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  1. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I do like England's intent to score here.

  2. Eng 79-4

    A third boundary for Amy Jones to move onto 18, pounding Sree Charani's penultimate delivery along the floor through the covers for four. Harleen Deol dived over it on the boundary.

    Nat Sciver-Brunt has 20. Together they've put on 32 for the fifth wicket.

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    England are paying the price for winning the toss and batting first. Dry warm forecast, less pressure setting a total and not having to bat last on a pitch that on recent showing can deteriorate quite dramatically.

    Colin Pocock, Selsey

  4. Eng 74-4

    Amy Jones plays a thick edge through third but the ball grinds to a halt a few feet inside the rope.

    She and Nat Sciver-Brunt run three and finish Sneh Rana's over with a two and a one. How pleasing.

  5. Eng 67-4

    Amy Jones pulls Kranti GaudGetty Images

    A productive over for England. A single, a boundary through mid-wicket for Amy Jones, and a quick two to finish Kranti Gaud's 10th.

    On the subject of selection, Daniel (@11:45), I do think some players have unlucky not to be rewarded for county/domestic form. I'd have loved to have seen Katie Levick in an England shirt, for example.

  6. Annesha Ghosh
    India cricket journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I think the gentle breeze has picked up a little. It is making the ball drift.

  7. Eng 60-4

    Sayali Satghare loses her line and length a little with her penultimate delivery and Amy Jones leans into it to guide the ball through the covers for four.

    Yastika Bhatia does some good work behind the stumps to ensure that's the only damage to the bowler's figures, producing a diving stop down the leg side off a shorter delivery.

  8. What do England need to avoid the follow-on?

    Heather Knight looks dejected after a review gives her outGetty Images

    A reminder that the follow-on mark is 150 in women's Test matches, rather than the 200 we see in men's games.

    That means England need to make at least 136 in this innings to avoid giving India, who made 285 in their first innings, the option of enforcing the follow-on.

    For those new to cricket, the follow-on means the bowling team can asking the batting team to bat again so effectively each team's second innings swap round.

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    Playing one if the world's best Test teams is always a tough task. New players need time to make their mark, but England are paying the price of being slow to integrate new players. Most of the England line-up are familiar foes to India, who know exactly how to hurt them and exploit weaknesses.

    Daniel, Isle of Wight

  10. Eng 56-4

    Nat Sciver-Brunt dismisses a short ball from Kranti Gaud, smacking her pull away to the rope for four.

    Five from it. Gaud has figures of 3-18 from nine.

  11. How's stat?!

    Jem Green
    CricViz data analyst

    Excellent display of seam bowling from Kranti Gaud in this match.

    Tammy Beaumont and Maia Bouchier fell to two of Gaud's biggest in-seam deliveries, and then Alice Capsey played inside the line of one seaming the other way.

  12. Eng 51-4

    Nat Sciver-Brunt plays down the ground. Bowler Sayali Satghare gets her right hand to it and deflects the ball onto the stumps. There's a slightly nerve wait to learn Amy Jones' fate but she was comfortably home, very alert to the danger.

    Sciver-Brunt plays a near-identical stroke a couple of balls later and watches the ball race away for four through mid-on.

    50 up for England.

  13. Eng 47-4

    A wicket maiden for Kranti Gaud.

    Amy Jones, the new batter in, has a Test high score of 65 but comes into this match on a grim run of form.

    She's been out for single-figure scores in five of her past six innings, although that was at the T20 World Cup.

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Alice Capsey is bowled by Kranti GaudGetty Images

    England are in real trouble here. Gaud as got the ball on a piece of string, she is bowling so well. India are on a heater.

  15. wicket

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    Capsey b Gaud 9 (Eng 47-4)

    KRANTI GAUD! She beats Alice Capsey's outside edge with a fuller delivery, the batter pressing forward, and knocks her off stump out of the ground.

    Three wickets for the India pacer, who is all over England.

    The hosts are 47-4, trailing by 238 runs.

  16. dropped catch

    Dropped catch - Capsey on nine

    Phewwwww that was close for Alice Capsey!

    A thick edge ricochets off her midriff and pops up invitingly. Richa Ghosh, diving forward from short leg, almost has it but the ball rolls out of her grasp.

    Kranti Gaud is causing England problems.

  17. Eng 47-3

    Lovely striking from Nat Sciver-Brunt, driving Sayali Satghare between point and cover for four. The only scoring shot of the over.

  18. Eng 43-3

    It's true England aren't flush with batting depth, Alex (@11:23). Sophie Ecclestone, carded at eight, has a high score of 35, but Mady Villiers, in at seven, is making her Test debut.

    Anyway, five more to England's total, including a boundary through square for Alice Capsey.

  19. How's stat?!

    Jem Green
    CricViz data analyst

    With the new ball the England seamers found twice as much swing as India's attack within the first 15 overs of the innings.

    However, England failed to make the most of this early on by missing a good length too often.

    Seamers in the first 15 overs of the innings:

    • England: 2.0º swing, good length percentage = 46%, 2 wickets at an economy rate of 5.01
    • India: 1.0º swing, good length percentage = 61%, 3 wickets at an economy rate of 2.35

  20. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    I feel like this partnership between Capsey and Sciver-Brunt is going to have to be key.

    They will have to bat until lunch, otherwise if England lose another wicket in the next half hour, I don't see how they will get back into the game.