England’s acceleration did come, but it was only in the final few overs of the innings, and their first innings total of 258 looked under-par on a good batting surface with a quick outfield. Dunkley even admitted that despite her own 83, England were “20 runs short” on the day.

England striker Alessia Russo paid tribute to the squad's response to losing their opening match against France at the women's European championships in Switzerland.

The first ODI between India Women and England Women saw a bizarre moment when Harleen Deol was run out in unusual fashion despite appearing to have made it back to the crease. In the 22nd over of India’s innings,

England Women have won the toss and have opted to bat first in Southampton. India Women: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Shree Charani, Kranti Goud