Key occasions
REVIEW! India 30-0
A first take a look at of Jones’ reviewing expertise. Not out says the on-field umpire…
third over: India 24-0 (Mandhana 18, Verma 5) Thirteen off Bell’s over as Mandhana swooshes by way of long-off, then midwicket, for 4. Finally Verma takes off down the bottom.
Raf is my go-to for women’s cricket:
Why are the broadcasters not speaking concerning the captaincy? It is clear that that is the difficulty for Sciver. She doesn’t wish to be skipper and England tousled making an attempt to provide it to her.
— Raf Nicholson (@RafNicholson) September 10, 2022
If Sciver is a reluctant captain, it was a very dangerous concept to provide it to her. A participant has to embrace it – what a burden in any other case.
2nd over: India 11-0 (Mandhana 9, Verma 1) Quite the acceleration from Freya Davies as she hurries to the crease, her first ball is a leg facet broad. Verma picks up a single with a dab into the off facet, then a misfield within the covers offers Mandhana a pair. She milks three extra.
1st over: India 4-0 (Mandhana 4, Verma 0) Lauren Bell, on T20 debut, takes the first over. She slips in her supply stride and her first ball slides considerably broad. Mandhana is off the mark with a shimmy and a lofted off drive for 4.
God save the King – I feel that may have been a recording, we weren’t proven the singer – and some stifled giggles, which is strictly what pressured solemnity does.
The groups stand shoulder to shoulder as the gang stand to watch a minutes silence. Immaculately stored.
Here come the match officers, down the pavilion steps and thru the guard of honour, adopted by each groups sporting black armbands.
Lovely pic! Very eager on the crimson equipment.
Lauren Bell makes her IT20 debut as England plump for 3 seamers in a seaming paradise, with rain skirting the bottom. India are spin heavy, with simply Renuka and Vastrakar to profit from the circumstances. No Goswami, who rests until the ODIs.
Teams
England: Danni Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Amy Jones (captain and wk), Bryony Smith, Maia Bouchier, Sophie Ecclestone, Freya Kemp, Sarah Glenn, Freya Davies, Lauren Bell.
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kiran Navgire, Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh
A really very inexperienced and luxurious wanting Chester-le-Street, virtually florescent beneath lights, with two of the commentators in fleeces, and Lydia Greenway in a polo-neck.
England win the toss and can bowl.
Ah! We have tv photos from Chester le Street the place England are warming up in tracksuits. Here is debutant captain Amy Jones who duly wins her first toss and can bowl.
Do drop me a line if you happen to’re twiddling your thumbs, both @tjaldred or tanya.aldred.freelance@guardian.co.uk. What do you anticipate of the following six video games, with a new-look England (Knight, Brunt and Sciver on the sidelines) and India with out the recuperating Jemimah Rodrigues, and the magnificent Jhulan Goswami on her swansong?
As at The Oval for the lads’s Test, each groups will put on black armbands in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. There shall be a guard of honour made up of kids, a minute’s silence, and a rendition of God Save the King. Feeling for any debutants at present – it will need to have been fairly overwhelming for Harry Brook.
Start delayed until 7.30pm
Not probably the most shocking information of the day. They will toss at 7pm and, if no additional rain, the match will stay 20 overs a facet.
Preamble
Good night! It’s been a moist outdated day in Durham, however they’re mopping up urgently, so fingers crossed. It was optimistic to plump for The Riverside at 7pm in September to kick off this sequence – blankets and thermoses on the gate?
This is the first of six autumn matches towards India, the Commonwealth Games silver medallists who additionally knocked England out of the semi-final. Three T20s (at present, the second T20 at Derby on September 13, and the third at Bristol on Sept 15) adopted by three ODIs (Sept 18, Hove; Sept 21, Canterbury and Sept 24, Lord’s)
Nat Sciver, who was alleged to be main England with Heather Knight absent after hip surgical procedure, withdrew on Thursday to prioritise her psychological well being. She had earlier additionally stepped away from main Trent Rockets within the Hundred. Amy Jones will lead England as an alternative, whereas Harmanpreet Kaur captains India
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