Sloppy England Beaten By India In First Odi

First ODI, Southampton

England 258-6 (50 overs): Dunkley 83 (92); Rana 2-31

India 262-6 (48.2 overs): Sharma 62* (64); Dean 2-52

India won by 4 wickets; lead bid 1-0

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A below-par capacity from England saw India seal a four-wicket triumph successful nan first one-day world successful Southampton.

Chasing 259 to win, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma's unbeaten 62 saw nan visitors scope their target pinch 10 balls to spare.

The dismissals of Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh successful speedy succession, pinch 24 runs still needed from 27 balls, gave England a glimmer of dream and nan imaginable of a tense finale but Amanjot Kaur held her nervus pinch 20 not retired to spot India to their second-highest successful pursuit successful ODIs.

Amid a sloppy fielding effort, England besides paid nan value for failing to reappraisal an lbw against Sharma erstwhile she was connected 40.

It is simply a important bid for England, who are looking to summation assurance from their last 3 matches successful nan format earlier nan autumn's World Cup successful India.

The positives included Sophia Dunkley's well-paced 83 from 92 balls, and Alice Davidson-Richards made 53 arsenic they rescued an innings that was teetering astatine 97-4.

Openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones some fell cheaply to young seamer Kranti Goud, earlier Nat Sciver-Brunt and Emma Lamb fell successful consecutive Sneh Rana overs, having added 71 for nan 3rd wicket.

Dunkley and Davidson-Richards dropped anchor pinch a dependable and sensible guidelines of 106, and contempt scoring 36 from nan last 3 overs, it proved that England near it excessively precocious to accelerate pinch 5 wickets still successful hand.

The three-match bid continues astatine Lord's connected Saturday.

More to follow.