Capsey (82) and Knight (70*) put on 137 off 76 balls to steer England to victory - report
India recover from 100-4 to post challenging total
Skipper Kaur hits unbeaten 56
England win series 2-1
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Image source, Getty ImagesCan’t quite understand why everyone is saying Dunkley and Wyatt-Hodge are inked in to open in the T20 WC. Surely Capsey has to be picked - the most in-form batter in the squad.
Robin
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
Another soft dismissal. That's three from three.
Henry Moeran
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
The fielder was set exactly for that trap.
Jones c Deepti b Gaud 3 (Eng 38-3)
Another one straight to the fielder.
Amy Jones mis-times her pull off Kranti Gaud and fires the ball right at Deepti Sharma at mid-on.
Deepti takes the catch down by her ankles, and England are in trouble.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
India's quicks have made the most of conditions so far, finding more swing (1.9°) and seam (0.9°) than England's Lauren Bell (0.9° swing and 0.5° seam) did during the opening powerplay of the match.
Target 181
And four more for Alice Capsey.
She whips Nandni Sharma through mid-wicket.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
That ball has gone five metres from Charani on the boundary but she could do nothing about it.
Dispatched!
Alice Capsey crashes Nandni Sharma through backward point for four.
There's a fielder out on the rope but they don't stand a chance with that one.
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Image source, PA MediaWe can’t win the World Cup with Dunkley opening. Totally lacking in confidence. Top order is putting the middle under pressure almost every game. Knight then plays too slowly and the pressure gets put on the back end.
Neil Bunch
Alice Capsey comes to the crease as Kranti Gaud takes her second over.
Just four singles off it, very solid from the young seamer.
Dunkley c Rodrigues b Reddy 16 (Eng 24-2)
Finds the fielder in the deep perfectly!
Sophia Dunkley goes to launch Arundhati Reddy to the mid-wicket fence and picks out Jemimah Rodrigues, the only fielder out there.
The England opener departs after another quick-scoring but not especially lengthy innings.
Consecutive fours for Sophia Dunkley!
She cracks Arundhati Reddy down the ground and then drops to a knee to powerfully sweep through fine leg.
She gets a fist bump from new partner Amy Jones.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
Image source, paIt is well bowled by Kranti Gaud. Danni Wyatt-Hodge was looking for the shot opening the face of the bat. It's a shot she loves but just wasn't there.
Wyatt-Hodge b Gaud 5 (Eng 14-1)
Immediate revenge for the boundary!
Kranti Gaud cramps Danni Wyatt-Hodge for room and the ball breaks through the openers defences to break the stumps.
The India seamer affects a nonchalant look with a shrugging celebration.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
Bread and butter for Danni Wyatt-Hodge. She doesn't hit the ball, she carves it.
Biffed!
Sophia Dunkley may not have magnificent staying power, but she can haul a ball down the ground.
She gets four runs off Kranti Gaud's third ball, before opening partner Danni Wyatt-Hodge cuts confidently to pick up a boundary of her own.
Here's how England's openers stacked up against India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand before this match.
Arundhati Reddy gets us going, and her first over goes for just three singles.
England's starting required run-rate is 9.05 runs an over, they need a strong powerplay if they don't want to leave their middle-order with too much to do.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
England will need their highest successful chase at home if they are to win the series - their current record is the 168 they chased down against India off the last ball of the final T20I against India last summer.
No rest for the wicked, or indeed in the cricket.
Both teams are back out there, Taunton is bathed in a golden late-evening light.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mandhana,leg before wicket, bowled Dean Mandhana, leg before wicket, bowled Dean | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 88.89 |
Verma,caught Dean, bowled Smith Verma, caught Dean, bowled Smith | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 183.33 |
Bhatia,run out Ecclestone Bhatia, run out Ecclestone | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 177.78 |
Rodrigues,bowled Bell Rodrigues, bowled Bell | 29 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 152.63 |
Kaur,not out Kaur, not out | 56 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 140.00 |
D Sharma,caught Dean, bowled Bell D Sharma, caught Dean, bowled Bell | 32 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 133.33 |
Ghosh,not out Ghosh, not out | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 150.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 6 | |||||||
Total,180 for 5 20.0 overs Total,180 for 5 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bell | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9.00 |
Smith | 4.0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10.00 |
Dean | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8.25 |
Ecclestone | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.25 |
Gibson | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
19 for 1 (1.6 overs) | Verma |
36 for 2 (3.5 overs) | Mandhana |
60 for 3 (6.3 overs) | Bhatia |
100 for 4 (10.5 overs) | Rodrigues |
167 for 5 (18.5 overs) | D Sharma |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunkley,caught Rodrigues, bowled Reddy Dunkley, caught Rodrigues, bowled Reddy | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 123.08 |
Wyatt-Hodge,bowled Gaud Wyatt-Hodge, bowled Gaud | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 100.00 |
Jones,caught D Sharma, bowled Gaud Jones, caught D Sharma, bowled Gaud | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.33 |
Capsey,caught N Sharma, bowled Reddy Capsey, caught N Sharma, bowled Reddy | 82 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 190.70 |
Knight,not out Knight, not out | 70 | 42 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 166.67 |
Kemp,not out Kemp, not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 7 Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 7 | |||||||
Total,184 for 4 18.3 overs Total,184 for 4 18.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reddy | 4.0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7.75 |
Gaud | 4.0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10.00 |
N Sharma | 3.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10.66 |
Sree Charani | 3.0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12.33 |
D Sharma | 2.3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10.40 |
Verma | 2.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
14 for 1 (1.6 overs) | Wyatt-Hodge |
24 for 2 (2.6 overs) | Dunkley |
38 for 3 (5.1 overs) | Jones |
175 for 4 (17.5 overs) | Capsey |
