Summary

  • England keep T20 series alive with five-run win at The Oval

  • India still lead five-match series 2-1

  • Bell defends 12 in last over as India finish 166-5 chasing England's 171-9

  • Filer (2-30) spell changed game with India cruising in the chase

  • Home side earlier lost 9-31 after 137-run stand between Dunkley & Wyatt-Hodge

  • Fourth T20 is on Wednesday, 9 July at Old Trafford

Live Reporting

Mike Peter & Ffion Wynne

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Wong c Ghosh b Shree Charani 0 (Eng 162-7)

    And Issy Wong goes first ball!

    She goes back, attempts a cut, and Richa Ghosh takes a smart catch behind the stumps.

    Hat-trick ball incoming...

  2. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    When Scholfield looks back, she'll be disappointed she didn't try to go over extra cover.

    Trying to go across the line has done her but it's clever bowling.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Scholfield st Ghosh b Shree Charani 4 (Eng 162-6)

    The promotion up the order hasn't quite worked out for Paige Scholfield.

    She was starved of the strike somewhat, and tries to kick on by charging down the pitch to Shree Charani. Richa Ghosh fumbles beind the stumps but eventually whips off the bails with Scholfield well short of her ground.

  4. 6 runs

    Eng 161-5

    Yep, there she goes!

    Over cow corner for six.

  5. Eng 153-5

    Sophie Ecclestone joins Paige Scholfield.

    She played a cracking cameo at Bristol to give England's innings a little more credibility, and they could do with her repeating the trick right now.

  6. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Tammy Beaumont got way too far across to the off side. She was trying to access that fine angle but went too far.

    You can't blame her, she had to try and find boundaries straight away.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Beaumont b Yadav 2 (Eng 152-5)

    Well.

    Tammy Beaumont shuffles across her stumps, tries to sweep, and is cleaned up.

    England have lost five for 15.

  8. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is a big moment for Paige Scholfield.

    She played against Ireland last year when Kate Cross was captain but this is her senior, senior debut if you like.

  9. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Terrible decision from the umpire but also a terrible decision from Amy Jones.

    When you're none down this far in, this can happen. The collapse is almost guaranteed because everyone is expected to come in and hit big shots from the off.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones lbw b Reddy 0 (Eng 149-4)

    Good review!

    Amy Jones plays all around a straight one and has to depart first ball.

    This has been a pretty woeful passage of play.

  11. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    This is touch and go for me.

  12. Ind review

    Two in two?!

    Reddy is pleading with the umpire for an lbw against Amy Jones, eventually having to settle for a review.

    This looks pretty close.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt-Hodge c H Kaur b Reddy 66 (Eng 149-3)

    Another!

    Pace off again from Arundhati Reddy, and Danni Wyatt-Hodge gets in a right tangle.

    She chips it straight up in the air and Harmanpreet Kaur hangs on this time.

  14. Interesting.

    Paige Scholfield is promoted to number four ahead of Tammy Beaumont.

  15. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I could see what Capsey was trying to do - but I'm not sure why she was doing it.

    She saw the success Dunkley had playing down the ground. The ramp seemed unnecessary to me.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Capsey c Shree Charani b Reddy 2 (Eng 146-2)

    Alice Capsey is in and out in a flash.

    She tries to ramp her third ball and picks out Shree Charani at short fine leg. That is a soft dismissal.

  17. 6 runs

    Eng 146-1

    No Dunkley, no problem.

    Down on one knee and launched for six by Danni Wyatt-Hodge, ending the over in style.

    Wyatt-Hodge ends the over with a six

  18. How's stat?!

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    That partnership of 137 was England’s third highest opening stand in T20I cricket.

    The highest two stands, both of 147 came in 2016 and 2018 against Pakistan and South Africa.

  19. Melissa Story
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Deepti Sharma is shaking her hands, she didn't catch it comfortably. Sophia Dunkley is dismissed by a full toss.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley c & b Sharma 75 (Eng 137-1)

    And there's the breakthrough! Sophia Dunkley's entertaining knock of 75 from 53 balls comes to an end.

    She charges down the pitch to a full toss from Deepti Sharma and ends up somehow slogging it straight up in the air for the bowler to take a simple catch.

    Dunkley caught and bowled by Sharma for 75