Knight calls conditions at DY Patil 'extreme': 'We've never seen that sort of spin before'
The pitch deteriorated a bit faster than expected, the England captain said
14/12Result
Only Test, England Women tour of India at Navi Mumbai, Dec 14-16 2023
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![India Women]( "India Women")
428 & 186/6d -
![England Women]( "England Women")
136 & 131 (27.3 ov)
Player of the Match
14/12Result
Only Test, England Women tour of India at Navi Mumbai, Dec 14-16 2023
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![India Women]( "India Women")
428 & 186/6d -
![England Women]( "England Women")
136 & 131 (27.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 4
Day 3
The Deepti Sharma show wipes England out in seven sessions
Pooja Vastrakar was the other Indian star on the third morning, as she ripped through the England top order with three big wickets
How Vastrakar killed the game on a turning track
Despite coming first change, the seamer effectively ended the match with her three quick wickets
Finger fracture puts Shubha Satheesh out of action
She has just under a week to be fit for the Test against Australia
Muzumdar: Deepti is the 'Ben Stokes of the team'
"We had thought about playing in a certain fashion [be positive] as a team and we will continue to do that"
Stats - Deepti's magnificent double, and a record win for India
England wouldn't want to look back at their stats - like the number of overs they batted or their bowlers' economy rates - with any happiness
Day 2
Deepti's 5 for 7 gives India complete control on 19-wicket day
In their second innings, India also struggled against spin but had a lead of 478 by stumps
Sciver-Brunt shows how England can tackle India's spinners
"The way to combat [spin] would be to get really far forward or really far back and then using the sweep"
England run into Deep(ti) trouble
The offspinner picked up a five-for as England lost seven wickets for 28 runs and conceded a 292-run advantage to India
Day 1
Batters give India opening-day honours against England
Shubha, Rodrigues, Bhatia and Deepti all scored half-centuries to steer India past 400
Bell on Ecclestone's rare off day: 'It puts pressure on us, but she will bounce back'
Ecclestone struggled to find consistency in lines and lengths and returned figures of 1 for 85 off 22 overs
Stats - India Women score 410 in one day
Their innings featured four individual scores of 50 or more
Shubha and Rodrigues give the silent treatment to England
India are 410 for 7 - the second-highest team total after a full day's play in women's Test history
Others
Has any batter bettered Saud Shakeel's run of 20-plus scores in successive Tests since debut?
And who has played the most Tests without bettering the score he made on debut?
Beaumont: 'Not the right time for a women's WTC yet'
"I don't think it would be fair when some teams have played a lot of Tests in the last four years and other teams have not played Test cricket in the last 15 years"
India, England trust their skillsets in exciting leap into the unknown
As India gears up to host its first Women's Test since 2014, two teams prepare to plunge into a format they have little exposure to
India ready for rare home Test in England's special 100th
India have maintained that they don't want to be overawed by the occasion of a Test match, a format England play more often
