Third one-day international, Lord's |
India 169 all out (45.4 overs): Deepti 68 (106), Mandhana 50 (79); Cross 4-26 |
England 153 all out (43.3 overs): Dean 47 (80); Thakur 4-29 |
India won by 16 runs, India win series 3-0 |
Scorecard |
India defeated England in the third and final one-day international after a controversial dismissal by Deepti.
When Deepti stopped in her stride to run out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end, England had won the match.
Dean was dismissed for 47 at Lord's when the game was nearing a close.
The dismissal was seen by many as against the spirit of cricket and England were upset at it.
The mode of dismissal is called a Mankad after Vinoo Mankad, who was the first player to do it in a Test match.
The England women played at Lord's for the first time since their World Cup victory.
Jhulan Goswami's farewell to international cricket and India's first series win in England since 1999 were overshadowed by the dramatic end to the game.
Dean came to the crease after England fell to 65-7, with India seamer Renuka Singh Thakur taking 4-29.
Dean fell three runs short of her maiden international half-century but it was a great effort.
She was supported by captain Amy Jones' 28, but when Kate Cross was dismissed for 10, they still needed another 52 runs to win.
Number 11 Freya Davies, who was dropped on 23, and Dean, who was dropped on 23, put on a partnership of 36 to bring England within touching distance of victory.
Cross led England's improved bowling performance, taking 4-26 as India were destroyed for 169.
Smriti Mandhana scored 50 and was the first one to score.
England will play their next series in the West Indies in December.
It had been a disappointing series for England's young and transitioning team, who are missing Heather Knight to injury, as well as the rest of the team who have taken a break for their mental health.
In the past two games, India has excelled, led by Mandhana with the bat and Thakur with the ball.
There will be a lot of debate about the way in which the series ended.
The non-striking batter is run out if they are out of their crease while the bowler is in their delivery stride.
It is against the spirit of cricket for the batter to be warned before going for an appeal.
India's captain said that it is part of the game. I think we have followed the rules. I will back my players, I think it shows that the batters are aware of what's happening.
England came back to the scene of their greatest moment.
Lord's was a hive of activity five years ago when the World Cup victory was secured by Anya Shrubsole.
Five years later, in a game between the same two teams, India emerged victorious, with Goswami paraded in front of the pavilion on the shoulders of her team-mates as she bid farewell to international cricket after 20 years at the top.
In front of more than 15,000 fans, a record for a bilateral fixture in the UK, Goswami was given a guard of honour by England's players before she came out to bat.
The return of England to the Home of Cricket concludes a disappointing summer by their standards and ends the reign of Lisa Keightley.
Despite the fact that the game was set up for a low scoring affair before the final run out of Dean, they will feel that they should have won.
There are positive things to take.
Dean has shown her resilience with both bat and ball, Cross led the attack beautifully, and youngsters like Capsey and Kemp have shown their promise at international level.
It will not take another five years for England to play at Lord's, with a Twenty20 international against Australia on July 8th.
Alex Hartley, who was a part of the World Cup-winning team, said: "Hopefully it is the start of us playing more regularly at these bigger grounds."
I feel like we could have played here earlier than this, but we didn't.
More people are into women's cricket since then and more people are watching The Hundred, but it's not because of that year.