England v India: women’s Test, day two updates – live

Key events

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WICKET! Alice Capsey b Gaud 9 (England 47-4)

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WICKET! Heather Knight lbw b Satghare 6 (England 32-3)

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WICKET! Maia Bouchier c Bhatia b Gaud 23 (England 32-3)

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Preamble

28th over: England 99-4 (Sciver-Brunt 24, Jones 34) Apologies my wifi just went AWOL but I kept a beady eye on things. Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amy Jones progress without alarm and push England towards three figures.

25th over: England 88-4 (Sciver-Brunt 21, Jones 26) Careful! Sciver-Brunt top edges a sweep from Rana and it just falls short of Deol running in from the square leg boundary. NSB tries another sweep and gets it around the corner for a couple. Shot! Amy Jones uses her feet to come down the track and lifts over cover for four. England punching back. One hour done, time for a drink.

24th over: England 79-4 (Sciver-Brunt 20, Jones 18) Spin from both ends now with Charani back into the attack. Amy Jones carves for four past point, the sub fielder on the boundary making a Horlicks of the dive. England just beginning to look a bit more settled after the tumble of wickets early on.

23rd over: England 74-4 (Sciver-Brunt 19, Jones 14) Sneh Rana comes on for her first bowl and finds some big turn right away! England collect seven runs off the over but they are from outside and inside edges. Its only the morning of day two, with more sun and more action this pitch is going to turn big.

22nd over: England 67-4 (Sciver-Brunt 15, Jones 11) Amy Jones certainly looks in fine fettle with the bat, Gaud drops short and is dismissed on the pull through the leg side.

21st over: England 60-4 (Sciver-Brunt 14, Jones 5) Amy Jones is such a talented cricketer but my personal opinion is that I always want her to show some more ticker, more grit. Her side need her to stand up here, there’s a big platform for her to show the world what she can do. That’s the stuff – she drives Satghare through the covers for four as I type.

20th over: England 56-4 (Sciver-Brunt 14, Jones 1) Gaud digs one in short but Sciver-Brunt pounces in a flash and pulls for four. Gaud goes back to plan A and beats NSB with a beauty that wobbles away at the last second.

Lovely this from Stephen Nicholls in the OBO mailbag:

“Hello! I was at Lord’s yesterday, and it seemed to be both a completely normal Test at Lord’s, and a very unusual one. The first champagne cork popped the moment the first over was complete; the crowd was a mix of cricket badgers watching earnestly and listening to the commentary and people dressed in their finery chatting in the sunshine with friends; we politely clapped 4s and wickets, and the mixed crowd of India and England fans enthusiastically cheered for our own side. The cricket was great, with ups and downs for both sides.

But I’ve never seen fireworks and flame throwers before a test match, nor the massed ranks of England players from the past gathered before the match to collectively ring the 10-minute bell. Walking round the ground, you could spot plenty of England greats mingling with the fans. Lord’s and MCC seemed to be trying to right a wrong from years past. And Sophie Ecclestone became England’s leading wicket-taker in her first Test at the ground. An unusual day - I’m looking forward to women’s Tests at Lord’s becoming usual.”

19th over: England 51-4 (Sciver-Brunt 10, Jones 0) The mind wanders briefly as to whether India will enforce the follow on should it come to it… England still have Sciver-Brunt as a mast to cling to, she drives a full ball down the ground for four to take England past fifty.

18th over: England 47-4 (Sciver-Brunt 6, Jones 0) The camera pans to a glum looking Charlotte Edwards, penny for ‘em… Amy Jones joins Sciver-Brunt and blocks out the final two balls of the over. A wicket maiden for Kranti Gaud who now has 3-13.

Capsey didn’t cover the line of the ball with her pads and played inside the line, the ball was still fantastic but the technical deficiency was exploited by Gaud.

WICKET! Alice Capsey b Gaud 9 (England 47-4)

Off stump out of the ground! Capsey is beaten all ends up by a ball that slants in and then decks away late! England in real strife!

17th over: England 47-3 (Sciver-Brunt 6, Capsey 9) Shot! Sciver-Brunt laces a cut through point and the crowd purr.

16th over: England 43-3 (Sciver-Brunt 2, Capsey 9) Capsey whips a full ball off her pads for four, the runs will certainly flow while she is at the crease but can England build an innings and bat the day?

15th over: England 38-3 (Sciver-Brunt 1, Capsey 5 ) Alice Capsey joins Sciver-Brunt in the middle with a rebuild job needed. Her first ball jags bag at the pads and she is fortunate to get an inside edge on it to tickle away for four runs. India have been on the money this morning, much more accurate than England’s seamers in the first 10-15 overs yesterday and they are reaping the rewards.

WICKET! Heather Knight lbw b Satghare 6 (England 32-3)

Huge wicket! Knight is done by one that moves up the hill and the umpire raises the finger! Knight reviews but she looks like she already knows her fate. Sure enough it is Umpires Call on the DRS and Knight has to go. England in strife!

14th over: England 32-2 (Knight 6, Sciver-Brunt 0) Nat Sciver-Brunt joins Heather Knight, but not for long because…

WICKET! Maia Bouchier c Bhatia b Gaud 23 (England 32-3)

Oh that is a nothing shot from Bouchier, she hangs the bat out to one that moves away from Gaud and it is neither one thing nor t’other. The edge is taken and India have their first of the day. Bouchier looks crestfallen, she didn’t commit to attack or defence.

13th over: England 32-1 (Bouchier 23, Knight 6) Sayali Satghare from the Pavilion End. Not a lot of bounce from her medium pacers but she does have a short leg in place. Bouchier drives a full ball down the ground for four, both batters have played doozies already this morning.

12th over: England 27-1 (Bouchier 18, Knight 6) Ah that is lovely from Heather Knight, she leans languidly on the first ball of the day and guides it through cover for four runs. Delightful start for England, they need a few decent partnerships on what is clearly a batting day with the mercury set to nudge 30 degree. There is spin there for India though and the pitch is only going to get drier. A single each to Bouchier and Knight makes it six off the fist over of the day.

Lord’s does indeed look a picture, the Pavilion looks stuffed and they are expecting a larger crowd than the 10,763 that watched yesterday. Maia Bouchier and Heather Knight head out to the middle. Shree Charani is going to start with the ball, let’s play!

I’m pulling a double shift today (they say nurses have it tough) so will be very glad of your thoughts, theories, company and correspondence throughout the day.

Drop me a line here.

Catch up on all the action from day one:

And have a read of Raf’s scene setter:

Preamble

James Wallace

Hello and welcome to day two of the Women’s Test match from Lord’s. It’s Saturday and the sun is belting down its rays on St John’s Wood.

England will start the day on 21-1 trailing India by 264 runs after an action packed and historic first day. Mady Villiers has just been talking through her wonderful wicket of Harmanpreet Kaur which was a great moment on the stroke of tea, the big dog bowled through the gate and up the hill from the Test debutant. Scenes.

Spin played a big role on day one, with Sophie Ecclestone and Villiers sharing five wickets between them and the former becoming England’s highest wicket-taker across formats. Despite all that the late wicket of Tammy Beaumont probably shaded the day in the visitors favour despite stumbling from 190-3 to 285 all out in the afternoon.

The crowd are streaming in for what should be a cracking day of cricket, the home side need to bat and bat and bat some more. Play starts at 11am. Join us!