Summary

  • Mandhana hits 48 to lead India to five-wicket victory in Mumbai

  • Ecclestone & Kemp take two wickets each

  • Tourists post 126 after Knight hits 52, while four England batters fall for golden ducks

  • England win the T20 series 2-1

  • One-off four-day Test starts on 14 December

  1. Postpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    Change of bowling and time for a bit of spin for the first time today as Saika Ishaque comes into the attack.

  2. Eng 26-2published at 5 overs

    Renuka Singh has a big smile on her face as she maintains that troubling line and length outside off stump.

    Alice Capsey eventually manages to hit the ball aerially into the leg-side and is lands safely, with England escaping through for a single.

    The tourists are under the pump.

  3. Eng 25-2published at 4 overs

    England have been 2-2, 19-2 and now 24-2 in this series. At least it is an upward trend I suppose.

    Skipper Heather Knight is now out there with Alice Capsey.

    Amanjot Kaur, back into the team today, concedes just one run from her first over.

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    WICKETpublished at 3 overs

    Dunkley c Shreyanka b Renuka Singh 11 (Eng 24-2)

    Just as I say that...Sophia Dunkley goes!

    She started this innings on fire and was eyeing another boundary as she seized on a wide delivery by Renuka Singh, but she can only cut the ball straight to Shreyanka Patil at backward point.

  5. Eng 19-1published at 2 overs

    Sophia Dunkley is determined to reward the show of faith in her by the selectors!

    She has absolutely carted Titas Sadhu over long-on for six, before heaving another effort down the ground for a one-bounce four!

    Sadhu, who looked a little rattled, also fires one way down leg for five wides.

    Suddenly England's start is not too bad.

  6. Eng 3-1published at 1 overs

    Alice Capsey is the batter as a fired up Renuka Singh bowls a couple of wides before sending down a couple of dots to complete a fine opening over.

    England have now lost a wicket in the opening over in two of the three matches this series.

    Teenager Titas Sadhu will open at the other end.

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    WICKETpublished at 0.3 overs

    Bouchier b Renuka Singh 0 (Eng 1-1)

    Renuka Singh strikes third ball - and it is a golden duck for Maia Bouchier!

    The India seamer gets one to jag back in to the England opener who pushes forward rather tentatively and the ball escapes through the gate and into the stumps.

    The crowd has gone wild!

  8. Postpublished at 13:36 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    Here we go then. Sophia Dunkley and her new opening partner for this match Maia Bouchier are out in the middle.

    The experienced Renuka Singh, who has five wickets already this series, will open the bowling.

  9. Series already sealedpublished at 13:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    As we said, England go into the match with the series already in the bag after convincing victories in the first two meetings.

    They won by 38 runs in the opener on Wednesday, before skittling out the hosts for just 80 on their way to a four-wicket win on Saturday.

    Can they make it a clean sweep today?

    England celebrating a wicketImage source, Getty Images
  10. The teamspublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    England: Sophia Dunkley, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Heather Knight (capt), Amy Jones (wk), Danielle Gibson, Bess Heath, Freya Kemp, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Mahika Gaur.

    India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Shafali, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt),Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Saika Ishaque, Renuka Singh, Titas Sadhu.

    England have made four changes with the series in the bag, including a T20 debut for Bess Heath. Maia Bouchier, Danielle Gibson and Mahika Gaur also come in.

    Sarah Glenn has a thumb injury while Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt and Lauren Bell drop out.

    India make just one change with Amanjot Kaur coming in for Pooja Vastrakar.

  11. Postpublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "We want to play positive cricket. We were looking to bowl first so we have got that. Now we just have to go out there and express ourselves. We have to keep working hard and keep doing the right things. I'm pleased with certain things, especially our bowling department, they have come up very strongly. Our batting is a bit of a concern but hopefully we will able to change that today."

  12. Postpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    England captain Heather Knight: "The pitch played slightly different to the first one, a bit slower. It will still be a pretty good wicket so we just want to get out there first and put in a really good performance to finish off the T20s."

    Where England will look to improve despite already winning the series: "Being really ruthless. We have played some brilliant cricket. Our bowlers were outstanding the other night. We probably made it a bit more closer than we wanted and got the crowd involved. But we just want to be really clinical. We have a few younger players in tonight to see how they cope. It's an exciting occasion."

  13. England win the toss and will bat firstpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    Heather Knight calls correctly again and decides to have a bat first.

  14. Postpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    Let's start with the toss...

  15. Good afternoonpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2023

    Christmas has come early for England as they already have their T20 series against India in the bag (or should that be stocking?) with a game to spare.

    Can they put the star on top of the Christmas tree by making it a clean sweep?

    Let's find out...

    England celebrating a wicketImage source, Getty Images