# India women's cricket team in England in 1986

The Indian women's cricket team toured England in month June–July of Season 1986. The tour included a series of 3 Women's Test matches and a series of 3 Women's One Day Internationals. Team India also played 16 tour matches against domestic teams. England women won the ODI series 3-0 and the Test series ended in a draw 0-0.

## Squads

| WTests | WTests | WODIs | WODIs |
| England | India | England | India |
| Jan Brittin | Sandhya Agarwal | Jan Brittin | Sandhya Agarwal |
| Lesley Cooke | Gargi Banerji | Lesley Cooke | Gargi Banerji |
| Jacqueline Court | Minoti Desai | Jacqueline Court | Minoti Desai |
| Carole Hodges | Diana Edulji | Carole Hodges | Diana Edulji |
| Joan Lee | Arunadhati Ghosh | Gillian McConway | Arunadhati Ghosh |
| Gillian McConway | Shashi Gupta | Sarah Potter | Shashi Gupta |
| Julie May | Venkatacher Kalpana | Jane Powell | Venkatacher Kalpana |
| Susan Metcalfe | Shubhangi Kulkarni | Gillian Smith | Shubhangi Kulkarni |
| Sarah Potter | Rekha Punekar | Karen Smithies | Rekha Punekar |
| Jane Powell | Shantha Rangaswamy | Avril Starling | Shantha Rangaswamy |
| Gillian Smith | Sudha Shah | Amanda Stinson | Sudha Shah |
| Avril Starling | Manimala Singhal | Helen Stother | Manimala Singhal |
| Amanda Stinson | Sujata Sridhar | Janet Tedstone | Sujata Sridhar |
| Helen Stother | Rajani Venugopal | | |

## WODI series
### First WODI

* 22 June 1986 Scorecard
| India 190/6 (48 Overs) | v | England 191/5 (46.2/Overs) |
| Sandhya Agarwal 72 Avril Starling 2/28 (8 overs) | | Jacqueline Court 67 Shashi Gupta 2/20 (10.2 overs) |
* England Women won by 5 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Sally Marshall and John West
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 48 overs per side.
* Lesley Cooke, Gillian Smith and Amanda Stinson (Eng); and Minoti Desai and Rekha Punekar (Ind) made their WODI debuts.

### Second WODI

* 26 July 1986 Scorecard
| India 65 (33.2 overs) | v | England 68/4 (34 overs) |
| Sandhya Agarwal 20 Sarah Potter 3/11 (9 overs) | | Carole Hodges 25 Shashi Gupta 1/4 (6 overs) |
* England Women won by 6 wickets Thornbury Avenue, Osterley Umpires: Sheila Hill and Sheila Keen
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 55 overs per side match.
* Karen Smithies (Eng) and Venkatacher Kalpana (Ind) made their WODI debuts.

### Third WODI

* 27 July 1986 Scorecard
| England 140/9 (37 overs) | v | India 99 (36.3 overs) |
| Jacqueline Court 32 Arunadhati Ghosh 4/17 (4 overs) | | Sandhya Agarwal 23 Gillian McConway 3/21 (8 overs) |
* England Women won by 41 runs Recreation Ground, Banstead Umpires: Sheila Hill and Sally Marshall
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 37 overs per side.

## Women's Test series
### First Women's Test

* 26–30 June 1986 Scorecard
* Match drawn Harewood Road, Collingham Umpires: June Bragger (Eng) and John West (Eng)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lesley Cooke, Julie May, Gillian Smith and Amanda Stinson (Eng); and Minoti Desai, Venkatacher Kalpana, Rekha Punekar and Manimala Singhal (Ind) made their Women's Test debuts.
* 29 June was a rest day

### Second Women's Test

* 3–7 July 1986 Scorecard
* Match drawn Stanley Park, Blackpool Umpires: Valerie Gibbens (Eng) and Veronica Reichwald (Eng)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Joan Lee (Eng) made her Women's Test debut.
* 6 July was a rest day

### Third Women's Test

* 12–15 July 1986 Scorecard
* Match drawn New Road, Worcester Umpires: Janet Burns and Ann Garton
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sandhya Agarwal (Ind) broke the record for the highest individual score in Women's Tests (190).