India Women vs England Women, 1st ODI (ICC Championship match), England Women tour of India, 2019 - CommentaryINDW vs ENGW, 1st ODI (ICC Championship match), England Women tour of India, 2019 - Commentary

India Women won by 66 runs

INDW

202(49.4)

ENGW

136(41)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

That's all from game one. The last time England toured India, the visitors won the second game and they would be hoping for something similar when they lock horns for the second ODI on Monday, the 25th of February. Do remember to tune in for that. Until next time, goodbye and cheers!!

Ekta Bisht, Player of the Match: I was in good rhythm with the ball today and I feel good. My strength is flight and I also got some wickets due to the pitch. The coach keeps giving tips and helps us target the right line and lengths. (Roughly translated from Hindi)

Mithali Raj, winning skipper: It was important that since we were put into bat, someone had to take the responsibility in the middle order and we tried to keep wickets. Jhulan and all the bowlers did well. Ekta obviously showed her experience towards the end and she did a fantastic job. The wicket is definitely going to slow down in the second innings and it's not going to be easy for the batters. England will comeback strongly and we won't be taking them lightly.

Heather Knight, losing skipper: We had our chances, but a bit unlucky with that wicket (Nat Sciver). Lots of learnings to take from today. We bowled really well up front and did well during the middle overs. It was a chaseable total and since we lost a few early wickets it got a bit difficult. We need to learn from our mistakes. Once you got in it was easy to bat on, expect the batters to do well in the next game.

15:41 local: England's top three never got going and they were sent back to the dressing room inside 15 overs. India did have the momentum at that stage, but a 73-run partnership between Nat Sciver and Heather Knight fizzled out all the advantage India had and the visitors looked favourites around the 30th over mark. A silly error, however, from Sciver opened doors for the hosts to storm a comeback and came back in style they did. Once Sciver got out, it was just a matter of time before the spinners strangled the rest and the script wasn't too unfamiliar. Hang on for the presentations...

Over 41

136-10

1WW00W(1 runs)

Alex Hartley

0 (3)

Heather Knight

39 (64)

Ekta Bisht

8-0-25-4

Over Summary

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40.6

Ekta Bisht to Alex Hartley, out Bowled!! India win by 66 runs and go 1-0 up in the series. Loopy delivery from Ekta Bisht, tosses it above the eye level and gets the ball to dip cunningly past the outside edge to clonk the top of off. All over!! Alex Hartley b Ekta Bisht 0(3)

Ekta Bisht to Alex Hartley, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

40.5

Ekta Bisht to Alex Hartley, no run, draws Hartley forward with the slight and spins it past her outside edge

40.4

Ekta Bisht to Alex Hartley, no run, no hat-trick for Ekta Bisht, Hartley presses forward and pushes the full ball to cover

Alex Hartley, right handed bat, comes to the crease

40.3

Ekta Bisht to Ecclestone, out Bowled!! Ekta Bisht on a hat-trick!! First ball duck for Sophie Ecclestone. Nothing special about this delivery, just fired it in with the arm and managed to beat the outside edge on the forward prod. Smashes the top of off. India one away. Ecclestone b Ekta Bisht 0(1)

Ekta Bisht to Ecclestone, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Sophie Ecclestone, right handed bat, comes to the crease

40.2

Ekta Bisht to Shrubsole, out Caught&Bowled!! Shrubsole departs without scoring. She was lured by the flight and drift on this, shuffled forward and got too close to the pitch of the delivery; in the end she chips it tamely to the right of the bowler where Ekta shows sharp reflexes to grab a head-high return catch. Shrubsole c and b Ekta Bisht 0(5)

Ekta Bisht to Shrubsole, THATS OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

40.1

Ekta Bisht to Knight, 1 run, skips down the pitch and flicks the full delivery off the pads through mid-wicket

Over 40

135-7

2W0000(2 runs)

Heather Knight

38 (63)

Anya Shrubsole

0 (4)

Goswami

8-0-19-1