Knight hits 95 but late wickets for India wrest control back from England
Sri Lanka, June 17 -- Stumps England Women 269 for 6 (Knight 95, Beaumont 66, Rana 3-77, Sharma 2-50, Vastrakar 1-43) vs India Women
Making their first appearance in the longest format since 2014, India wrested a measure of control courtesy debutants Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar as England, steered by half-centurions Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont, finished on 269 for 6 at stumps on the opening day of the one-off Test in Bristol.
England firmly held control of the day's proceedings until the final session, when they slipped from 230 for 2 to 251 for 6, three of those four wickets coming in the form of lbw dismissals courtesy offspinners Rana and Sharma. The collapse began with vice-captain Nat Sciver employing the swe...
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