Summary

  • England fall apart after reaching 27-0

  • Only two England batters reach 20

  • Four wickets for Deepti and three for Vastrakar

  • First-ball duck for Sciver-Brunt

  • India declare at start of day three, setting England 479 to win

  1. Eng 108-9published at 25 overs

    India need one wicket to win

    How long can number 11 Lauren Bell survive?

    The lunch break will be delayed now as India search for this final wicket.

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    WICKETpublished at 24.4 overs

    Filer b Deepti 0 (Eng 108-9)

    One wicket to go! Deepti Sharma is gifted her ninth wicket in the match as Lauren Filer tries to launch her third ball to Bengaluru. She misses by a mile and is bowled.

  3. Postpublished at 05:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2023

    DeeptiImage source, Getty Images

    "This has been a decimation," says Charles Dagnall on TV.

    Indeed.

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    WICKETpublished at 24.1 overs

    Cross b Deepti 16 (Eng 108-8)

    CrossImage source, Getty Images

    I take it back.

    Having batted nicely, Kate Cross falls into the trap of playing a cut to Deepti Sharma. The ball turns back and once it does, the stumps are always right in play.

    India need two more wickets.

  5. Eng 108-7published at 24 overs

    India need three wickets to win

    England's hopes of making it out of this session are growing. Charlie Dean is even shimmying around the crease like she's batting in a T20, so confident is she feeling.

  6. Eng 104-7published at 23 overs

    CrossImage source, Getty Images

    I'm aware more and more people in the UK are waking up and checking the score. I can't give you much good news.

    India declared overnight, England reached 27-0 and then it all went wrong.

  7. Eng 101-7published at 22 overs

    Target 479

    That lbw shout wasn't out, by the way. It hit Charlie Dean outside the line and she was just about playing a shot even though I am sure she thought about leaving it at one stage.

    A boundary to Kate Cross ends the over. She's batting better than most of her colleagues.

  8. Eng 95-7published at 21 overs

    Big appeal for lbw!

    This time Harmanpreet Kaur does not go for the review when it looked the closest of the lot.

  9. Eng 90-7published at 20 overs

    Remember when the openers were in and I said there might be pressure on India if England could bat for a few overs?

    About that...

  10. Eng 88-7published at 19 overs

    India need three wickets to win

    More sweeps, this time from Charlie Dean. It's not working.

  11. Eng 83-7published at 18 overs

    WicketImage source, Getty Images

    As Ffion said a little while ago, we have got to cut England some slack, given these players have never played a Test in India before.

    But this has been really tough to watch. There's an England fan looking utterly miserable in the stands.

    Once one wicket fell there has been no hint of resistance.

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    WICKETpublished at 17.4 overs

    Ecclestone b Gayakwad 10 (Eng 83-7)

    EcclestoneImage source, Getty Images

    Don't watch the highlights, Sophie. This might be the worst of the lot!

    Ecclestone sweeps once and misses. She sweeps again. Missed. She sweeps for a third time, misses and is bowler by left-arm spinner Gayakwad.

  13. Eng 83-6published at 17 overs

    My poor colleague Sam Drury will have got up at 3:30am for nothing if England don't make it to lunch and give him a stint in the live texter's chair.

    If that's not motivation for Charlie Dean and Sophie Ecclestone then I do not know what is.

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    WICKETpublished at 16.1 overs

    Jones c Verma b Deepti 5 (Eng 83-6)

    JonesImage source, Getty Images

    As soft as your Christmas Day mashed potato. Amy Jones just pats Deepti Sharma's spin into the hands of mid-wicket.

    This could be over before lunch.

  15. Eng 83-5published at 16 overs

    Jones 5, Ecclestone 10

    An edgy stroke from Sophie Ecclestone gives her four runs and brings the runs England require to win below 400.

    Never say I'm not an optimist.

  16. Postpublished at 05:24 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer

    Deepti SharmaImage source, Getty Images

    It's up for debate whether India have had the better of the conditions throughout this Test match, but in all honesty, I think they have just played a lot better than England in all departments.

    Of course, it has to be considered that they are in their own conditions and this is a first Test in India for all of England's players.

    But they batted with remarkable composure on day one and still managed to score 400 in a day, their spinners got the ball turning and bouncing all day yesterday and now the seamers look unplayable.

    Lauren Bell aside, I'm not sure any of the England bowlers were threatening enough to get anything out of this pitch. India's have made it look unplayable.

  17. Eng 73-5published at 15 overs

    Target 479

    Did it really happen if England are all out before the country wakes up?

    Amy Jones cuts for four.

  18. Postpublished at 05:19 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2023

    Sophie Ecclestone is out there now. She isn't a number seven in Test cricket and looked all at sea in the first innings.

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    WICKETpublished at 14.1 overs

    Wyatt c Rana b Deepti 12 (Eng 68-5)

    Sigh. England are folding like the proverbial pack of cards.

    Danni Wyatt gets herself in a muddle, first thinking about sweeping but then only prodding outside off. The result is a tame edge to slip.

  20. Eng 68-4published at 14 overs

    Wyatt 12, Jones 0

    It's a wicket maiden from Poojra Vastrakar. She has been superb.