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

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Ffion Wynne

  1. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Beaumont looks like she's moving through the gears now, and is going to have some fun.

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  2. Eng 147-2

    Shot!

    Tammy Beaumont takes a step down the track, goes in to out, and lofts over the covers for a glorious one-bounce four.

    She's up to 70.

  3. Eng 141-2

    Need 61 from 132

    Shihka Pandey finishes with three dot balls.

    England are edging closer to the two points, and a 4-2 series lead.

  4. Eng 141-2

    Two successive no-balls from Shihka Pandey and Nat Sciver punishes her with a crunching pull through mid-wicket.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    India need to think about how long they can drag this game out for. Can they reduce England to 150-4?

  6. Eng 132-2

    Target 202

    Just three singles from Ekta Bisht's sixth over. England aren't having to take any risks, they can just nudge and nurdle the ball around.

    Bisht picked up the wicket of England skipper Heather Knight earlier. You can watch that below.

  7. Nat Sciver has just done Nat Sciver things so far today.

  8. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    England are so much on top here.

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  9. Eng 129-2

    Target 202

    Shihka Pandey caused Nat Sciver some problems in that over, but Sciver's class shines through as she plays a beautiful on-drive to the boundary.

  10. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Taniya Bhatia was convinced Sciver got something on that. The bowler not so much!

  11. Not out

    There's clear daylight between bat and ball.

    On we go.

  12. India review

    Have India got Nat Sciver caught behind?

    Wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia was animated, bowler Shihka Pandey less so.

  13. Eng 125-2

    Target 202

    Oh! A little bit of seam movement from Shikha Pandey beats the defensive prod of Nat Sciver.

    We haven't seen much of that today.

  14. Mithali Raj has called for opening bowler Shikha Pandey to return.

    She knows she needs a breakthrough.

  15. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Tammy Beaumont is a player who you want to put pressure on. I'd always try and attack her stumps, fire the ball in and turn it away from her. But she's the type of player who will take you on.

  16. Thanks Ffion.

    England are threatening to make pretty light work of this. I love watching Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver bat together. The aggression, the intent, the tempo is just superb.

    SciverPA Media

  17. Eng 125-2

    Another lovely dive from Deepti Sharma at extra cover ensures a Tammy Beaumont drive only gets a single.

    Just three from another tidy Vastrakar over, who's found a bit more consistency now.

    Halfway through England's innings and I'll hand you back over to Callum Matthews to take you through to the end.

  18. Emily Windsor
    Southern Vipers player on BBC Test Match Special

    India need a couple of wickets to have any chance of getting back into this game.

  19. Here was how Tammy Beaumont reached her half-century.

  20. Eng 122-2

    Whenever India build some dot balls, they just squander the pressure and that's been repeated here as Nat Sciver punishes a Kaur full toss for four.

    And that's 2,000 ODI runs for Sciver.

    Sciver