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England’s three spinners – Charlie Dean, Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn – shared six for 42 as they judged conditions perfectly, mixing up pace and length against tentative Indian batters. The seamers backed them up well, with all six England bowlers chipping in with a wicket.
India never recovered from losing two early wickets to off spinner Dean, who missed the opening game with a stomach bug but found her line and length immediately with the new ball, striking in her first and third overs. She pinned both India openers, Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, leg before, both misjudging length and playing back.
England strengthened their grip when Harmanpreet Kaur became the third wicket, playing across a straight ball from Nat Sciver-Brunt.
Deepti nicked a wide ball from Lauren Bell and Ecclestone took a stunning one-handed diving catch to her left for a caught and bowled off Richa Ghosh as India slumped to 34 for five.
India just could not forge partnerships and with their experienced top order failing, it was only a matter of time for England. Jemimah Rodrigues top scored with 30 off 33 but just as she looked to be making a difference, hitting Glenn for consecutive fours, she was leg before to a straight ball.
It was India’s third lowest T20 total and would have been worse had England not dropped a catch and appealed for a plumb lbw against Titas Sadhu.
India conceded eight wides in the first over, but on a night of poor batting, Sophia Dunkley was bowled trying to smear the ball over extra cover. Danni Wyatt, who had earlier picked up her first Women’s Premier League gig going in the auction for £30,000, was bowled through bat pad for a duck.
Capsey and Sciver-Brunt appeared to be taking England home with a 42-run stand for the third wicket, the highest of the night. Sciver-Brunt hit the game’s only six down the ground but got in a tangle playing a ball down the leg side and was bowled around her legs. Capsey was athletically caught in the covers by sub fielder AB Kaur and when Sharma took two in two, removing Amy Jones caught reverse sweeping and Freya Kemp lbw, England were wobbling.
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