Women cricket

2022 - 9 - 22

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India Women vs England Women 2022 2nd ODI Live Score: Yastika ... (News18)

India Women vs England Women 2022 Live Score, 2nd ODI Updates: Check here for all the live score, live match text updates from IND-W vs ENG-W 2022 clash at ...

She bowls a flighted delivery, Yastika Bhatia moves down the track and drives uppishly straight back to the bowler. Fails to connect and gets knocked over. Both batters have smashed a boundary each and are moving ahead steadily and confidently. [Cricket News](https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/latestnews/), [ Schedule ](https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/cricket-schedule/)and [Cricket Live Scores ](https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/cricket-live-scorecard/)here The latter goes for the sweep but is beaten by the skid on the ball. Sophie Ecclestone has certainly jolted India with a massive wicket as she traps Smriti Mandhana in front.

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Harmanpreet Kaur smashes 143 as India women register their 2nd ... (Hindustan Times)

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur slammed a sensational century to help the visitors register a mammoth total against hosts England in the 2nd ODI on ...

Earlier, Mandhana had become the third Indian batter to reach 3,000 runs in women's ODI cricket. Legendary Indian batter Mithali Raj has scored the most number of centuries (7) for India in women's ODI cricket. Also get updates on [Indian Cricket Team](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/indian-cricket-team)and [Cricket Live Score](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/live-score)of ongoing matches. Making sure that India set a competitive target for England, Harmanpreet played a gem of a knock to stamp her authority in the high-profile series. The Indian batting superstar has also entered her name in the history books with her match-changing knock for the Women In Blue. While opener Smriti Mandhana scored 40 off 51 balls, wicketkeeper batter Yastika Bhatia perished for 26 off 34 balls in the 2nd ODI between India and England.

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Harmanpreet Kaur's 143 steers India Women to ODI series win over ... (The Guardian)

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.

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India women win ODI series in England after 23 years: Story of 1999 ... (Sportstar)

Chanderkanta Aheer was the skipper of the the last India's women's team to win an away ODI series against England in 1999.

“We had some good training sessions prior to the tour, and the girls were extremely confident. “For quite a few players, that was the first tour. While the tour of 1999 saw Anjum, Anju Jain, Rau in prime form, it was also the debut tour for Mithali Raj. It was also the first tour for Hemlata Kala. “That was certainly a game-changing moment for women’s cricket, but after that, our aim was to win in England. While the tour of England was one of the major moments for the Indian women’s team, in 1995, it defeated New Zealand and Australia to clinch the New Zealand Women’s Centenary Tournament. She also claimed a five-for in the lone Test, which ended in a draw. “We were happy with just Rs 18,000 because for us, the most important thing was to play cricket and overcoming challenges, we just wanted to play. We were happy with whatever little we had, but the players had the jasba to perform well and we did not focus on anything else. There was hardly any support from the media and all the focus would be on the men’s team. For a few moments, I thought I was at the crease… “I was glad to see Harman playing with confidence and leading from the front.

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CLOSE-IN: Indian women's cricket -- Rising to the Kaur (Daijiworld.com)

The India team in 1971, after their first-ever Test series win in England, showcased a similar sight of their captain Ajit Wadekar waving to the fans below the ...

Her fielding is an additional boon and one cannot forget the most brilliant and jaw-dropping catch that she took on the boundary in 2021, that of Amy Jones in an ODI match in England. The loss in the Asia Cup for men was a reality check in their journey to the T20 World Cup to be played in Australia later this year. She has the experience and maturity that the Indian side at present requires and like James Anderson for England, she needs to keep going. One can see a much more set and structured side in India's women cricket than as compared to the men. The comforting hand of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) on their shoulders has played a significant role in Indian women cricketers believing that they are as good as the best. One hopes to see the Indian women's team on the Lord's balcony, very much in the style of Kapil Dev's victorious 1983 World Cup side.

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