Eng vs Ind Women’s 1st T20I: Nat Sciver’s half-century propels England to 18-run DLS win over India

A 27-balls 55 from Natalie Sciver helped England to register an 18-run victory within the first T20I towards India in Northampton on Friday.

England received the match by 18 runs through the DLS technique, with India 54/3 after 8.4 overs when rain worn out the rest of the day’s play.Sent out to bat, England posted an imposing whole of 177/7.The hosts loved a stable begin to their innings as Tammy Beaumont (18) and Danni Wyatt (31) placed on a 56-run stand earlier than the latter fell caught behind to Radha Yadav (1/33) within the eighth over.Wyatt was quickly adopted again to the pavilion behind Beaumont, who holed out to Poonam Yadav (1/32) within the following over.However, the dismissals did little to stem the circulate of runs, with Sciver smashing the equal-fastest half-century by an England batter in ladies’s T20I historical past.The all-rounder blasted her half-century off simply 24 balls, hitting eight fours and one six in her 27-ball 55 earlier than falling to Shikha Pandey.Sciver discovered spectacular firm in wicket-keeper Amy Jones, who herself smashed 43 off 27, hitting 4 fours and two sixes earlier than she too fell to Pandey. The seamer was the perfect of India’s bowlers, taking 3/22 from her full allotment, with all three wickets coming within the nineteenth over.Jones was the sufferer of a superb little bit of fielding from Harleen Deol, who took the catch overhead on the boundary’s edge at long-off, tossed it again into the sector of play as her momentum carried her over the ropes, and dived again in to pouch the ball earlier than it touched the bottom.The lack of their three big-hitters – Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, and Harmanpreet Kaur – for simply 47 runs had India enjoying catch-up as early because the seventh over of their innings. The onset of a rain interruption not lengthy after additional pegged them again of their pursuit of two series-levelling factors as DLS calculations discovered them 18 runs behind the par rating of 72 for 3 at 8.4 overs.England and India will play their second T20I on Sunday.Brief ScoresEngland Women: 177 for 7 in 20 overs (Nat Sciver 55, Amy Jones 43, Danni Wyatt 31; Shikha Pandey 3/22, Poonam Yadav 1/32)India Women: 54 for 3 in 8.4 overs (Smriti Mandhana 29, Harleen Deol 17 not out; Nat Sciver 1/16, Katherine Brunt 1/11, Sarag Glenn 1/6)