India defeated England by 16 runs in a low scoring India W vs England W 3rd ODI of 3 match ODI series. India women created history and register first ever clean sweep against England women. The clean sweep is registered on the home turf of England at Lords, London. England were bowled out for 153 runs in just 43.3 overs. Indian bowler Renuka Singh Thakur picked up 4 wickets of England batters. This match was a farewell contest of Indian legend bowler Jhulan Goswami. Jhulan Goswami declared before the series that she will retire from international level of cricket. She also retired from all sort of domestic matches.
England opted to bowl first in India W vs England W 3rd ODI
England women team captain won the toss and invited India women to bat first at Lords in India W vs England W 3rd ODI. India have not got the good start as expected. India loses 2 early wickets in the early powerplay. Shafali Verma and Yastika Bhatia both got out to zero against England star bowler Kate Cross. Last match star, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur came to the crease. Harmanpreet Kaur could not survive herself as Kate Cross caught her in front of the wicket. She got out lbw to Kate Cross. Indian opener Smriti Mandhana was still on the crease and was expecting someone to stay on the crease. Harleen Deol came to the crease went back early to the pavilion. The Indian score was 29 for 4 inside the first powerplay.
Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma took the team to the respective total
Indian opener Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma scored half centuries for the team. They both took the team to the respective total. Smriti made 50 off 79 balls. She smashed 4 beautiful boundaries. All-rounder Deepti Sharma remained not out till the inning and scored 68 runs off 106 balls with 7 gorgeous boundaries. Pooja Vastrakar scored quick 22 runs of 38 balls with 4 fours in the late innings which helps India a lot. India women team got all out at 169 runs in 45.4 overs. Opposition bowler Kate Cross picked 4 wickets for her team while Freya Kemp and Ecclestone got 2 wickets each.
England innings collapsed while chasing 170 runs
England players got some momentum while bowling and they need to continue with the bat. This was the must win match for England to save some respect. England opener Tammy Beaumont and Emma Lamb came to the crease and made a steady start. Both were cautious in the first 7 overs but Renuka Singh Thakur got some other plans. She removed both the openers in the phase of just 12 deliveries. Renuka bowled Tammy Beaumont with beautiful inswing delivery. She made 8 runs off 21 balls while Emma Lamb got stumped from Yastika Bhatia to Renuka. England top order collapsed in India W vs England W 3rd ODI in absolute low scoring match.
Amy Jones and Charlotte Dean made possible efforts to take England side over the line. England comes short of 16 runs in the end. Amy jones made 28 runs off 50 balls before getting out to Renuka Singh Thakur caught Harleen Deol. Charlotte Dean batted till the end of the innings and fought alone from the England side. She got mankading by Deepti Sharma at the non-striker’s end. She made 47 runs off 80 balls and hitted 5 boundaries. India cleans up the series with 3-0 at The Lord’s, England.
Player of the Series and Player of the Match Awards
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur received the Player of the Series Award. Harmanpreet Kaur scored the most runs in the series and ends the streak of poor form with 143 not out against England in the previous match. Renuka Singh Thakur has been awarded with Player of the Match Award. She took 4 crucial wickets of England’s top order batters. She took 4 wickets in the previous match as well. Renuka is going through her Golden phase of her bowling. She is bowling beautifully and economically in current time. Read India W vs England 2nd ODI…
Perfect farewell to seasoned GOAT Jhulan Goswami
It was farewell match of Indian medium pacer bowler Jhulan Goswami. She gave her 20 years to the Indian Women Cricket. Jhulan Goswami took 2 wickets for 30 runs in her 10 over quota. She bowled beautifully in her last game. She bowled 3 maidens out of her 10 over quota. Jhulan Goswami played 12 Test, 204 One Day Internationals and 68 T20 Internationals. She took 44 wickets in Test, 255 wickets in ODI’s and 56 wickets in 68 T20I’s.
