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]
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| 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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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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- India A Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
WODI series
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Alice Davidson-Richards (Eng) made her WODI debut.
- Anya Shrubsole captained England Women for the first time in WODIs.[12]
2nd WODI
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd WODI
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mithali Raj (Ind) scored her 50th half-century in WODIs.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Anya Shrubsole captained England in the first WODI.
References
edit- ^ "England women to play three ODIs in India after tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "India to host Australia, England for women's T20 tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Mithali, Deepti, Mandhana help India clinch series 2–1". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ a b "BCCI plans more matches for India women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mithali Raj becomes most capped player in WODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Raj's record half-century hands India series victory". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Uncapped Hemalatha called up for England ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Three new players included in England Women's squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "All you need to know as England face India in three ODIs". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "India v England: Heather Knight misses first ODI, Anya Shrubsole to lead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2018.