Ind vs ENG Women

Harmanpreet Kaur slammed her sixth international century when England Women battled India Women at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on Wednesday.

The duo are now second on the list of India batters with ODI centuries in women’s cricket. At one stage, Harmanpreet was batting on 100 with three overs left for the Indian innings. [England](https://indianexpress.com/article/world/uk-coronavirus-tracker-region-wise-cases-and-deaths-6373786/) Women battled India Women at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on Wednesday.

India defeated England by 88 runs in the second ODI to claim victory in the three-match series, with the captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashing 143 not out ...

In that time, England have to negotiate the blooding of a new coach, and hope that Knight returns fit as a fiddle - seeing as no one else seems to want the captaincy hot potato. In the final three overs 62 runs were scored as Kaur - having brought up her century at exactly a run a ball in the 47th – took just 11 more deliveries to add a further 43. Without the experience of Knight and Nat Sciver this was always going to be a tricky series for England to navigate. England clung on until the 45th over but were finally bowled out for 245, falling to their first series defeat at home to a side other than Australia since 2007. Kaur sealed the deal by running out local hero Tammy Beaumont in the second over of England’s chase with a direct hit from mid-on. By the evening, Harmanpreet Kaur had enjoyed ripping that assumption up into tiny shreds and placing it in a metaphorical wastepaper basket.

Harmanpreet smashed 18 fours and four sixes en route her 111-ball knock and also enjoyed a fine 112-run stand for the fourth wicket with Harleen Deol.

It was the worst performance by an England women's team debutant. However, it was in the last three overs in which Harmanpreet literally took the game away from England's grasp as a total of 334 being chased in a WODI looks improbable even though the pitch being a batting belter. She also added 50 with Pooja Vastrakar (18) and another 71 runs in four overs with Deepti Sharma (15 not out) for the unbroken sixth wicket stand.