England v India, one-off Test, Lord's
India 285 (Mandhana 83; Ecclestone 3-68) & 154-1 (Mandhana 69*; Ecclestone 1-46)
England 170 (Jones 52; Gaud 5-37)
India pb by 269
England look an uphill conflict to debar decision successful the one-off Test astatine Lord's arsenic India took power connected time two.
Resuming connected 21-1 successful reply to India's first-innings 285, England were skittled for 170 to springiness the tourists a pb of 115.
On different blistery time and successful improved batting conditions, India finished 154-1 - an ominous pb of 269 - arsenic England's bowlers toiled and lacked wicket-taking menace connected a level surface.
Smriti Mandhana reached different classy half-century and remains unbeaten connected 69 aft adding 88 for the archetypal wicket with Shafali Verma, who fell to Sophie Ecclestone for 33.
Earlier, Kranti Gaud made past arsenic the archetypal pistillate to gain her spot connected the Lord's Test honours committee with a good spell of 5-37 arsenic England struggled against her disciplined accuracy.
Having removed Tammy Beaumont the erstwhile evening, Gaud continued to enactment done the apical order. Maia Bouchier was caught down for 23 and Alice Capsey was bowled with a nip-backer for 9 earlier she claimed the cardinal wicket of skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt lbw for 44.
Sciver-Brunt and Amy Jones provided England's lone existent absorption with a fifth-wicket basal of 84, but Jones' departure for 52 sparked a dismal illness of the past six wickets for conscionable 39 runs.
With 2 much days of bully upwind expected, India person the accidental to support a bushed England toiling and bat them retired of the crippled connected time three.
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