{"id":612119,"date":"2026-05-30T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612119\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:59:13","slug":"england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live-england-womens-cricket-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612119\/","title":{"rendered":"England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live | England women&#8217;s cricket team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">6th over: England 35-1 (Jones 2, Wyatt-Hodge 20) Time for some Charani for the last over of the power play. Wyatt-Hodge picks up one gorgeous four, over extra cover with dancing feet, and a handful of singles to polish things off. Advantage India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1aebe38f08cf8299b1816f#block-6a1aebe38f08cf8299b1816f\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">5th over: England 28-1 (Jones 1, Wyatt-Hodge 14) No. 3 Jones is off the mark immediately with a single, then DWH cuts stylishly for four, into the grass and away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1aeb3f8f08cf8299b1816a#block-6a1aeb3f8f08cf8299b1816a\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>WICKET! Dunkley c Ghosh b Sharma 10 (England 21-1)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A sloth-like finger of doom from the umpire sends Dunkley on her way after she zigzags her body to cut, whispers an edge and is very neatly caught behind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1aea8f8f08714896b93506#block-6a1aea8f8f08714896b93506\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">4th over: England 21-0 (Dunkley 10, Wyatt-Hodge 9) Time for spin already, with Shreyanka Patil. Wyatt-Hodge is eager for runs but can\u2019t quite get enough welly or broad enough bat to reach the rope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae9d08f08cf8299b1815b#block-6a1ae9d08f08cf8299b1815b\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">3rd over: England 14-0 (Dunkley 9, Wyatt-Hodge 3) Dunkley picks up the first boundary of the day with a huge yahoo down the ground for six. A couple of singles to complete the over. And England tick along. They might want to turn that tick to a gallop.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia Dunkley thwacks the ball over the boundary. Photograph: Graham Hunt\/ProSports\/Shutterstock<a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae8b18f08cf8299b1814f#block-6a1ae8b18f08cf8299b1814f\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a009.51 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">2nd over: England 6-0 (Dunkley 2, Wyatt-Hodge 2) Sharma\u2019s first ball is dropped by Rodrigues at point as Dunkley cuts with static feet. She only had to leap a little but somehow let it slip through her fingers, perhaps surprised by the fierceness of the stroke. She waves her hand in apology and Sharma smiles with sad eyes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae79b8f08cf8299b18146#block-6a1ae79b8f08cf8299b18146\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">1st over: England 2-0 (Dunkley 0, Wyatt-Hodge 0) Reddy with the new ball, running towards the tall white blocks of flats at one end of a full-looking Nevill Ground. Just a couple of wides to start things off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae6688f0897699fdbb3e1#block-6a1ae6688f0897699fdbb3e1\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The flags are waving, the vuvuzelas blowing. Dunkley and Wyatt-Hodge bounce gloves and jog into the middle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae5e58f08cf8299b1813a#block-6a1ae5e58f08cf8299b1813a\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Raf Nicholson is tanning her ankles in Bristol and reports lasagne and profiteroles in the press box, \u201cthe food of dreams,\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cGorgeous sunshine. Ground looking busy. England did a special cap presentation earlier to nine year old Evie, who also had a keeping master class from Amy Jones before play. She needs to watch her back because Evie looks pretty good to me .\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae30e8f08cf8299b1812b#block-6a1ae30e8f08cf8299b1812b\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>India XI &#8211; Harmanpreet and Shreyanka Patil return<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Harmanpreet, who was rested for the first T20, returns and fancies the pitch looks dry and so they play the extra spinner, Shreyanka Patil. Bharti Fulmali and Kranti Gaud miss out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Sree Charani, Nandni Sharma.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae1578f0897699fdbb3c0#block-6a1ae1578f0897699fdbb3c0\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>England XI &#8211; Smith and Wyatt-Hodge return<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">England have bolstered their batting, with new mum Danni Wyatt Hodge returning. Linsey Smith is also back. Issy Wong and Tilly Corteen-Coleman miss out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">England XI: Sophie Dunkley, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Amy Jones (wk), Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Dani Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1ae06f8f08714896b934be#block-6a1ae06f8f08714896b934be\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a009.15 EDT<\/p>\n<p>England win the toss and will bat<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Charlie Dean: \u201cit feels a good day to get out there \u2013 it looks a bit of a belter. We were in a brilliant position with both bat and ball at the half way stage, we need to be more ruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Harmanpreet Kaur: would have batted too. Happy with the team and the balance pre World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1adf568f08cf8299b1810c#block-6a1adf568f08cf8299b1810c\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a009.15 EDT<\/p>\n<p>Preamble<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hello! The World Cup is now less than two weeks away and England have just two games left to primp and preen their strategy. Out-thought and out-bowled by India in the first T20 at Chelmsford, they will want to do better today in Bristol \u2013 stand-in captain Charlie Dean pinpointed \u201cleaving ourselves too much to do at the end,\u201d as a flaw to fix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Play will start at 2.30pmBST, the toss and the teams at 2pm. Do join us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=England v India: second women\u2019s T20 international \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/may\/30\/england-v-india-second-womens-t20-international-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a1429d58f089865cf41c7ff#block-6a1429d58f089865cf41c7ff\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 6th over: England 35-1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}