England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hit 122 because the guests secured a morale-boosting 152-run over match co-hosts India of their first of two warm-up matches for the Girls’s World Cup.
Setting their opponents the spectacular goal of 339-9 after batting first to productive impact in Bengaluru, England bought India all out for 187 after simply 34 overs, with Linsey Smith and Sophie Ecclestone taking two wickets apiece.
Sciver-Brunt’s complete, which included 13 fours and two sixes, got here from 105 balls earlier than she retired out.
Emma Lamb dovetailed with 81 off 59 balls, with Amy Jones (39) and Heather Knight (37) additionally contributing stable totals earlier within the order.
Skipper Jemimah Rodrigues top-scored for India with 66 earlier than being bowled lbw by Charlie Dean.
India rested Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawa whereas quick bowler Arundhati Reddy suffered an harm scare forward of the beginning of the match subsequent week.
Reddy was helped off the sphere in a wheelchair after she had landed awkwardly on her left leg, falling to the bottom, when trying to take a return catch from Knight.
England face Australia of their closing warm-up match on Sunday whereas India tackle New Zealand – who misplaced their first warm-up to India A on Thursday by 4 wickets by the DLS methodology – on Saturday.
Thursday’s different two warm-up video games, Bangladesh vs South Africa and Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, have been washed out amid unhealthy climate in Colombo.
The eight-team Girls’s World Cup, being staged in India and Sri Lanka, would be the first world competitors below England’s new management axis of captain Sciver-Brunt and head coach Charlotte Edwards.
Australia are the defending champions after beating England within the 2022 closing in Christchurch, with the Ashes rivals to fulfill within the 2025 competitors in Indore on Wednesday October 22.
Watch each match from the Girls’s World Cup reside on Sky Sports activities from Tuesday September 30 with England’s opening match vs South Africa on Friday October 3.
