England women's cricket team in India in 2017–18

The England women's cricket team played the India women's cricket team in April 2018.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs).[2] The matches followed a tri-series in India, which also featured the Australia women's cricket team.[3] India won the series 2–1.[4]

 
  India women England women
Dates 3 – 12 April 2018
Captains Mithali Raj Heather Knight[n 1]
One Day International series
Results India women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Smriti Mandhana (181) Amy Jones (94)
Most wickets Poonam Yadav (6) Sophie Ecclestone (8)
Player of the series Smriti Mandhana (Ind)

Unlike other WODI matches, these fixtures did not form part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[5] Instead, the fixtures were used to give India more match practice in the run-up to the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup.[5] Ahead of the WODI fixtures, England Women played a warm-up match against India A Women, with all four matches taking place in Nagpur.[6]

During the first fixture, India's captain, Mithali Raj, played in her 192nd match, becoming the most capped player in WODIs.[7] In the third and final match, she scored her 50th half-century in WODIs.[4] It was the 56th time she had made a score of fifty or more, a new record in WODIs.[8]

Squads

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  India[9]   England[10]

Ahead of the first match, Georgia Elwiss was added to England's squad, as cover for Heather Knight.[11]

Tour match

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50-over match: India A Women v England Women

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3 April 2018
09:00
Scorecard
India A  
211/4 (50 overs)
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  England
252 (49.2 overs)
Devika Vaidya 104 (150)
Sophie Ecclestone 2/24 (8 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 52 (76)
Anuja Patil 3/33 (7.2 overs)
England Women won by 4 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Suresh Dhote (Ind) and Prahlad Rawat (Ind)
  • India A Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

WODI series

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1st WODI

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6 April 2018
09:00
Scorecard
England  
207 (49.3 overs)
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  India
209/9 (49.1 overs)
Fran Wilson 45 (78)
Poonam Yadav 4/30 (10 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 86 (109)
Sophie Ecclestone 4/37 (10 overs)
India Women won by 1 wicket
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)

2nd WODI

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9 April 2018
09:00
Scorecard
India  
113 (37.2 overs)
v
  England
117/2 (29 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 42 (57)
Sophie Ecclestone 4/14 (10 overs)
Danni Wyatt 47 (43)
Ekta Bisht 2/44 (9 overs)
England Women won by 8 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar (Ind)
Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Eng)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd WODI

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12 April 2018
09:00
Scorecard
England  
201/9 (50 overs)
v
  India
202/2 (45.2 overs)
Amy Jones 94 (119)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/32 (10 overs)
Mithali Raj 74* (124)
Anya Shrubsole 2/37 (8 overs)
India Women won by 8 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mithali Raj (Ind) scored her 50th half-century in WODIs.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Anya Shrubsole captained England in the first WODI.

References

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  1. ^ "England women to play three ODIs in India after tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ "India women's cricket team to host England in April 2018". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ^ "India to host Australia, England for women's T20 tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Mithali, Deepti, Mandhana help India clinch series 2–1". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "BCCI plans more matches for India women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ^ "India Women's squad for ODI series against England Women announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Mithali Raj becomes most capped player in WODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Raj's record half-century hands India series victory". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Uncapped Hemalatha called up for England ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Three new players included in England Women's squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  11. ^ "All you need to know as England face India in three ODIs". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. ^ "India v England: Heather Knight misses first ODI, Anya Shrubsole to lead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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