England vs India: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup – LIVE!

Not this time though! Try another sweep – why not – and this timing is absolutely heartless. Dean’s Super Bowling.

Survived the impact, which was outside. A much relieved robes and escapes.

England made a tremendous slogan when given out on the field ..

24th over:India 86-6 (Richa 8, Vastrakar 5, Richa’s back leg is cut by Ecclestone who flies into the empty outfield for four.

23rd over:India 81-6 (Richa 8, Vastrakar 5, Amazing what desperation can do, with a little movement, Richa and Vastrakar take nine runs off Dean’s over.

22nd over:India 72-6 (Richa 3, Vastrakar 1, The static scoreboard put up its worst performance as Smriti felt the pressure. She had already picked up the first ball from Ecclestone for four at mid-off and was going for the break again.

It is out! Big as Smriti has to go and India are lacking in batting and three figures are still a long way off.

Being out on the field, Smriti fell down on one knee to sweep but the ball disappeared… looked out…

21st left:India 67-5 (Smriti 31; Richa 3) Brilliant bowling from Dean, who has Richa in the ocean, laughs and taunts like a suspicious kid at the dinner table.

20th over:India 66-5 (Smriti 30; Richa 3) Ecclestone: Girl.

19th over:India 66-5 (Smriti 30; Richa 3) England turn the screw with spinners from both ends and India manage only a couple of singles, the final boundary a scratch and a sniff away.

18th over:India 64–5 (Smriti 29; Richa 2) Eccleston is through with her over before the woman swirls hula hoops over the boundary, can sink into the split. while wearing the pad.

16th over:India 61-5 (Smriti 29; Richa 0) What an over for Charlie Dean in his second World Cup match! This leaves memory to guide the tail, with 33 overs left in the game.

Two in three balls as Rana presses Amrit of temptation and throws the bat to a ball outside off-stump and is well seen by Jones.

Kaur moves towards Dean’s second ball, but it is too heavy and the ball goes straight and into Jones’ glove.

15th over:India 61-3 (memory 28; Harmanpreet Kaur 14) Ecclestone, in pink-rimmed sunglasses, long sleeves buttoned at the wrists, hair Dutch re-braided. Singles, Dib, Dub. Beaumont is brilliantly swell in the field

14th over:India 55-3 (memory 27; Harmanpreet Kaur 12) Did I mention how wonderful it is in New Zealand this morning? The heat is dissipating from the pitch, the green of the outfield, the Indian players sitting under the sun umbrellas, a light breeze waving their flags. Sciver sends a wide and a leg bye but neither Smriti nor Kaur put their teeth into it.

14th over:India 55-3 (Memory 26; Harmanpreet Kaur 12) Likes to bowl against right-handed batsmen, says Lydia Greenway at Ecclestone, com. And here he is, wheeling and darting through his first over, with only a cautious single to show for it. And that’s for drinks and time for me to run and put down the kettle.

13th over:India 54-3 (memory 25; Harmanpreet Kaur 12) I get my glasses on, just in time to watch Drive Four wearing Kaur’s smoking jacket elegance. Some excellent fielding at fine leg by Tammy Beaumont for two consecutive deliveries, stopping for fours.

12th over:India 44-3 (Smriti 24; Harmanpreet Kaur 6) This is Shrubsole’s sixth and I would have thought Knight would want to hold him back for the last flurry. Kaur is attentive, picking up the diving captain’s four wide at slip.

11th over:India 39-3 (memory 24; Harmanpreet Kaur 2) Some hula-hooping little girls are in their element on the grass as Sciver runs through another over.

10th over:India 37-3 (memory 23; Harmanpreet Kaur 1) The two shared a brilliant 184-run stand against the West Indies, and Smriti gives a pinch of what to look for with a check drive from Shrubsole to the rope, and a cheeky flick behind. It’s the end of the power play – just two below the tournament average, but three crucial wickets below.

9th over:India 30-3 (memory 17; Harmanpreet Kaur 1) Knight throws the ball towards Sciver, who remains under pressure, with India just a couple of singles from the over.

8th over:India 28-3 (Smriti 16) Another kind of wicket for Shrubsole – just one wide in the over, Deepti had a wild swing off the first ball. The pressure of the scoreboard makes a loud mental noise.

O India! Brilliance runs to short mid-off, where Kate Cross has time to line up the ball, smoke a pipe, make an origami elephant, and then aim and fire to throw it down the stumps.

Seventh over:India 27-2 (Smriti 16, Sharma 0) Just a couple shots to Mandhana through the covers, because even Brunt is looking a whole lot better than he was on Monday. What can India do from here by dropping two early wickets?

Sixth over:India 25-2 (Smriti 14, Sharma 0) A wicket maiden for Shrubsole, who is bowling much fuller than against South Africa, to great effect! She roars with joy.

Mithali drives elegantly but swiftly and Dinkley swoops down to cover-point and catches the ball, I sweep a layer of snow off the ground. The soft signal is out and the third umpire confirms it. It didn’t happen! It takes a confidence injection.

5th over: India 25-1 (Smriti 14, Mithali 1) So sorry for the slow start to this match, I somehow managed to sleep through my alarm. Brunt, who bowled very short against South Africa, drops her length again and Mandhana tucks in, sending her spinning for four.

Fourth over: India 23-1 (Memory 13, Mithali 0) Success! Hundredth ODI wicket for Shrubsole, left behind by Yastika Bhatia.

India, who defeated West Indies and Pakistan but lost to New Zealand, are currently ranked third. Centuries from Smriti Mandhana (123 off 119) and Harmanpreet Kaur (109 off 107) against the West Indies will wind up England, as will India’s spinners: Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Sneh Rana.

Meanwhile England’s Amy Jones was in a bullish mood: “Our backs are against the wall and we have all the motivation we need,” Jones told BBC Sport.

“We all know we can perform at this level. It’s more about mindset and still belief.

“We have the opportunity to do something incredible.”

It’s time for me to blink forty very quickly in twenty minutes.

Good morning from a cold and lonely Manchester living room. The action is far away, the gorgeous Mt. In Maunganui, where England’s job is difficult. After three games without a win (v Australia, West Indies and, most recently, South Africa – plus a disastrous Ashes campaign) on their asses they need to win this game – and the rest of the qualifiers. Then, if the result goes in their favour, they have a chance to make it to the semi-finals. High-risk bets, especially with their fielding going into the pot and some fast bowlers not being in top form

There is good news for England.

But Sophie Ecclestone can’t do it on her own.