England w vs india w: England defeated India by 8 wickets in the second ODI on Saturday night. The match was 29-29 overs due to rain. Batting first, India scored just 143 runs for 8 wickets in 29 overs. After this, England scored 116 runs for 2 wickets in 21 overs, but England won by DLS (Duckworth-Louis-Sturn) method due to rain. With this victory, England have equaled the three-match series 1–1. Now on July 22, the third and decisive match of the series will be played in Chester-Le-Suret.
Heavy rains in London, match delayed
London received heavy rains on Saturday, which could not start the match on time. After a long time the match was tossed and then it was played for 29-29 overs. Openers Smriti Mandhana (42) and Deepti Sharma (30 not out) batted brilliantly for the Indian women’s team. With the help of these two, India scored 143 runs in 29 overs in the rain -affected match.
England’s Amy Jones decided to match
England had a target of 144 runs in 29 overs, but when England had 102 runs in 18.4 overs, it suddenly rained. Then England’s revised target was reduced to 115 runs by DLS method. England achieved this target in 21 overs and won the match. For England, Amy Jones scored an unbeaten 46 off 57 balls, including 5 fours. At the same time, the Tammy Beument scored 34 off 35 balls, which had 5 fours. Captain Nate Cyver Brant scored 21 runs in 25 balls, with 2 fours. Sophia Dankli scored an unbeaten 9 in 9 balls with 2 fours.
India’s innings condition
India’s innings started poorly. England fast bowler M Earlot gave India a big blow by taking 2 wickets for 26 runs. He bowled Pratika Rawal (3) in the second over of the innings. This was followed by Mandhana and Harleen Deol (16) shared a 40 -run partnership, but Sophie Aclestone dismissed Harleen in the 10th over. Eclestone took 3 wickets for 27 runs.
After this, the process of falling India’s wickets started. Mandhana stood at one end, but Eclestone dismissed captain Harmanpreet (7) and Jemima Rodrigues (3) early. Richa Ghosh (2) also returned to the pavilion soon. After this, India’s score reached 72 runs by 46 runs. Mandhana scored 42 runs off 51 balls, with 5 fours. Deepti Sharma scored 30 runs off 34 balls while staying at one end. He shared a 26 -run partnership for the seventh wicket with Arundhati Reddy (14) and brought the team to 140 runs. In this way, England defeated India by 8 wickets to equal 1-1 in the series.
