Summary

  • England slip from 230-2 to 251-6

  • Knight lbw for 95 after playing back to Sharma

  • Beaumont makes classy 66 before being caught at short leg by Verma

  • England won toss; day one of four, Bristol

Live Reporting

Kal Sajad, Ffion Wynne and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    Mark Burt: Lovely start from England only spoiled by some worldie wicketkeeping. Tammy should be looking for a daddy hundred today.

  2. I was too busy admiring Dan Norcross' glasses. Need me a pair of those.

  3. The commentator's curse

    This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip twitter post

    Allow Twitter content?

    This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

  4. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    Robin Johnson: Blimey! Tammy Beaumont has a far superior technique than any of Sibley, Burns, Crawley or Lawrence.

  5. 100 matches as captain for Knight

    This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip twitter post

    Allow Twitter content?

    This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

  6. Beaumont will come back to the middle after the lunch break alongside her skipper Heather Knight, who is captaining England for the 100th time.

    Knight got off the mark today with this sublime drive...

    Knight gets off the mark with a boundary

  7. Isabelle Westbury
    Ex-Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Beaumonth/KnightReuters

    Tammy Beaumont has looked immaculate so far. She's not given away a chance yet - good signs for England.

  8. England's Tammy Beaumont, speaking to Sky Sports: "We didn't want to look at the scorecard too much but we have probably scored more than we hoped at the start of the day. I like to break it down into 15 minute blocks. We have set ourselves a target to make a score in excess of 300. The wicket is dead - quite nice for batting on really."

  9. But the player of the morning session was Tammy Beaumont.

    The England opener is unbeaten on 44 from 84 deliveries and has hit four boundaries, including these two crackers...

  10. Winfield-Hill was dismissed for 35, with India owing a great deal of gratitude to the brilliance of wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia.

  11. And these sizzling sixes...

    What a shot!' Winfield-Hill sends Pandey for six

  12. Winfield-Hill made India pay with these brutal boundaries...

  13. For those of you just joining us, here's a recap of what's happened so far. England won the toss and elected to bat.

    There was plenty of swing for the India bowlers but while the bowlers did their part, the fielders didn't as England opener Lauren Winfield-Hill was dropped on three.

  14. Get Involved

    #bbccricket or text 81111

    Happy with that start, England fans?

    Feel you should have the hosts at least a couple down, India fans?

    Enjoying women's Test cricket being back, neutral fans?

    Let us know on Twitter by using #bbccricket or text us on 81111 (standard message rates apply).

  15. Isabelle Westbury
    Ex-Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Bit of spin there for Deepti Sharma in her one over before lunch - that will excite India but it's been a very good morning for England.

  16. Eng 86-1

    Stunning delivery from Sharma. The India spinner entices Beaumont forward, the ball bounces and turns, through the gap between bat and pad and past the wicketkeeper. Absolute beauty.

    And that's lunch.

  17. Off-spinner Deepti Sharma to bowl the last over before the interval. She's a crafty bowler, a wicket would be very much welcomed for India here.

  18. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    TammyReuters

    Maz Tucker: I think every womens' series should have a Test match, three ODIs and three T20s.

  19. Eng 84-1

    Goswami looked really threatening first thing this morning but is sending through a few wayward deliveries now. Just the one from it, though.

    We'll get one more over in before the lunch break.

  20. How's stat?!

    Lauren Winfield-Hill was the first English woman to hit a Test six since Laura MacLeod, against India at Grace Road in 2006.