India Women vs England Women | Kate Cross’ economical bowling helps England clean sweep T20 series

After having won the T20I series already, the England women’s team won the toss and opted to bat first in the third game at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati.

The two openers Tammy Beaumont and Danielle Wyatt, who have done well in the series, started off on a positive note again in today’s game as they added 51 runs for the first wicket. However, the duo couldn’t continue with their partnership after the powerplay period as Anuja Patil gave the crucial breakthrough for the Indians by sending back Wyatt for 24 in the eighth over. The visitors lost two more wickets in the next two overs when Poonam Yadav got rid of Natalie Sciver for a duck and Patil sent back the other opener Beaumont (29) as well. Amy Ellen Jones then tried her best to get the England team out of troubled waters and Heather Knight (11) also hung around at the crease with her. Jones was the last batter to be dismissed as she was picked up by Harleen Deol for 26. Sophia Brown and Anya Shrubsole remained unbeaten with scores of 14 and 10 respectively setting a 120-run target for the Indians to chase down.

With nine needed of last 12 balls, India got six runs in the penultimate over as Raj struck a four off the last delivery of the 19th one. However, the hosts lost the wickets of Bharati Fulmali and Anuja Patil in the fourth and fifth delivery of the final over respectively as Cross didn’t give a single run till the final ball. With Raj stranded at the other end, Shikha Pandey got only a single off the last delivery as the English women managed to defend the total to win the series 3-0 in Guwahati. Cross won the Player of the Match award while Wyatt was crowned Player of the Series.