Summary

  • Beaumont and Sciver sparkle for dominant England

  • India post below-par 201-8

  • Skipper Raj epitomises India's troubles with painstaking 72 off 108 balls

  • England won toss; debuts for hosts' Dunkley & India's Verma

  • First of three ODIs; England go 4-2 up in multi-format series

  • Highlights on Red Button at 19:30 BST

  1. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Mithali Raj has turned to Jhulan Goswami. It might be a bit too late...

  2. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a masterclass from England's batters. They just haven't let India's spinners settle at all.

  3. Eng 187-2published at 33 overs

    Need 15 from 102 balls

    Nat Sciver will keep the strike after a crunching drive through point sees her pick up another single.

    She's up to 71, just five less than Tammy Beaumont.

  4. 6 runs

    Eng 186-2published at 32.5 overs

    Nat Sciver is just dealing in boundaries at the moment.

    She takes a step down the track and plays a glorious straight drive to bring up the century partnership with a six.

    England need just 16.

  5. Eng 180-2published at 33.3 overs

    Target 202

    Too full, and leggy, from Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver just sweeps it fine for four.

  6. Postpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Snehal Pradhan
    Ex-India seamer on BBC Test Match Special

    What can India do here? Maybe not going a year without playing any cricket would help. It's almost as if after the T20 World Cup final in 2020 when the pandemic hit, there's been a race between countries to get their women's teams playing.

    Some countries got playing as soon as it allowed but let's just say India had other priorities and now they're playing catch-up.

  7. Eng 176-2published at 32 overs

    Need 26 from 108 balls

    It is easier for Nat Sciver to come in and play this way, because of the situation that England were in, but her innings is exactly what India's innings were missing.

    She's up to 60 off 64 balls now. It's been the perfect innings.

  8. Eng 175-2published at 31.4 overs

    Need 27 from 110 balls

    Four more!

    Too short from Deepti Sharma and Nat Sciver pulverises it to the mid-wicket fence.

    Do not bowl there to Nat Sciver.

  9. Eng 171-2published at 31.3 overs

    Need 31 from 111 balls

    Shot!

    Nat Sciver comes down the pitch, making it into a nice juicy half-volley from Deepti Sharma, and she finds the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on.

    She wants this done.

  10. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    England are cruising. They've been exceptional with both bat and ball whereas you've got to say India have been lacklustre.

  11. 50 runs

    50 for Sciverpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Nat Sciver moves to her 15th ODI half-century with another well-judged two.

    It's come off just 60 balls too.

  12. Postpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    England's batting has been very, very good.

  13. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 31 overs

    Eng 165-2

    We're going to take drinks at Bristol.

    Quite why when England need 37, and it's raining, I don't know, but we move.

  14. Postpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    These are long boundaries here at Bristol but those shots from Nat Sciver would've kept going for another 20 or 30 yards.

  15. Eng 164-2published at 30.4 overs

    A carbon copy from Nat Sciver. She's up to 48.

  16. Eng 158-2published at 30.2 overs

    Ekta Bisht goes a tad too full and Nat Sciver sweeps her round the corner for four.

  17. Postpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    What England's batting does show, if we go off what Alex said earlier about doubling the score at 34 overs, is just what a par score could have been on this pitch.

  18. Eng 153-2published at 30 overs

    Need 49 from 120 balls

    Deepti Sharma returns and England pick up a couple of singles.

    We've got a little bit of rain in Bristol. Umbrellas have started to go up, and the groundstaff are gathering by the covers on the boundary edge.

  19. Postpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 27 June 2021

    Tammy Beaumont is just carrying on from England's tour of New Zealand earlier in the year.

    She made scores of 71, 72* and 88* in the one-day games on that tour.

  20. Eng 151-2published at 29 overs

    Need 51 from 126 balls

    The intent that Tammy Beaumont has showed couldn't be further from the intent that India showed.

    She picks up two with a well-judged nudge into the on-side, before clothing one just over the head of mid-off.

    She stood in her crease, disappointed initially, before realising she'd just got it over the head of the fielder.