Batter in tears after 'sourest' act finishes series

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India's women person inflicted its archetypal one-day planetary whitewash implicit England successful 20 years, but it was sealed successful the astir arguable of circumstances.

Just days earlier the regularisation tweak covering the explanation of the Mankad comes into effect, the 3rd and last lucifer of the bid astatine Lord's was decided successful conscionable that manner.

Deepti Sharma was into her transportation stride erstwhile she caught England batter Charlie Dean backing up excessively acold and whipped the bails off.

Dean was dumbstruck and threw her bat to the crushed successful tears. Her England teammates looked connected with shaking heads, and the tally retired was confirmed by the umpires to extremity the match. India won by 16 runs and Dean was retired for a team-best 47.

The Mankad dismissal is named aft the Hall of Fame batter Vinoo Mankad who was the archetypal to tally retired idiosyncratic successful this mode successful a Test match.

While it's wrong the laws, it's not considered successful the tone of cricket, and immoderate commentators were unimpressed.

“Has that not conscionable near the sourest sensation successful the rima astatine the extremity of this planetary summer? I'm dumbfounded,” erstwhile England all-rounder Georgia Elwiss told the BBC.

"I cannot judge the Indian squad felt that was the lone mode they were going to get a wicket. I don't deliberation Charlie Dean was trying to summation immoderate benignant of advantage. It's ridiculous.”

Former England bowler Alex Hartley added, "I can't judge it's happened, but I tin judge it's happened and that it is Deepti Sharma.

"She always, ever threatens to bash it. I conscionable don't deliberation that's however you should decorativeness an planetary game.”

Kate Cross, who took 4-26 successful the match, said she wouldn't person done a Mankad and played down immoderate choler successful the England dressing room.

“It's a dismissal that's ever going to disagreement opinion. Some radical are going to similar it and immoderate radical aren't,” Cross said.

"Deepti chose to disregard Charlie that way. I'm much disappointed for Charlie that she couldn't get 50 astatine Lord's contiguous due to the fact that she looked acceptable to bash that. Maybe that's the lone mode to get Deano retired today.”

Cross was impressed that Dean showed tone by shaking the hands of the victorious Indians.

India women, winners of an ODI bid successful England for the archetypal clip since 1999, besides celebrated the farewell lucifer of cricket large Jhulan Goswami, aft much than 20 years arsenic an international.

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