The historic ground of Lord’s became witness to a masterclass in Test match cricket. india women took firm control against England Women On the second day of their standalone red-ball clash. highly anticipated England Women vs India Women match in London High stakes were promised, and the visitors delivered in spades. After scoring a competitive 285 in their first innings, India’s bowling unit and top-order batsmen combined to leave ENG-W searching for answers, taking a strong lead of 269 runs by the end of the game.
Kranti Gaur’s brilliant five wickets have given India the upper hand against England.
The second day began with England’s score at a delicate 21/1, with the home team facing a relentless bowling attack led by the pace bowlers. Kranti Gaur. Displaying impeccable control and lethal swing under overcast London skies, Goud demolished the backbone of England’s batting with a sensational spell, registering impressive figures of 5 for 37 in 17 overs.
Gaur prepared the situation by trapping the dangerous person in advance tammy beaumont Out LBW for just 7 runs. After this he broke the growing partnership by dismissing the opener. Maia Boucher (23), before clean bowling the explosive Alice Capsey 9. While England’s vice-captain Amy Jones put up stiff resistance by scoring 52 runs in 62 balls and captain Nat Sciver-Brunt After a deep score of 44, Goud returned to strike the decider.
He won a crucial leg-before review against Sciver-Brunt when the captain looked set to strengthen the lower order. Gaur completed his memorable feat of taking five wickets lauren bell caught by Shafali VermaEngland were bowled out for 170 runs in 59.1 overs. supported by Sayali SatghareAlong with the crucial two wickets, Goud’s heroics ensured that India took a huge lead of 115 runs in the first innings.
Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia end day two with impressive partnership
With a good lead in the first innings, the Indian batsmen took the field for the second match with the intention of knocking England out of the Test match. opener Smriti Mandhana And Shafali Verma An opening partnership of 88 runs provided a strong foundation, frustrating the English attack. Verma looked confident during his 55-ball 33 before losing out to the top-order spinner Sophie Ecclestone. However, his departure paved the way for greater Indian dominance.
wicketkeeper-batsman Yastika Bhatia She joined forces with her vice-captain in the middle and the two planned to take the game away from the hosts. Mandhana looked in great form and scored unbeaten 69 runs in 124 balls with 9 brilliant fours. At the other end, Bhatia did the job beautifully, scoring an unbeaten 39 off 73 balls with the help of 4 fours.
By the time the bails were drawn for stumps on the second day, India’s scoreboard read 154/1 after 42 overs. Scoring at a healthy run rate of 3.66, the unbroken 66-run partnership between Mandhana and Bhatia has taken India’s total to a massive 269 runs. With nine wickets still in hand and two full days of play left, India have all the favorites in the house of cricket.
Stumps another day!
It’s a fruitful day for #TeamIndia Because they lead England by 2⃣6⃣9⃣ runs
Vice-captains Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia will resume proceedings tomorrow
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