her at the Rockets (in the Hundred), I know what she can do,' said vice-captain Sciver-Brunt. 'When someone feels confident and are in a good environment, feeling good about their skill, it's not a surprise she's got the wickets she has. 'She's bowled pretty consistent areas and got quite a bit of turn throughout the series. When it does turn it's not always the same amount every time – some might skid, some might turn and bounce, that makes it quite tricky when the stumps are always kept in play.' Early breakthroughs are surely a must if things are to remain competitive on day two, but Sciver-Brunt insisted the bowling attack must do the basics well on a green pitch rather than look for outlandish dismissals. '(It's important) not to go searching for the miracle ball, just putting it on the spot and letting the dot balls and the pressure of the game and the field do a job,' she said. 'We need to bowl consistent areas again and use our fielders in the right places. My guess is that we'll have catchers in front and make it difficult for the Aussies to score and hopefully get a few frustration wickets.'
