India’s Harleen Deol on Friday took one of the most stunning catch in the history of women’s cricket to dismiss England batter Amy Jones during the 1st T20I at Northampton.
Jones was batting on 43 when in the 19th over, off the bowling of Shikha Pandey, she tried to clear the boundary on the off side, but Deol timed her jump to perfection and saved a certain six. She then quickly dived forward to catch the ball inside the boundary.
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A fantastic piece of fielding 👏
We finish our innings on 177/7
Scorecard & Videos: https://t.co/oG3JwmemFp#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/62hFjTsULJ
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 9, 2021
It was such a breath-taking effort that one of the England players from the dug-out could not stop herself from clapping at Harleen.
However, India women lost the first T20I against England by 18 runs (DLS method). Batting first, England scored 177/7, with Natalie Sciver’s half-century. Sikha Pandey was the pick of the Indian bowlers, who claimed 3/22 off four overs.
India, in reply, India lost Shafali Verma for a two-ball duck in the first over, but Smriti Mandhana and Deol batted to take the score to 44 before Mandhana was out for 29 of 17 balls having hit six fours. Deol was not out on 17 and India had moved to 54/3 in 8.4 overs before rain interfered and the match could never resume.
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