Summary

  • India reach 410-7 after a brief wobble on passing 300

  • Four India batters compile half-centuries

  • Satheesh top-scores with 69

  • Harmanpreet run out for 49 by Wyatt's direct hit

  • England bowlers battle hard on batter-friendly Mumbai surface

  1. Postpublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Goodness me… When Harmanpreet’s bat got stuck in the T20 World Cup semi-final it cost India the game. It’s happened again less than 12 months later. Bad running? England won’t care.

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 62.1 overs

    Kaur run out (Wyatt) 49 (Ind 306-5)

    They have, you know! England cannot believe their luck. No-one thought this was out.

    Harmanpreet Kaur, a little lazily, has let her bat get stuck in the ground as she casually moved back into her crease. She's an inch or two short of her ground.

    Out of nowhere.

  3. Umpire reviewpublished at 09:29 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Hello!

    Have England run out Harmanpreet Kaur?

  4. Postpublished at 09:27 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer

    I said earlier about the pressure on Harmanpreet Kaur here but this innings from Yastika Bhatia has completely removed it.

    She has played more aggressively, allowing Harmanpreet to settle in, and has scored freely against both spin and pace. None of England's bowlers have been able to settle against her.

  5. dropped catch

    Yastika dropped on 62published at 62 overs

    Well this is threatening to get as ugly as a meeting with Sir Killalot!

    Yastika Bhatia smashes Lauren Bell, the England player who dropped her on 15 earlier, to the mid-wicket fence. The next ball is edged but Heather Knight puts down a tough, one-handed chance at slip.

    Bell has a worried expression on her face. England are wobbling.

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:24 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    #bbccricket, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only - standard network charges apply)

    Chaos 2 was impressive, but I was always a fan of Killertron, which was a pink wheelie bin lid with two wheels and a pickaxe strapped on - just about as fun as it sounds!

    Madeleine, Beverley

  7. Ind 300-4published at 61 overs

    Yastika 58, Kaur 49

    Sophie Ecclestone brings about some calm by conceding just two singles in this over. Still, India's 300 is up in just 61 overs. It's a very flat pitch and, in a four-day Test, they could bat England out of the game here.

    Lauren Filer has been told to take a breather after that poor over. Here's Lauren Bell.

  8. Postpublished at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Heather Knight clearly not keen on giving bowlers extended spells. I’d like to see Ecclestone or Bell really settle in to create some pressure.

    As for Robot Wars, who remembers Wheely Big Cheese?

  9. Ind 298-4published at 60 overs

    Yastika 57, Kaur 48

    After getting a pat on the back from her skipper and batting partner, Yastika Bhatia crashes away the next ball too. It's not good bowling in truth from Lauren Filer. She is being asked to bang the ball in and be aggressive but that is too wide.

    There have been 37 runs in four overs since tea.

  10. 6 runs

    50 for Yastika Bhatiapublished at 59.3 overs

    Yastika Bhatia gets to her first Test fifty with a six! It was a bit top-edgy but cleared the boundary comfortably.

  11. Postpublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer

    BhatiaImage source, Getty Images

    I can't remember the last time I saw a team attack - or at least, negate - the threat of Sophie Ecclestone as well as India have done today.

  12. Ind 283-4published at 59 overs

    For me Harmanpreet Kaur is the most aesthetically pleasing batter in the women's game. Everything just looks so easy.

    Here she eases forward to clip Sophie Ecclestone for four through the leg side before stroking a few more through the covers a ball later.

    10 runs come from the over after seven were scored in the previous one.

  13. Ind 273-4published at 58 overs

    Kaur 36, Yastika 45

    Martin, does this mean you could have chosen whatever you wanted as a prize but opted for a net with Nasser Hussain? Not a holiday? Not tickets to a World Cup final? A net with Nasser Hussain...

    I don't know if I've never been so impressed or if I am bemused.

    England opt for Lauren Filer's pacey seam after the interval but India stretch their lead further.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:07 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    #bbccricket, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only - standard network charges apply)

    Nasser HussainImage source, Getty Images

    Playing for Kent-based Flimwell CC, we won a chance to go on a game show called "What ever you want!" With Gabby Roslin. We won the show and had a day at Lord's, which included a two-hour net session with Nasser Hussain! And a Q&A in the long room! Good times.

    Martin, now an adopted Essex boy

  15. Ind 266-4published at 57 overs

    Chaos 2 was the 2000s Man Utd/Real Madrid of Robot Wars. Just relentless but ultimately boring. Hypno-Disc on the other hand. Now we're talking.

    Yastika Bhatia, meanwhile, starts this session as she finished the last, by driving beautifully for four.

  16. Postpublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Right then, we're just about ready for the start of the evening session in Mumbai which means it is time for me to hand over to Matthew Henry.

    He claims that he didn't like Chaos 2 because it won too much. Think he must have been more of a Hypno-Disc guy...

  17. Postpublished at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer

    That session mirrored the first: England fight back with two quick wickets but India still manage to settle the nerves.

    Harmanpreet Kaur has been steady for her 34 while Yastika Bhatia has been the more expansive of the two, crucially gifted a life on 15 when Lauren Bell dropped a sitter.

    The pitch is flat, and batter-friendly, so England won't be panicking yet. But if they are kept out there for the entire day, which is something they are not used to - there will be some very tired bodies coming back out tomorrow.

  18. Postpublished at 08:53 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    We will get into what happened in that afternoon session in Mumbai shortly but Vinny's Robot Wars text has sparked furious debate among the BBC cricket team.

    Vinny listed Razer's achievements and impressive as it sounds, I think he downplayed them somehow. Razer was the most successful robot in the history of the show, apparently.

    My favourite was Chaos 2, though. Flipping robots two or three times its size out of the arena? Yes, please.

  19. Warner brings up 150published at 08:49 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    It has been a brilliant start to his final career Test series for David Warner, who has bought up 150 on the opening day of the first Test gainst Pakistan in Perth.

    Australia are currently 292-3 with Travis Head playing some shots alongside Warner.

    You can follow live commentary of the match on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website and app.

    David Warner celebrates against PakistanImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    David Warner celebrates against Pakistan

  20. Tea - Ind 261-4published at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2023

    I've got to be honest, that is going to be hard to top for me, Vinny!

    Robot Wars was great. So many questions (what was Matilda like?) but there is a Test match going on.

    India take just one from Lauren Filer's over to end the session but they are in a very good position as the players head off for tea on day one.