India Women vs England Women, Semi-Final 2, A2 v B1, ICC Womens World T20 2018 - CommentaryINDW vs ENGW, Semi-Final 2, A2 v B1, ICC Womens World T20 2018 - Commentary

Deepti Sharma to Sciver, FOUR, a half volley, and Sciver stays her ground, clearing her front leg and shoving an inside-out loft over a leaping mid-off

Anuja Patil to Jones, FOUR, picks her spot perfectly. Patil's slow toss ups give Jones the time to shuffle across, and brutally dispatch it backward of square leg

Anuja Patil to Jones, FOUR, picks her spot perfectly. Patil's slow toss ups give Jones the time to shuffle across, and brutally dispatch it backward of square leg

Hemalatha to Sciver, FOUR, nothing polite here. It's a serious whack. Another long hop, Sciver lays in and clubs it wide of cow corner's dive

Poonam Yadav to Sciver, FOUR, short and very wide outside off, Sciver thumps this pull between mid-wicket and long-on for four. Splits the gap perfectly and beats the dive by Smriti Mandhana

Anuja Patil to Sciver, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Sciver creates a little more width and slaps it square of the wicket for four. England cantering along!

Deepti Sharma to Wyatt, out Caught by Rodrigues! Tosses it up after a dead ball, Wyatt dances down the track once again, hoicks it away towards cow corner, but doesn't quite have enough on it as Rodrigues settles under it. The Indians are pumped, and they rush over to Jemimah at the boundary! They all know this is a huge wicket! Wyatt c Rodrigues b Deepti Sharma 8(15)

Radha Yadav to Jones, SIX, pitches it on a length, Jones comes down the track and swats another loft over long-on for a massive six! Launched into the grassbanks...

Deepti Sharma to Jones, FOUR, short and holding up in the pitch, waiting for the ball, and checking a straight and cross-batted pull straight down the ground for four

Radha Yadav to Beaumont, out Caught by Arundhati Reddy! Beaumont takes the bait! A full delivery, turning away and Beaumont reaches out to try and connect with the sweep - times it sweetly but fails to keep it down, finding Reddy to perfection at short midwicket. First blood for India. Beaumont c Arundhati Reddy b Radha Yadav 1(3)

Ecclestone to Poonam Yadav, out Deepti Sharma Run Out!! It was always coming, some more headless running. Poonam dabs one straight to short third man, but Deepti wants her strike back for the last couple of balls. Even if that means running against all hope. She dives half way down the pitch itself, and the only drama here was to check of Jones collected the ball cleanly - which she didn't, but then the rebound off her hands smacked the stumps before her gloves did. Deepti Sharma run out (Hazell/Jones) 7(10)

Ecclestone to Arundhati Reddy, out Stumped!! Big down the ground slog. Reddy is nowhere close to the pitch, or to the line for that matter, or to cover the spin which is going away. It's been a headless collapse this - with this shot just not on, even at this stage. She's beaten comprehensively, stranded half way down and the keeper has enough time here. Arundhati Reddy st Jones b Ecclestone 6(5) [4s-1]

Shrubsole to Arundhati Reddy, FOUR, picks her spot and picks a much needed boundary. Reddy shuffles, gets under the length and sweeps it behind square into the gap

Shrubsole to Radha Yadav, out Radha Yadav Run Out!! Direct hit. When catches become boring, the English fielders break stumps with audacious chucks. So Yadav just tapped it in front of cover, took on Wyatt, who's right at the edge of the circle at extra cover, and despite getting wrong-footed had only one and a half stump to aim at at the non-striker's. But she can still take it down. Radha's dive can't help her either. Radha Yadav run out (Wyatt) 4(4)

Knight to Anuja Patil, out Caught by Winfield!! Pretty unwanted you'd imagine. Coming in the middle of a collapse, Patil decides to loft one over extra cover off the very first ball she faces. She isn't to the pitch of it, she has no timing on it and drags it straight back down the ground instead. Winfield covers good distance from long-on, clinging on one-handed. She's on a hat-trick, but she'll have to wait an over. Anuja Patil c Winfield b Knight 0(1)

Knight to Anuja Patil, out Caught by Winfield!! Pretty unwanted you'd imagine. Coming in the middle of a collapse, Patil decides to loft one over extra cover off the very first ball she faces. She isn't to the pitch of it, she has no timing on it and drags it straight back down the ground instead. Winfield covers good distance from long-on, clinging on one-handed. She's on a hat-trick, but she'll have to wait an over. Anuja Patil c Winfield b Knight 0(1)

Knight to Hemalatha, out Caught by Beaumont!! Yea, it's a crumble. A wide tease outside off, Hemalatha goes for a big expansive drive, but as has been the case all night, the ball just doesn't come on. She waits on it, loses her shape and ends up checking and chipping it tamely down short cover's throat. Hemalatha c Beaumont b Knight 1(3)

Kirstie Gordon to Harmanpreet Kaur, out Caught by Sciver!! One brings two. Two brings three. Gordon, you beauty. And to imagine she debuted just a couple of game ago. She's turned the game around with three wickets in seven balls -- and none bigger than this one. Harmanpreet was fretting at this end with wickets falling at the other, so she decides to break the pressure with a downtown hoick over cow corner. But she's just not there to the pitch of it, swings against the turn and in the process gets a top-edge going as far as backward point. Harmanpreet Kaur c Sciver b Kirstie Gordon 16(20) [6s-1]

Kirstie Gordon to Veda Krishnamurthy, out Caught by Jones!! Ends up pre-empting a shot, plays another, and does neither convincingly. Steps out of her crease, realizes she's nowhere close to the pitch of it and decides to go sweeping. But can only skew up a top-edge, that loops up to the keeper. India wobbling here. Veda Krishnamurthy c Jones b Kirstie Gordon 2(5)

Kirstie Gordon to Rodrigues, out Rodrigues Run Out!! 1 run completed. Beaumont's arm beats Jemimah's dive. It was a wide tease, which Rodrigues lofts in her slice over point. But the throw from there is flat, quick and right at the stumps for the keeper to do her bit. Rodrigues run out (Beaumont/Jones) 26(26) [4s-3]

Kirstie Gordon to Rodrigues, FOUR, long-on gets aggressive in the catching, going for one that was way too ambitious and in the process dives all over it with the ball sneaking under her and trickling away

Kirstie Gordon to Harmanpreet Kaur, SIX, it's her patent inside-out loft. Steps to the pitch of it, using her long handle and her delightful bat swing to tonk it over long-off

Sciver to Rodrigues, FOUR, rides the momentum with some cheek. Arches back, using Sciver's pace to dab it safely past the keeper

Sciver to Rodrigues, FOUR, rides the momentum with some cheek. Arches back, using Sciver's pace to dab it safely past the keeper

Sciver to Rodrigues, FOUR, a pretty poor line after all the naggers England have dished out to keep India quiet over the last few overs. There's width in this, which Rodrigues goes after, cutting it powerfully between cover and backward point. A boundary after nearly seven overs

Knight to Bhatia, out Caught by Sciver! A painful stay comes to an end! A length ball outside off, slow through the air and slow off the pitch as well, and Bhatia comes down the track to reach the pitch of it. Makes the mistake of trying to drag it into the on-side from outside off-stump, gets a top-edge to mid-on where Sciver holds on to an easy catch. Bhatia c Sciver b Knight 11(19)

Ecclestone to Mandhana, out Caught&Bowled! Short and a little wide outside off, Mandhana goes for the pull, perhaps the cut was the call of the hour, but checks the shot for some reason - ends up handing a c&b to Ecclestone. India's firepower at the top has been nullified by England. Mandhana c and b Ecclestone 34(23) [4s-5 6s-1]

Ecclestone to Mandhana, FOUR, fired in quciker and turning towards middle and leg, Mandhana shuffles fully across outside off, gets a thin feather on that sweep to fine leg for four

Hazell to Mandhana, FOUR, tossed up on the stumps, Mandhana decides not to be watchful anymore, backs away into the on-side whilst coming down the wicket and lofts it inside out towards the deep extra cover boundary as it dribbles away for four

Hazell to Mandhana, FOUR, tossed up on the stumps, Mandhana decides not to be watchful anymore, backs away into the on-side whilst coming down the wicket and lofts it inside out towards the deep extra cover boundary as it dribbles away for four

Ecclestone to Mandhana, SIX, massive! Tossed up enticingly, outside off, Mandhana comes down the track, gets across in the process, and lofts that cleanly over the long-on boundary for six

Ecclestone to Mandhana, FOUR, length delivery on middle-stump, Mandhana steps across and sweeps it away to backward square leg for four

Shrubsole to Mandhana, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Mandhana stays low and carves it away with good placement to the deep backward point fence for four

Sciver to Mandhana, FOUR, half-volley outside off, Mandhana gets across and caresses that through the gap between cover point and cover for four. Finds the gap to perfection and it races away to the fence...

Sciver to Mandhana, FOUR, half-volley outside off, Mandhana gets across and caresses that through the gap between cover point and cover for four. Finds the gap to perfection and it races away to the fence...