India v England: one-off women’s Test, day three – live
Hello! Welcome to day three of this one-off Test between England and India. It is likely to be the final day after England’s implosion on Friday afternoon – from 79-2 to 136 all out, spectacularly losing the last six wickets for just ten runs.
A beaming Deepti Sharma led India off, bounce, turn and five for seven in her pocket, to add to her half century in the first innings .
There wasn’t really anywhere for England to go from there – but India took a quick kill off the table by not immediately enforcing the follow-on. Instead they took their lead to 478 with the addition of 182 quick second-innings runs, Sharma again looking good.
There were a couple of bright spots for England - four wickets for Charlie Dean, and a half-century for Nat Sciver-Brunt – but otherwise the day was an illustration of frailty against spin – exploited by Ash Gardener in the Ashes series, by Sri Lanka last September, and now India.
Can England last the day? In the spirit of Christmas optimism, let’s not comment on that. Time for coffee – meet you back here for the start, play resumes at 04:00 GMT / 09:30 IST.