# India women's cricket team in England in 2008

The India women's national cricket team toured England in August and September 2008. They played England in 5 One Day Internationals and 1 Twenty20 International. The ODI series was won by England 4–0, whilst the T20I was abandoned due to rain.

## Squads

| England | India |
| Charlotte Edwards (c) Lynsey Askew Caroline Atkins Katherine Brunt Holly Colvin Lydia Greenway Isa Guha Jenny Gunn Laura Marsh Beth Morgan Ebony Rainford-Brent Nicky Shaw Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Claire Taylor | Mithali Raj (c) Neetu David Rumeli Dhar Jhulan Goswami Karu Jain (wk) Hemlata Kala Sulakshana Naik (wk) Niranjana Nagarajan Devika Palshikar Snehal Pradhan Seema Pujare Asha Rawat Priyanka Roy Amita Sharma Jaya Sharma Gouher Sultana |

## Tour matches
### 50-over match: Marylebone Cricket Club v India

* 28 August 2008 Scorecard
| India 227/6 (50 overs) | v | Marylebone Cricket Club 121 (39.3 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 69 (90) Lynsey Askew 2/29 (10 overs) | | Beth Morgan 33 (43) Gouher Sultana 3/17 (7 overs) |
* India Women won by 106 runs Bath Cricket Club Ground, Bath Umpires: Ian Wright (Eng) and John Holder (Eng)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

## WODI Series
### 1st ODI

* 30 August 2008 Scorecard
| India 124 (43.4 overs) | v | England 125/2 (36 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 44 (75) Jenny Gunn 3/13 (8 overs) | | Caroline Atkins 45 (96) Niranjana Nagarajan 1/10 (4 overs) |
* England Women won by 8 wickets Bath Cricket Club Ground, Bath Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and Neil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match: Jenny Gunn (Eng)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Niranjana Nagarajan (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 1 September 2008 Scorecard
| India 102 (45.1 overs) | v | England 103/0 (24.3 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 53* (100) Holly Colvin 4/20 (8.1 overs) | | Sarah Taylor 75* (77) |
* England Women won by 10 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Eng)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 1 September 2008 Scorecard
| India 126/2 (35.2 overs) | v | England 99/2 (16.4 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 55* (79) Katherine Brunt 1/10 (8 overs) | | Claire Taylor 29 (31) Gouher Sultana 1/11 (2 overs) |
* England Women won by 8 wickets (D/L) County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Rob Bailey (Eng) Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* India Women innings ended at 35.2 overs by rain.
* England Women target was 99 from 21 overs.

### 4th ODI

* 7 September 2008 Scorecard
| India 90/7 (23 overs) | v | England 93/3 (22.1 overs) |
| Sulakshana Naik 28 (50) Holly Colvin 3/17 (5 overs) | | Claire Taylor 56* (68) Jhulan Goswami 1/8 (5 overs) |
* England Women won by 7 wickets Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Peter Hartley (Eng) and Trevor Jesty (Eng) Player of the match: Claire Taylor (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 23 overs per side due to rain.

### 5th ODI

* 9 September 2008 Scorecard
| India 7/0 (4 overs) | v | England |
| Jaya Sharma 4* (13) | | |
* No result County Ground, Hove Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play possible due rain.

## Only T20I

* 5 September 2008 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* Match Abandoned County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Martin Bodenham (Eng) and Terry Urben (Eng)
* No toss.
* No play possible due to rain.