Summary

  • England win by four wickets to wrap up T20 series with game to spare

  • They reach target of 81 in 11.2 overs, despite sliding from 61-2 to 73-6

  • Capsey top-scores with 25

  • Woeful India bowled out for 80 in 16.2 overs

  • Dean, Glenn, Bell & Ecclestone take two wickets each as every England bowler strikes

  • Final T20 on Sunday, with Test match following from 14-17 December

  1. Ind 16-1published at 2.2 overs

    A change of bowling straight away for England as Nat Sciver-Brunt comes into the attack.

    Mandhana times her second ball through third for four.

  2. Ind 11-1published at 2 overs

    A first four for India! Wide from England seamer Lauren Bell, and Mandhana squeezes the ball past the dive of a despairing fielder at point.

    Rodrigues then pulls away as Bell is in her delivery stride, she points apologetically to something on the cover boundary.

    No apologies for the next shot, driving nicely into the covers - Dunkley cuts off the ball for two.

  3. Ind 2-1published at 1 over

    Jemimah Rodrigues comes to the middle and has India off the mark from her third delivery, nudging Dean for a single towards midwicket.

    Dean's sixth ball is a legside wide, her next attempt is a fuller and Mandhana defends.

    An excellent start for England.

  4. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 0.2 overs

    Verma lbw b Dean 0 (Ind 0-1)

    Charlie Dean celebrates taking a wicketImage source, Getty Images

    A wicket with her second ball!

    Charlie Dean has an immediate breakthrough in her return to the side. Her ball holds its line, Verma goes to turn the ball into the legside and plays for the spin - it raps her on the pads and that's very gone.

    Verma holds a long conversation with opening partner Smriti Mandhana, but the DRS timer runs out. It would have been a dumb review - DRS shows it hitting two thirds up middle stump.

  5. Postpublished at 13:30 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    Charlie Dean is back in the England side and right into the thick of the action. She'll open the bowling.

    Shafali Verma will face the opening delivery.

  6. Postpublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    Lydia Greenway
    Former England batter on TNT Sport

    For India knowing they're batting first, it'll be in the back of their mind that they'll need a big total. That might lead them to taking a few risks and England taking a few wickets.

    When England are chasing the dew will help the ball come onto the bat. They generally prefer chasing.

  7. Teamspublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

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

    England: Danni Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell

    As Heather Knight said, spinning allrounder Charlie Dean is ready to play and comes in for young fast bowler Mahika Gaur. India make one change as well, with seamer Titas Sadhu replacing spinner Kanika Ahuja.

  8. Postpublished at 13:22 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on TNT Sports

    I think it's the right decision to bowl, in the humid heat. England said they would have had a bowl in the first game.

  9. Postpublished at 13:21 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "We were OK to do both. We had a discussion, batting or bowling, everyone was OK whatever comes. The only thing with bowling second was dew, but in the first game that wasn't a factor.

    "We had a vey positive meeting after the game. We understood the field places, and the right areas. The bowlers know where to bowl, hopefully we'll execute our plan."

  10. Postpublished at 13:21 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    England captain Heather Knight: "We batted really well the other night but generally this ground fancies chasing. We're going to have to bowl very well.

    "It was really pleasing to go from 2-2 to get 190, there were little things with the bowlers where we can tighten up our execution.

    "Charlie Dean comes in for Mahika Gaur. It is just a tactical change."

  11. England win the toss and bowlpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    England captain Heather Knight has won the toss in Mumbai and has chosen to bowl.

    Her opposite number Harmanpreet Kaur made the same decision on Wednesday.

  12. Postpublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on TNT Sports

    England were exceptional in the first game. They soaked up the pressure and that is what we wanted. India just weren't quite at the top of their game and England were too good in the end.

  13. Welcomepublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2023

    The weeks before Christmas, your calendars are filling up, so many things coming thick and fast.

    England only started their tour against India on Wednesday, now they're back at the Wankhede Stadium to try to wrap the T20 series up.

    What a festive treat.