Summary

  • Opening day of World Test Championship final in Southampton

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt, Ffion Wynne and Kal Sajad

  1. England review

    Ind 187-5

    First ball!

    Harmanpreet Kaur hit on the front pad. Ecclestone likes it...

  2. Ind 187-5

    Sophie Ecclestone's left-arm spin from the other end...

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    Jamie Pugh: It's very Test cricket to have a World Championship that can end in a draw.

  4. Ind 187-5

    Little bit of angle across Deepti from Sciver, with the left-hander groping around outside the off stump. Lots of chatter from the England players. No great carry through to Amy Jones.

  5. Snehal Pradhan
    Ex-India seamer on BBC Test Match Special

    Shafali Verma wasn't trending on Twitter yesterday, but Virender Sehwag was, because of the comparisons being made between the way they open the batting. That's how much of an impact her innings had.

  6. The floodlights are on in Bristol. Deepti Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur are at the crease. Nat Sciver has the ball.

  7. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special

    Kate Cross in her interview at the end of the day yesterday described Heather Knight's spell as Happy Hour because she had figures of 2 for 1 at one point.

  8. Alex Hartley
    England World Cup-winning spinner on Test Match Special

    India are in a perilous position. There is a lot of pressure on Harmanpreet Kaur. I think they will be going for the draw now and forgetting about the win because they had an absolute stinker last night.

  9. The players are emerging from the dressing rooms in Bristol. It's dry. For now.

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    Sid Dodia: Mistakes on mistakes from ICC. Firstly not having such final in Lord's, secondly it should be three-match series considering the weather in UK. This so called Test championship was started so Test cricket would be able to survive in the era of T20 cricket.

  11. Weather in Southampton

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  12. India still need another 60 to avoid the follow-on. Remember, the Women's Test is only four days, so finishes tomorrow. If there's weather around, enforcing would be a good option, no?

  13. Matthew Henry
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    The crowd may well be disappointed today, and the ground will only be 25% full because of obvious reasons, but it's good to see them here.

    We've already had one or two chants from the India fans, who are bringing their usual colour with green and orange jester hats and flags.

    Some of the Bharat Army, India's main supporters group, are staying in my hotel.

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  14. It might not be raining in Bristol, but it looks chilly. Shefali Verma, one of the stars of yesterday, is on the telly wrapped up in a big jacket.

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  16. Don't start. It's the only joke he's got in his locker.

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    Kumaran Ravendaras: The BBC have managed to get NZ fast bowler Matt Henry on the old text commentary. He must be gutted to miss out on playing in the final but being on BBC text commentary is a great consolation for him I'm sure.

  18. In the spirit of two Tests taking place at the same time, it's got me thinking of other times I've tried to do two things at once.

    I once went to two weddings on the same day. In hindsight, it was a mistake.

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  20. Matt went to Southampton last year for the second Test between England and Pakistan. It rained pretty much all week.

    He's cursed.