England v India: Smriti Mandhana guides tourists to win to set up T20 series decider

Smriti Mandhana made an century as India beat England by eight runs to set up a decider in the Twenty20 series.

She was supported by two other people.

England made 142-6, having been 18-3 and 54-5, with 17-year-old Freya Kemp hitting a maiden half century.

India's performance in the opening game of the series was poor, but they were much better in the second game.

They were supported by a brilliant Mandhana, who made her 17th T20 half-century, and her sixth against England.

The final match in the T20 series takes place at Bristol on Thursday.

Kemp impresses but England's inexperience shows

England, who are missing their three most experienced and influential players in captain Heather Knight, vice-captain NatSciver and fast bowlerKatherine Brunt, have spoken about wanting to be more aggressive in Twenty20 cricket.

One of them was this.

There were some soft dismissals at the start, with Sophia Dunkley falling to spin as she was stumped off DeeptiSharma, before Danni Wyatt was caught at slip and Alice Capsey was run out.

Stand-in skipper Amy Jones and Smith were able to steady the ship before both fell, leaving the other two to drag them towards a competitive total.

Kemp crashed three big sixes and three fours, but India was able to tie her down after she raced to 24 off 12 balls.

England were not as clinical as they usually are in the field with some sloppy misfields.

Kemp started with a no-ball and both the initial delivery and free hit went for four.

Lauren Bell came back well to finish with figures of 0-23, having gone for 14 from her first two overs, while Dayalan Hemalatha was dismissed by a beautiful ball that hit top of off stump.

'Mandhana was poetry in motion' - reaction

I don't think we got enough runs tonight, that's for sure." We would have liked to see more runs on the board.

It was great to see Kempy and Bouch bat well together.

Lempy is so calm that she doesn't seem to bother her. She has a 25-year-old on her shoulders.

The way we corrected Saturday was something we discussed and I'm happy that we were able to do that.

It was important for us to execute our plans and the bowlers did a great job of that today.

It's very important on Thursday. It is a good opportunity for us to get used to that sort of thing because we are always nervous when we get to that final game.

"Mandhana was poetry in motion," said a former India cricket player. It comes naturally for her. She was a pleasure to watch.