🏏India Women Tour of England - 3 ODIs - 3rd ODI at 3:30PM IST 🏏 - Page 15

ENGW: 237-9 after 42 overs

England Women need 97 runs in 48 balls

India win by 88 runs🥳

India Women won by 88 runs

The last two wickets added 62 runs to avoid embarrassment for England. It's still a rather heavy defeat though, and India have produced another thoroughly professional performance. 334 was always going to be a mountain too high to climb, even though the pitch seemed a good one to bat on. Losing the big wickets of Beaumont and Dunkley early further dented the hosts who tried through Capsey, Wyatt and Jones but the scoreboard pressure was too much for the trio to cope with after a point. Once they were gone, things started to fall apart in dramatic fashion and if not for Dean's stands with Cross and Bell, the margin of defeat would have been considerably higher. India's bowlers were on the mark for most parts, as was the fielding although it did slack off at the very end but by then, the game was all but done. Renuka continued to impress as she picked key wickets and the others rallied around her with efficient spells. Harmanpreet added to her legendary knock with the bat by captaining well and making some good bowling changes. Also affected the run out of Beaumont very early to set the tone.

Amy Jones | England captain: Every loss is tough and they got away from us at the end with the bat. Harman batted extremely well. We didn't get close enough, didn't get partnerships. She (Kaur) is very tough to bowl to, and for our young talents, this is a good learning. Wherever we bowled, she was finding the boundary. There are points to be had in the next game, so we need to improve. With lot of the senior ones missing, it's about giving opportunities to the youngsters and Lord's is one more step in that direction. Lot to play for as there are points to play for still.

Harmanpreet Kaur | Player of the Match | India captain: When we came here, that was the goal (to win the series). Was a crucial win today as everybody stepped up. I always enjoy leadership as I'm always in the game and it feels good. When I was batting, during the first 50 runs, it wasn't all that easy. I just took my time and the partnership with Harleen was important. Just gave freedom to myself later as I was well set. She (Renuka) always gives us breakthroughs and our team depends a lot on her. Whoever was getting the chance today was giving us breakthroughs and that's what we need. Yeah I think so (about Goswami's imminent retirement after the next game). We'll miss her for sure and have been learning a lot from her. Every cricketer wants to play at Lord's and it's going to be special for her to retire there.

Two games, two clinical wins for India and they've sealed the series with a game to go. But with ICC Championship points for grabs every game, the final game of the series will have all the intensity despite being a dead rubber. Also, as Harman revealed, it could be the final game for the legendary Jhulan Goswami. India would want to give her a fitting farewell. England will be disappointed with their performances, sure they missed a host of key players but they still had enough resources to be competitive. Unfortunately that wasn't to be. If their batting failed in the first game, it's their bowling that came under the wrath of a Harman Tsunami.

Congratulations to Indian girls for winning the match and series.🥳

Cheers...

Harmanpreeti Kaur lead from the front and what a knock it is!

Congratulations for her century knock and Player of the match award.🥳👏

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