England win

England Women's cricket team win the One Day International (ODI) series against India at Wormsley. England won the series 3-2 having lost the first two games. The deciding match was played at the Wormsley cricket ground but the Duckworth-Lewis system got another airing to decide the result. It is a shame that we cannot get a decent summer's day at this beautiful ground that is on the Paul Getty estate. I guess we just have to be thankful that the game was able to take place.

This was the scene at Wormsley when I arrived and while the teams were warming up in the field.

 

I was still struggling to get my camera to actually focus properly so some of these pictures are a bit fuzzy. The England skipper Charlotte Edwards won the toss and chose to field first.

 

Jenny Gunn receives a cap which I think was in recognition of being in 150 international cricket matches.

 

Play gets under way and Katherine Brunt opens the bowling.

Brunt soon gets her first wicket and the score is 1 for 1

 

The pavilion and yes it does have the national flags of the teams flying.

 

We did get some sunshine

 

Sarah Taylor and the slip fielders seemed to be having a private race to get to the other end of the wicket at the end of each over.

 

My viewing point.

 

This is Red Kite territory.

 

The skipper alters the field placings.

 

Brunt is grumpy as she just conceded two runs and got no wickets in her previous over.

 

Georgia Elwiss got 3 wickets, 4 maidens for just 17 runs from her 10 overs.

 

Jenny Gunn having a bowl.

 

Jenny Gunn bowled eight overs but that unusual wrist action did not claim any wickets today.

 

Tigers and dragons supporting Engerland.

 

India managed to get 152 runs on the board in their batting innings. It looked beatable and the England girls are good at chasing down a total. We had only had one short rain delay.

 

England openers Charlotte Edwards and Tammy Beaumont take to the field. Edwards seems to have lost her high scoring ability for the moment and although Beaumont manages to stay on the pitch, her run rate is very low. This all makes for a mixture of anxiety, boredom and frustration on my part. Should we not have two attacking batsmen on the field. But then what do I know ?
I am only a spectator

 

The sky looks a bit threatening.

 

Charlotte is being cautious. She got 7 runs before being caught by Mitali Raj. This catch seemed to have been taken in conjunction with a nasty hand injury for Raj and she left the field for quite a while to receive attention.

 

Sarah Taylor came in and got a rapid 21 runs before being caught out.

 

Sarah Taylor leaves and Lydia Greenway joins the fray.

 

Greenway is soon making her presence felt.

 

Beaumont eventually is out for 19 runs and the incoming Brindle strikes out.

 

Brindle had got 25 runs when she was run out by an amazing long distance throw from the boundary.

 

After 36 overs and with the score at 124 the players left the field due to rain. They were ahead of the Duckworth Lewis score. I waited around and while at one stage it looked like the rain would clear, it soon started coming down even heavier. At around 6pm I decided to give in and headed home. The rain was very heavy on the M40 and when I got to the M25, although the rain was clearing, there were long delays.

 

When I eventually got home I checked on the www and saw that no further play took place. England won the match and the series. I suspect that there were not too many people left to attend the presentations. It was good to see that new team member Georgia Elwiss got both the 'Player Of the Match' and 'Player Of the Series' for her excellent bowling.

Well done England.

It looks as if I will have to wait until I go back to Oz to get some decent sunshine and watch cricket while wearing a T shirts, shorts and a sun hat.

Peewit