England Well Beaten As India Take Odi Series Win

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India 318-5 (50 overs): Harmanpreet 102 (84), Rodrigues 50 (45)

England 305 (49.5 overs): Sciver-Brunt 98; Goud 6-52

India won by 13 runs

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England were good beaten by India successful their winner-takes-all 3rd one-day world successful Chester-le-Street arsenic nan visitors clinched a 2-1 bid win.

After a ragged capacity successful nan section near England needing a women's ODI grounds 319 for victory, nan hosts were 8-2 successful nan 3rd complete aft Kranti Goud dismissed openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones.

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt put connected 162 pinch Emma Lamb, who supported pinch 68, to resurrect nan pursuit but gloved a drawback down nan limb broadside connected 98.

From location 121 runs were still needed and, contempt 34 from Sophia Dunkley, 44 from Alice Davidson-Richards and 21 from Charlie Dean, it ever felt an England triumph was a agelong shot.

Dunkley was tally retired successful disappointing manner successful nan 40th complete and, contempt immoderate lower-order hitting reducing England's separator of conclusion to 13 runs, 21-year-old seamer Goud returned to wrap up nan little bid and decorativeness pinch 6-52 – her maiden five-wicket haul.

England were bowled retired for 305 successful nan last over.

Earlier, not helped by a bid of misfields, they were incapable to extremity India piling up 318-5 pinch India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur stroking 102 from 84 balls.

Spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who revealed earlier nan crippled that she considerd quitting aft nan fallout of England's Ashes defeat, conceded only 28 from her 10 overs but nan remainder of nan onslaught each went astatine much than six runs per over.

While opener Smriti Mandhana and number 3 Harleen Deol some made 45 for India, it was a guidelines of 110 from conscionable 77 balls betwixt Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues, who made 50 from 45, which took nan crippled distant from England.

The consequence intends India travel their triumph successful nan T20 bid pinch different successful nan ODIs and leaves England pinch plentifulness to ponder.

They do not play again successful 50-over cricket earlier departing for nan World Cup successful India successful precocious September.

On insubstantial this looked a adjacent game. In reality India played nan amended cricket throughout.

Had Sciver-Brunt, who began her reign arsenic skipper by sweeping speech West Indies astatine nan commencement of nan summer, pulled disconnected her latest rescue enactment it would person only papered complete nan cracks. They person been good short erstwhile India person provided a measurement up successful class.

Goud, playing successful her 5th international, was much meticulous and recovered much activity than England's seamers. A nip-backer to vessel Beaumont for 2 successful nan first complete was nan prime of her wickets.

Afterwards nan astir evident quality betwixt nan sides was successful nan field.

Deepti Sharma dived one-handed to disregard Jones and, pinch 55 needed from 30 balls, Rodrigues took a tumbling drawback to spot disconnected Dean and extremity England's quest erstwhile and for all. The 46th over, bowled by nan impressed Goud, included that wicket and only 2 runs.

Sciver-Brunt was unfortunate to mitt a shot speared down nan limb broadside by Deepti erstwhile attempting a sweep. She remains nan people enactment successful a struggling team.

Next comes The Hundred, possibly a invited distraction for nan England skipper. After that she will lead England astatine a World Cup for nan first clip and connected this grounds her broadside look a people beneath nan rest.

When England get successful India they will apt look acold different conditions to those successful Chester-le-Street but their deficiency of threat pinch nan shot connected a level transportation was a glaring rumor here.

Without new-ball movement, Lauren Bell was ineffective. Seamer Lauren Filer and left-arm spinner Linsey Smith were wayward. Only Ecclestone offered immoderate benignant of power pinch nan last figures of Bell, Smith and Dean each rankings successful nan 15 astir costly for England.

Still, erstwhile Deol top-edged a drawback disconnected Bell successful nan 33rd over, India were 162-3 and nan innings could person gone either measurement but Harmanpreet and Rodrigues paced their innings perfectly.

India added 120 runs successful nan past 10 overs arsenic Harmanpreet timed nan shot each astir nan ground. She deed a bid of elegant drives and Rodrigues swept. The India skipper reached her seventh ODI 100 successful 82 balls, making it nan 2nd fastest for India.

England's fielding issues are good versed and again hampered their cause.

On this juncture location was only 1 dropped drawback – a reliable chance for Filer who put down Richa Ghosh astatine constituent – but repeated fumbles only added to nan emotion of a nonaccomplishment of control.

England's last full was really their highest erstwhile chasing successful ODIs but still they mislaid by a separator greater than shown connected nan last scoreboard.