India to chase 229 to win ICC Women's World Cup 2017
England elected to bat first at Lord's today and set a target of 229 for India eleven
LONDON (AFP) - India are to chase 229 set by England to win the ICC Women s Cricket World Cup 2017 on Sunday.
England elected to bat first at Lord s today and set a target of 229 for India eleven.
England captain Heather Knight won the toss and elected to bat against India in the Women’s World Cup final at Lord’s.
Both teams were unchanged from their respective semi-final wins with England having narrowly beaten South Africa by two wickets, and India stunning reigning champions Australia by 36 runs on the back of Harmanpreet Kaur’s remarkable 171 not out.
By 30 overs England were 133 for 3 and:
+ Sarah Taylor and Nat Sciver both 39 no
+ England captain Heather Knight wins toss and bats
+ England lose 3 wkts for 16 runs as 47-0 becomes 63-3
+ Lauren Winfield b Rajeshwari Gayakwad 24 after she misses a sweep off the left-arm spinner
+ Tammy Beaumont c Jhulan Goswami b Yadav 23 as she hits full toss to deep midwicket
+ Knight lbw b Yadav 1 as she misses sweep
+ Sell-out crowd of 26,500 at Lord s
Teams
England: Lauren Winfield, Tammy Beaumont, Sarah Taylor (wkt), Heather Knight (capt), Nat Sciver, Fran Wilson, Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn, Laura Marsh, Anya Shrubsole, Alex Hartley
India: Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Raut, Mithali Raj (capt), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma (wkt), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav
Umpires: Shaun George (RSA), Gregory Brathwaite (WIS)
TV umpire: Paul Wilson (AUS)
Match referee: Steve Bernard (AUS)
