Summary

  • Beaumont's 59 off 49 balls puts England in control before collapse of six wickets for 34 runs

  • Verma, dropped on 38 & 39, makes 48 off 38 balls in India's 148-4

  • Verma hits five consecutive fours off Brunt in fourth over

  • England still lead multi-format series 8-6 on points

  • Highlights on BBC Red Button at 19:00 BST

Live Reporting

Kal Sajad and Callum Matthews

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

    Is that shot she needed which will really kick her on?

  2. Ind 83-2

    Harmanpreet Kaur keeps the strike with a nudge into square leg.

  3. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    She's got hold of that one, wow. The India dugout enjoyed that. Not only is it runs but it's runs to their captain.

  4. 6 runs

    Ind 82-2

    Step on down Harmanpreet Kaur.

    Pressure was starting on the build on the tourists, and she comes down the track and slots Mady Villiers over mid-wicket.

    It's dropped by a team-mate in the dugout, though.

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

    India need to find a way because all the hard work Verma and Mandhana done in the Powerplay has just got to waste here.

  6. Ind 75-2

    Another excellent over for England, with just singles coming off it. That's 20-2 from the last four overs.

    Amy Jones' keeping in that over was superb too. She's stood up to the stumps to Katherine Brunt, but she's gathering them all with the minimum of fuss.

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

    England are bowling well in partnerships, they're not leaking runs at either end.

  8. Talking of Katherine Brunt, she's back on. She's had a change of ends.

  9. Here's Shafali Verma hitting Katherine Brunt for five successive fours.

    Verma is 17, don't forget. Brunt is 36. The audacity.

  10. Ind 73-2

    The left-hander Deepti Sharma is the new batter.

    That's an excellent first over from Mady Villiers. Alongside the wicket, there is just one single from it.

    India are 18-2 in the last three overs, and 7-2 from the last couple. England are putting the pressure on.

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

    Verma hasn't even seen what Villiers was going to bowl, she just went for the slog. She's furious with herself.

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

    That's a huge wicket, a fantastic catch from Sciver.

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    WICKET

    Verma c Sciver b Villiers 48 (Ind 72-2)

    SHE GETS THE BIG ONE FIRST BALL!

    Shafali Verma decides she isn't going to let Mady Villiers settle, and she tries to slog-sweep - as she has done successfully on numerous occasions today.

    Nat Sciver does really well, jogging round from long-on, to take an excellent catch.

    England are pulling this back.

  14. Spinner Mady Villiers is on now.

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

    India will be looking for around 160. They've built themselves a great platform and they've brought in Harmanpreet Kaur a little earlier to try and continue this momentum.

  16. Ind 72-1

    Harmanpreet Kaur is the new batter.

    She blocks out her first ball.

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

    A brilliant catch, they're really hard to judge. The ball was going up over extra cover and she's run from mid-off. They look easy but they're really not.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Mandhana c Villiers b Davies 20 (Ind 70-1)

    England needed this!

    Freya Davies has bowled really well so far. She's limited the width and length on over to the two India openers, and it causes Smriti Mandhana to become frustrated.

    The left-hander tries to go in to out again, and drive over the top, but the ball loops up into the air and Mady Villiers runs across from mid-off to take a good catch in the covers.

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    Jack Rule: Verma is loving this!I can just imagine Katherine Brunt getting angrier and angrier until she can give Verma a massive send off.

  20. Ind 66-0

    Smriti Mandhana keeps the strike with a pull into square leg.

    This is a fantastic start from India. They need to win this game to have any chance of drawing the multi-format series, don't forget. They currently trail 8-4 with four points still on offer.