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Smriti sitting pretty as England lose
Sunday Mercury
|June 29, 2025
ENGLAND were given their first reality check under head coach Charlotte Edwards after Smriti Mandhana’s maiden T20 international century lifted India to a commanding 97-run win at Trent Bridge.
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Having clean swept the West Indies in T20s and ODIs to get Edwards’ tenure off to a thrilling start, England put in a rusty fielding display as India piled up 210 for five, powered by Mandhana’s 112.
Mandhana (pictured) clubbed three sixes - two of them off Sophie Ecclestone, who leaked 43 runs in three overs on her England return - and 15 fours in a majestic 62-ball innings.
England's spin problems then resurfaced as they capitulated to 113 all out to suffer their heaviest defeat by runs in T20s, with only captain Nat Sciver-Brunt going past 15 as she made 66 off 42 balls.
After Sophia Dunkley nicked off to seamer Amanjot Kaur in the first over, India’s slow bowlers took centre stage.
This story is from the June 29, 2025 edition of Sunday Mercury.
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