India race to victory with three overs to spare - report
Tourists go 3-1 up in five-match series
Openers Mandhana (32) and Verma (31) star with bat
England struggle on sluggish pitch against India's spinners
Only two batters pass 20 (Beaumont & Dunkley)
Final T20 at Edgbaston on Saturday (18:35 BST)
Sixes from Ecclestone and Wong in final over give England hope
Issy Wong joins the party and she finishes off the England innings with another six.
England get 126 on board but is that enough to challenge a strong India batting line-up?
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
That's Ecclestone's strength, into the leg side. She can clear any boundary in the world when she connects like that.
Deepti Sharma will bowl the final over.
Three singles come from the first three balls before Sophie Ecclestone goes big.
She whacks Sharma for a maximum over mid-wicket. That's the first six of England's innings and you just feel it's come a little too late!
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Shovelled through the leg side by Sophie Ecclestone, she is such a powerful striker.
England needed that desperately.
Amanjot Kaur begins the penultimate over with three dot balls before Issy Wong sends a full toss towards deep backward square for a single.
Sophie Ecclestone then tries a wild swing but the ball crashes into her midriff.
Ecclestone then gets it right in the final ball of the over, find a much-awaited boundary for England!
Final over of the innings coming up next.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
India are in complete control. If their openers get them off to a good start, which they have done throughout the series, they could break the back of the game in the powerplay.
Sam Drury
BBC Sport cricket writer at Old Trafford
England's last boundary came at the end of the 10th over - and that was four byes.
Issy Wong is the new batter for England.
The 18th over from Shree Charani brings just four runs, with England's run-rate dropping below six now.
Two overs to go and the hosts need some runs on the board to be competitive.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty ImagesOh, no.
Sophie Ecclestone is just leaning on her bat at the non-striker's end. Charlie Dean has run on the shot, rather than the fact she's hit it straight to the fielder.
It's good work from Richa Ghosh in the end because it wasn't a good throw.
Image source, Cricviz
Dean run out (Shree Charani) 4 (Eng 101-7)
'That is poor' - Dean run out after mix-up with Ecclestone
But the respite doesn't last long for Charlie Dean.
She looks for a quick run off the final delivery but Sophie Ecclestone is not interested and good work from Richa Ghosh to take the bails off before Dean can recover.
Charlie Dean survives as the UltraEdge shows the ball has brushed her glove on its way.
Eng 101-6
England bring up their 100 from the third ball of the over.
But there is a big shout for lbw as Charlie Dean tires to reverse sweep Radha Yadav.
The umpire says no but India are going upstairs with this one.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It's a shot of frustration from Paige Scholfield, trying to slog sweep down the ground. It's come from not being able to find the boundaries, to get that strike-rate up.
It's not an easy ground to play those big shots so England should be focusing on accumulating instead, pushing those twos and running hard.
Scholfield c Reddy b Yadav 16 (Eng 98-6)
High time England motored here but Paige Scholfield can only drill one into the hands of Arundathi Reddy at long-on. Another England wicket falls.
It brings local hero Sophie Ecclestone to the crease in her 100th T20I.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Deepti Sharma has bowled brilliantly. She has stalled England's innings, they haven't been able to run twos or get the boundaries away regularly.
Deepti Sharma returns with the ball for India.
And it's another disciplined over from the off-spinner - just four runs off it.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
England's innings has really stuttered. There is a big, big hole in the middle order left by Nat Sciver-Brunt.
But they should still get the par score here, maybe even above it with a strong finish.
England's batting against the India slow bowlers has been one-dimensional - just look at where their runs have been scored.
Image source, CricvizCharlie Dean gets off the mark with a single towards long-on.
With five overs to go, India are looking in firm control here.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesIt was five overs since the last boundary and there's the pressure. Amy Jones was trying to access the off side but the ball clatters into the stumps.
England are in a spot of bother.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunkley,caught Yadav, bowled Sharma Dunkley, caught Yadav, bowled Sharma | 22 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 115.79 |
Wyatt-Hodge,caught Reddy, bowled Shree Charani Wyatt-Hodge, caught Reddy, bowled Shree Charani | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 71.43 |
Capsey,leg before wicket, bowled Shree Charani Capsey, leg before wicket, bowled Shree Charani | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 85.71 |
Beaumont,caught Reddy, bowled Yadav Beaumont, caught Reddy, bowled Yadav | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 105.26 |
Jones,bowled A Kaur Jones, bowled A Kaur | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 90.00 |
Scholfield,caught Reddy, bowled Yadav Scholfield, caught Reddy, bowled Yadav | 16 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 88.89 |
Dean,run out Shree Charani Dean, run out Shree Charani | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66.67 |
Ecclestone,not out Ecclestone, not out | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 160.00 |
Wong,not out Wong, not out | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 110.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 5 | |||||||
Total,126 for 7 20.0 overs Total,126 for 7 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Kaur | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 |
Sharma | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7.25 |
Shree Charani | 4.0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.50 |
Reddy | 3.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.33 |
Yadav | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
Rana | 1.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
21 for 1 (2.6 overs) | Wyatt-Hodge |
33 for 2 (5.2 overs) | Dunkley |
68 for 3 (10.2 overs) | Beaumont |
70 for 4 (11.1 overs) | Capsey |
93 for 5 (14.5 overs) | Jones |
98 for 6 (16.1 overs) | Scholfield |
101 for 7 (16.6 overs) | Dean |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mandhana,caught Filer, bowled Ecclestone Mandhana, caught Filer, bowled Ecclestone | 32 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 103.23 |
Verma,caught Capsey, bowled Dean Verma, caught Capsey, bowled Dean | 31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 163.16 |
Rodrigues,not out Rodrigues, not out | 24 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 109.09 |
H Kaur,caught Ecclestone, bowled Wong H Kaur, caught Ecclestone, bowled Wong | 26 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 104.00 |
A Kaur,run out Dean A Kaur, run out Dean | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
Ghosh,not out Ghosh, not out | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 175.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 5 Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 5 | |||||||
Total,127 for 4 17.0 overs Total,127 for 4 17.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bell | 3.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10.66 |
Filer | 2.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
Dean | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.25 |
Ecclestone | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 |
Wong | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Capsey | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
56 for 1 (6.6 overs) | Verma |
69 for 2 (8.5 overs) | Mandhana |
117 for 3 (15.5 overs) | H Kaur |
119 for 4 (16.1 overs) | A Kaur |
