Kaur hits 143 not out; Renuka Singh Thakur takes 4-57
, which includes maiden visits to Lord’s, The Oval and Edgbaston; and a five-day Test at Trent Bridge. It’s a schedule designed to reflect the apparent preeminence of England and Australia in global women’s cricket: these two teams are the ones who are worth showing up for. By the evening, Harmanpreet Kaur had enjoyed ripping that assumption up into tiny shreds and placing it in a metaphorical wastepaper basket.
England stumbled to 47 for three inside the powerplay - Renuka Singh Thakur picking up Sophia Dunkley and Emma Lamb cheaply - and though a half-century from Wyatt at No 5 offered some resistance, Thakur returned in the 30th over and broke through her defences. England clung on until the 45th over but were finally bowled out for 245, falling to their first series defeat at home to a side other than Australia since 2007.
“It’s been tough,” the stand-in captain Amy Jones admitted, after being reluctantly cast in the role in the absence of Heather Knight. “It’s been very new. In 50 over cricket, it’s something I’ve not done before. There’s a lot longer to make decisions.
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