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. Eng 37-0

    Beaumont 10, Wyatt 18

    Tammy Beaumont looks to play the ramp shot and it misses everything, even Richa Ghosh behind the stumps, and races to the boundary. England are motoring on here.

  2. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is a really good shot by Danni Wyatt.

  3. Eng 33-0

    That's more like it, Danni Wyatt. Pandey angles the ball into the pads and the opener sends it up and towards the long leg boundary for four.

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

    It was almost one of those where Beaumont said "I've had my warm up, now I just need to stand and deliver".

  5. Eng 28-0

    It wasn't going to take long! Tammy Beaumont drags a delivery over mid-wicket for four. A purposeful, attacking shot.

    Wyatt is living on the edge a bit as she mistimes a drive and the ball just about clears the circle for three more.

    Nevertheless, another high-scoring over for the hosts.

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

    We saw this from India in the last ODI - there is a little bit more oomph about their fielding. They are settling into their work.

  7. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is superb fielding - it got a gasp from the crowd.

  8. Eng 20-0

    Disappointing news that, Perry really is one of the stars of the game!

    Radha Yadav once again with a brilliant piece of fielding at point to stop a certain boundary.

  9. Perry pulls out of The Hundred

    Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry has pulled out of the inaugural season of The Hundred for personal reasons.

    Perry, 30, is regarded as the world's best all-rounder, having won five World T20 titles and the 50-over World Cup with Australia.

    She was due to play for Birmingham Phoenix in the women's Hundred, which begins on 21 July when Oval Invincibles host Manchester Originals in a match televised live on BBC Two (18:00 BST).

    Perry's replacement is yet to be named.

    Ellyse PerryGetty Images

  10. Eng 19-0

    England could have found that first boundary had it not been for a superb stop at point, the India fielder getting both hands on the ball and palming it to third man.

    The floodlights are on at the County Ground.

  11. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    While England aren't finding the boundaries, they are rattling along in terms of singles.

  12. Eng 15-0

    Richa Ghosh is standing up to the stumps as Pandey continues, encouraged by some loud Indian fans in the crowd.

    Beaumont clips it down to short third man and England run a quick single, there's a shy at the stumps which misses but Wyatt absolutely sprints between the wickets. Brilliant running.

  13. Eng 13-0

    Slightly better from Wyatt who drives the ball past a diving backward point for three runs.

    Reddy tries to outfox the England opener with a looping slower ball but Wyatt is wise to it, but is then beaten by one outside off.

    A good over from the India seamer, lots of variation.

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

    That was a tempter for Danni Wyatt, and it was a huge top edge. It stayed in the air for so long, that you thought someone could not possibly catch it.

    Maybe it's what she needed.

  15. Eng 11-0

    Arundhati Reddy will bowl from the other end. The first delivery jumps off the turf and takes Wyatt by surprise, the England opener looking slightly comfortable.

    Nearly! Reddy goes a bit fuller, Wyatt takes a huge swing and the top edge sends the ball ballooning down to third man, with the ball falling in between the fielders.

    Not convincing at all from Wyatt.

  16. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Every run is being applauded really enthusiastically by this crowd.

  17. Eng 7-0

    Wyatt nudges to mid-wicket for well-taken single, a leg-bye brings one more and then Wyatt delicately guides it down to third man for another.

    A couple more in the over and it's a solid start for England.

    Seven from the over.

  18. Eng 2-0

    Well wide down leg side. A loosener. England are off the mark.

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

    These sides have a tendency to want to chase, particularly in ODI cricket.

    But, on this particular ground, England have played eight or nine matches and they've always batted first and won in Twenty20 cricket.

  20. Shikha Pandey, who is playing her 51st T20 for India, will kick off things with the ball.