England v India: first women’s ODI – live!

The teams line up for the moment of unity and then Verma and Mandhana pull on their gloves and helmets. As one of the commentators touched on earlier, they are one of the most exciting opening partnerships in cricket: right-hand, left-hand, front-foot, back-foot and both insanely talented.

England: Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver, Amy Jones (wicket-keeper), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, Kate Cross.

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Ekta Bisht.

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