Match 4, Bengaluru, September 25, 2025, 03:00 PM
England Women
339/9(50.0ov)
India Women
187/10(34.0ov)
England Women beat India Women by 152 runs
Best Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Commentry
That is all from this game. Not the start India were looking for in the campaign but without Mandhana and Kaur it was always going to be hard. The warm-up matches keep on coming. Do check the tabs for the next game. From here, it's goodbye and cheers.
In the chase, Lauren Bell and Nat Sciver-Brunt set the tone by bowling tight lines and lengths. Bell, in particular, was really good with the new ball. Once England Women introduced the spinners, India found it hard to milk in some runs and the pressure just got big on India, who were bundled out with not much on the board.
England Women put on a solid performance with the bat and that kept them one step ahead of India Women right in the first innings. Nat Sciver-Brunt's wonderful century seal the deal while her partnership with Emma Lamb killed the momentum of the game.
For India, Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues were batting brilliantly, with the latter crossing her fifty and Ghosh forming a fine partnership. Without Mandhana and Kaur, India needed someone else to step up however, Ghosh's run out changed the momentum and trajectory of the game. India fell like a pack of cards with no one apart from Deepti Sharma hanging in the middle.
No more participation from the injured player and there's absent hurt written against the name of Arundhati Reddy.
A fantastic performance from England Women and they have started the World Cup campaign on a high. A victory against the home team in the warm-ups will give them a huge boost. The match was well poised at one point but we feel the run out of Richa Ghosh changed the course of the game.
Since Arundhati Reddy picked up an injury early on while the home side was out in the field, she won't be coming out to bat and India Women have decided not to send any other pacer in place of her. This marks the end of the contest with England Women winning this by 153 runs.
In over# 34
0W
6
0
0
4
0
Linsey Smith 35/2(6)
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Short and wide outside off, Sree Charani slashes hard at it, gets a faint edge that's been taken well by Amy Jones behind the stumps. Arundhati Reddy will not be taking the field because of her knee injury early on. England Women have won this warm-up contest by 153 runs.
33.6
W
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Short and wide outside off, Sree Charani slashes hard at it, gets a faint edge that's been taken well by Amy Jones behind the stumps. Arundhati Reddy will not be taking the field because of her knee injury early on. England Women have won this warm-up contest by 153 runs.
33.5
6
SIX! A biggie for Sree Charani and where has that come from? The Indian spinner is having some fun out in the middle. Tossed up aide of off, Sree Charani jumps down the track, gets close to the pitch of the delivery and looks to smash this out of the park. Gets the bat tilted in her hands but the ball has got enough wings to sail over the fence towards the right of sweeper cover for six.
33.4
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Fuller and wide outside off, Sree Charani looks to help this past backward point with a cut but misses out yet again.
33.3
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Fuller around off, Sree Charani looks to cut this as well btu the ball keeps a tad low and Sree is beaten on the outside.
33.2
4
FOUR! Pushed through a lot quicker arond off, Sree Charani helps this using the pace towards the left of short third for a boundary behind the stumps on off.
33.1
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Floated full on off, Sree Charani cuts this well but straight to the fielder at point.
In over# 33
1
1
0W
0
1wd
0W
0
20/1(5)
32.6
1
Short and wide outside off, Sree Charani plays it away from her body and cuts this to deep third for another single.
32.5
1
On a length around the pads, Renuka Singh Thakur moves towards her leg, opens the face of her bat and guides this to deep third for one.
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Short and wide outside off, it appears to have shaped back in a bit after pitching. Deepti Sharma hops up on her toes and looks to cut this past point but swipes under it. Gets a faint edge back to the keeper. Amy Jones makes no mistake behind the stumps and Deepti Sharma has to walk back now. India Women now moves to 175 for 8.
32.4
W
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Short and wide outside off, it appears to have shaped back in a bit after pitching. Deepti Sharma hops up on her toes and looks to cut this past point but swipes under it. Gets a faint edge back to the keeper. Amy Jones makes no mistake behind the stumps and Deepti Sharma has to walk back now. India Women now moves to 175 for 8.