http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 Women v India Women - India Women tour of England - 2nd ODI – India hammer 129 runs – Live Score and Update
India Women 129 (47.5 ov) - England Women won the toss and chose to field
With a win in the first One Day International (ODI) behind them, India Woman team were put into bat by hosts England Women team on Wednesday, July 04, in the second match of the five-day tournament, at County Ground, Taunton.
The home team made early inroads by nabbing their first wicket at a time when India had amassed only six runs on the board, as PG Raut became the first casualty of the day, by faltering after playing an innings of three runs off nine deliveries.
With the opening pair failing to prosper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were put under pressure early in the day. And before they could recover from the loss of their first wicket, they suffered the demise of their second batswoman, when MR Meshram, was trapped in front of stumps off the bowling of GA Elwiss, after scoring an innings of three runs.
With two wickets down for six on the tally, India seriously needed to give a better show to sail into calm waters and avoid an imminent batting collapse.
Skipper M Raj, who had come at number-three then forged a decent partnership alongside H Kaur, as the two ladies tried to bat their side towards domination.
However, this partnership soon faltered as Raj became the third wicket of the day, failing after smashing an innings of six runs, as she left her side standing on a total of 13 runs.
With the skipper out of action, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hugh-Morris-c63550 Kaur and V Krishnamurthy were the next top batswomen to cause some trouble for the English side, as the two batted well enough to counter the raging bowling attack by the hosts.
Nonetheless, with 28 runs on the board, India lost the services of Krishnamurthy, who fell after scoring an innings of five runs.
India then lost two quick wickets with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Goodchild-c52940s of 21 runs.
With the carnage of fallen wickets, A Sharma bolstered an amazing innings of 42 to make a difference, while G Sultana batted a 22-run knock to help the side reach a total of 129 runs in 47.5 overs.
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