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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Raf Nicholson at Trent Bridge

England fall to heaviest T20 defeat as Mandhana century sparks India rout

England’s opener Sophia Dunkley walks off dejected after being dismissed for seven and India celebrate.
England’s opener Sophia Dunkley walks off dejected after being dismissed for seven. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

England’s one-sided series against West Indies last month was merely a dress rehearsal: India was always going to be the main show. And so the curtain finally went up on the Charlotte Edwards-Nat Sciver-Brunt era for a Trent Bridge Saturday matinee.

The audience, though, went home disappointed after witnessing an England performance akin to The Play That Goes Wrong, bowled out for 113 inside 15 overs, to hand India a 97-run win, England’s heaviest T20 defeat in terms of runs.

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