A beauty.

Danni Wyatt tentatively gets on the front foot and Renuka Singh Thakur gets one to shape past the outside edge.

Lovely bowling.

A little bit of movement in to start and Sophia Dunkley inside edges into her pads and jogs through for a single.

India are going to open with Renuka Singh Thakur.

She's had plenty of success against England in the past, moving the ball around.

England openers Danni Wyatt and Sophia Dunkley are making their way to the middle.

We're moments away from the start.

I'll get us started.

Mine has always been to watch a Test match in Cape Town, sat on the grass verge, with Table Top mountain as my view on the other side.

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In her pre-match news conference yesterday England captain Heather Knight said this series, and the opportunity to play a Test in India, is a "bucket list thing for any cricketer".

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Heather Knight and England had a mixed summer: the Ashes saw record-breaking crowds and a surprise drawn series, including white-ball series wins, but was followed by a disappointing T20 series defeat by Sri Lanka before winning the one-day international leg against the same opponents.

England's batting struggles against spin were glaring in the Sri Lanka defeat, while off-spinner Ash Gardner's 23 wickets in the Ashes were somewhat overshadowed by England's success - so they can expect a similarly tough test from slower bowling if India have done their homework correctly.

Spinners Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque have been called up to India's T20 squad for the first time alongside experienced campaigner Deepti Sharma.

It is a particularly important challenge for England, and one they must address quickly as they look ahead to next year's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and the 50-over World Cup in India the following year.

There are three T20s and a four-day Test on this tour for England. They are being treated as separate series, rather than a multi-format points-based series that we sometimes see in women's cricket.

Here's when the games are taking place:

6 December: 1st T20, Mumbai (13:30 GMT)

9 December: 2nd T20, Mumbai (13:30 GMT)

10 December: 3rd T20, Mumbai (13:30 GMT)

14-17 December: Only Test, Mumbai (04:00 GMT)

England opener Danni Wyatt is playing her 150th T20 international today.

She was presented with a special cap by captain Heather Knight earlier.

Wyatt has put herself in Saturday's Women's Premier League auction, after missing out earlier this year, so a good performance here might boost her case of a deal.

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England are also boosted by the return of their own spin star in Sophie Ecclestone, who is fully fit after dislocating her shoulder during The Hundred in August, which resulted in surgery.

World number one bowler Ecclestone is one of several England players who gained experience in the first edition of the Women's Premier League, India's T20 franchise tournament, earlier this year.

Judging by this photo, she is very happy to be back.

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India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh Thakur, Saiqa Ishaque.

England: Danni Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell, Mahika Gaur.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "We want to put pressure on their batters because it is the first game.

"Sometimes it is really difficult to decide what is the best total. Our batting is quite confident chasing so bowling first is the better option.

"The last time we played in Mumbai we played really good cricket so we want to continue with the same momentum."

England captain Heather Knight: "We were going to do the same but we're going to have bat very well. It should be an alright wicket, but there is usually a bit more bounce here than you'd expect in India.

"Charlie Dean was unavailable because she's been ill.

"We want to build on the things we've done in the last year. We want to take the game on and entertain and play some really good cricket."

Harmanpreet Kaur calls correctly and the hosts want to have a chase later on.

Let's head straight out to the middle for the toss.

England have gone 84 days without playing international cricket.

We don't see that kind of break too often.

They are back today, though, with the first T20 against India in Mumbai.

It should be a cracker.