England v India, one-off Test, Lord's (day 3 of four)
India 285 (Mandhana 83; Ecclestone 3-68) & 341-7 dec (Bhatia 113; Ecclestone 5-118)
England 170 (Jones 52; Gaud 5-37) & 130-6 (Jones 52*; Satghare 2-19)
England way by 327 runs
England are facing a dense decision heading into the 4th and last time of the one-off women's Test against India astatine Lord's.
After India declared connected 341-7 and acceptable England a satellite grounds pursuit of 457, the hosts finished connected 130-6, needing different 327 for victory.
There were nary fairytale endings for the retiring Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight, arsenic the erstwhile was bowled for a aureate duck and Knight fell for 13 to permission England successful disarray.
Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt was besides retired cheaply, bowled sweeping for 11, and England slumped to 59-5 earlier Mady Villiers and Amy Jones resisted with a gritty sixth-wicket basal of 67.
Villiers' absorption was ended by Richa Ghosh's sensational drawback astatine silly mid-off successful the last 10 minutes of the time arsenic India edged person to a crushing win, contempt Jones being unbeaten connected 52.
The visitors' insurmountable pb was acceptable up by Yastika Bhatia, who outshone her overnight batting spouse Smriti Mandhana to go the archetypal pistillate Test centurion astatine Lord's with a majestic 113.
England's bowling improved successful the greeting league arsenic Lauren Bell removed Mandhana for 70 and Jemimah Rodrigues was bowled for three, but immoderate hopes of a miraculous comeback were decimated aft luncheon erstwhile Bell was disconnected the tract with abdominal soreness.
Bhatia feasted connected Lauren Filer and Issy Wong's inability to people the stumps to bring up her archetypal planetary hundred, earlier Ghosh's counter-attacking 50 hammered location their vantage for Harmanpreet Kaur to state earlier tea.
Sophie Ecclestone finished with 5-118 to go the archetypal English pistillate connected the Lord's Test honours committee but that was a uncommon origin for solemnisation connected different hard time of Indian dominance.
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