http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Women in England: 5th ODI – England Women script series clinching 29-run win – Match Update
After losing the opening two games of the five-match series against Indian women, the English women made a stunning comeback by winning the final three games to seal the series 3-2.
Once again it was the batting which let the tourists down in the rain-curtailed fifth and final one-dayer of the series against England at Wormsley, succumbing to 29-run defeat as per Duckworth Lewis method.
After restricting the visitors to a paltry 152 for 8 in their stipulated 50 overs, Lydia Greenway’s led English batting line-up was quite comfortable at 124 for 4 at the end of 36th over, before heavy showers forced an early end to the proceedings.
The D/L calculations found the hosts 29 runs ahead of the score and with no more play possible, the hosts were handed a series clinching win.
Triumphant at the flip of coin, English skipper Charlotte Edwards opted to bowl first, favouring her bowlers in the overcast conditions. The home attack had India in trouble right from the start, which saw the tourists reeling at 2 for 3 in the sixth over.
Katherine Brunt claimed Raut’s scalp on the fifth ball of the match for 0, before Georgia Elwiss removed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mithali-Raj-c76407 (1), with all three being caught behind by Sarah Taylor.
Harmanpreet Kaur did the rescue act for India for a while, with her hard-fought 40, the highest individual score of the match. Kaur was well supported by Reema Malhotra’s meticulous 36 not out, which made sure the women in blue got into triple digits. Late
cameos from the lower order helped the side reach 152 for 8 at the end of their allotted fifty overs.
England’s opening duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Georgia-Amanda-Elwiss-c59786 caused the maximum havoc to the visiting batting line-up, sharing five wickets between them, while conceding just 36 runs in their combined 20 overs.
England also got off to a shaky start, losing skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lydia-Sophie-Greenway-c73339 top scored
for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arran-Brindle-c45514 scored 20-odd runs to put the hosts in a comfortable position before rain stopped intervened.
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