London:Renuka Singh's four wickets, Rajeshwari Gayakwad's two-wicket haul and an all-round effort from Women in Blue helped India give Jhulan Goswami a series-winning farewell as they bundled out hosts for 153 in the third ODI against England at Lord's ground on Saturday.
The highlight of the match was when Jhulan Goswami received a guard of honour from the players as she walked out to bat final time in international cricket. Jhulan bagged two wickets in her last outing. She ended her career on 355 international wickets.
Chasing a target of 170, England got off to a fine start as their openers Tammy Beaumont and Emma Lamb gathered 27 runs without losing a wicket under seven overs of the innings. However, the duo's opening partnership of 27 runs came to an end as Lamb fell prey to Renuka Singh's delivery after scoring 21 runs in 29 balls.
Sophia Dunkley then came out to bat. Beaumont tried to play big shots to ease some pressure from the hosts. Renuka was brought back into the attack and she proved her captain's decision of handing her the ball right as she dismissed opener Beaumont, leaving England at 34 for two.
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In the 11th over of the innings, Jhulan Goswami proved that she is not going out without putting up a fight; she picked the wicket of Alice Capsey and left England tottering at 39/3. With this Jhulan picked her 354th International wicket, in her final match for India.
At the time in the match, Renuka was all over England, picking three wickets inside her 6 overs. Renuka struck against in the match as she sent packing Sophia Dunkley, who scored 7 runs in 12 deliveries. After hitting two back-to-back fours in Rajeshwari Gayakwad's over Danielle Wyatt departed scoring 8 runs in four deliveries. The right-handed batter Sophie Ecclestone then came out to bat. Gayakwad stuck again sending Ecclestone back to the pavilion without scoring a run. Freya Kemp then came out to bat, but the latter could not stand long on the crease for more than 10 balls as she departed after scoring five runs on Deepti Sharma's delivery. At that point of the match, England's score read 66/7.
Charlotte Dean then held the fort from front and played some big shots while gathering single runs to ease some pressure from her team. In the 23rd over Gayakwad delivered a stunning spell without conceding a single run. Amy Jones and Dean found a much-needed partnership as they took England past the 100-run mark. Renuka gave her team a much-needed wicket dismissing Jones on 28 runs. Jones tried to pull a boundary shot but handed Harleen Deol an easy catch on forward-diving deep mid-wicket.