Summary

  • England win first T20 by 18 runs on DLS method and take 8-4 lead in multi-format series

  • Rain stopped play with India on 54-3 after 8.4 overs, DLS par score 72

  • England posted 177-7 after India won toss

  • Sciver 55 (27) hit joint-fastest T20 fifty by England player

  • Jones 43 (27) fell to sublime juggling catch on boundary by Deol

  • Highlights on BBC Red Button at 22:00 BST

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews

  1. This would be India's highest chase in Twenty20 cricket.

    Their previous best is 177 - they'll need to go one better.

  2. Nat Sciver and Amy Jones were both terrific for England.

    Sciver made 55 off 27 balls, including equalling the record for the fastest half-century by an England player, off 24 balls.

    Jones was out for 43 off 27 balls.

  3. Here's the brilliant grab from Harmanpreet Kaur that saw off Nat Sciver.

    There's an even better one on the way...

  4. Thanks Kal.

    That was a LOT of fun. England were superb. India showed moments of absolute brilliance in the field.

    Don't put it past them to make 178. If Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana get going, this game is alive.

  5. We'll get you a clip of that stunning Harleen Deol catch as soon as we can.

    Talking you through the rest of this game will be Callum Matthews.

  6. What an eventful 20 overs that was! Sciver smashing it all over the park, Jones joining the party and then one of the finest catches you'll see.

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

    India will be very happy with how they closed out that innings. They will feel like the momentum is behind them.

    We saw some sensational things in that innings.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Brunt run out 2 (Eng 177-7)

    Brunt had to go for it but is marginally short of her crease.

    And that's that, England post 177-7.

  9. Umpire review

    Is Brunt run out off the final delivery here? We go upstairs. It's tight.

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

    That is fantastic striking from Sophie Ecclestone.

  11. 6 runs

    Eng 177-6

    Important late runs here for England? Sophie Ecclestone doesn't need time to get her eye in as she middles it over mid-wicket for six.

  12. Eng 169-6

    Katherine Brunt and Sophie Ecclestone are the two batters in, by the way.

    Three singles off Deepti Sharma.

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

    That was a really neat bit of keeping by Richa Ghosh.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley st Ghosh b Pandey 1 (Eng 166-6)

    Another wicket for India! Sophia Dunkley is outdone by some smart glovework from Ghosh behind the stumps.

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

    Harleen Deol, take a bow!

    I want to see that go round social media like you've never seen before.

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

    That is going to be watched all over the world, and over and over again.

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

    That was an absolutely superb catch.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones c Deol b Pandey 43 (Eng 166-5)

    WHAT A CATCH. UNBELIEVABLE!!

    Harleen Deol is on the long-off boundary, she braces herself, takes a catch but her momentum is taking her over the boundary.

    She throws it in the air, takes another leap back onto the field and grabs it again.

    It really is one of the best catches you could see.

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

    Sophia Dunkley is quick between the wickets so I'm sure she'll be looking to keep Amy Jones on strike.

    She is a clean hitter of the ball though, and has been in good form this season.

  20. Eng 166-4

    Dunkley 1, Jones 43

    Pandey bowls a ball which is wide twice over. In fact, it's also a no-ball and England have a free hit.

    Jones can't quite capitalise, however, just the single.

    The talented Sophia Dunkley is the new batter in and is off the mark with a push to leg side.