In the latest cricket news, the combination of rain and Shafali Verma frustrated England Women on day three of the LV= Insurance as the rains forced the third Day of the ongoing only Test between the two sides to be called off an hour ahead of the scheduled close of the match day.
Indian women finished the day three at 83/1 after following-on and were still 82 runs behind England's first innings score of 396/9. Shafali Verma put up a brilliant show, remaining unbeaten on 55 off 68 when the play ended after the final session was washed out.
Deepti Sharma will be the other batswoman taking on the crease today as she remains unbeaten on 18. Opener Smriti Mandhana fell cheaply on the score of 8 early in the morning session.
Earlier, taking over from overnight score of 187 for 5, India were bowled out for 231 in their first innings, remaining 165 runs short of England's first innings total of 396.
All-rounder Deepti Sharma, with her unbeaten 29 was the only batswomen from lower middle order to put up some resilience as others displayed a poor show. From 167 with no loss of wickets, India lost eight batters for 30 runs with England's left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone claiming 4 for 88.
