Em Arlott to Mandhana, FOUR, streaky but counts! A short of length ball angling across Mandhana. She chases it and goes for a cut and gets it off the outer half over the left side of short third

Em Arlott to Mandhana, FOUR, no need to run for those! Pitched up on off,

Em Arlott to Mandhana, no run, pitched up outside off, Mandhana drives it nicely but the fielder at covers intercepts with a dive to her right. Good stop

Em Arlott, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Bell to Shafali Verma, no run

Bell to Shafali Verma, no run

Bell to Mandhana, 1 run, Bell keeps it full around off again, driven crisply to the right of mid-off for a brisk single

Bell to Mandhana, no run

Bell to Mandhana, FOUR, lovely stroke from Mandhana! Fractionally overpitched around off, Mandhana leans into it and essays a brilliant drive past the left side of mid-off to find the fence

Bell to Shafali Verma, no run

Shafali Verma and Mandhana are at the crease. Shafali Verma is on strike. Bell will open the attack

Nottingham is bathed in sunshine - perfect conditions for playing cricket. The players and the umpires stride out to the middle.

We have made a couple of changes to our expert XI, have a look at our improved team.

FYI: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested for the first T20I against England Women in Nottingham as a precautionary measure following a head injury sustained during the T20 Warm-up match against ECB Select XI. She's being closely monitored by the medical team and is recovering well. Smriti Mandhana is leading the side in her absence.

Teams:

England Women (Playing XI): Sophia Dunkley, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Nat Sciver-Brunt(c), Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones(w), Alice Capsey, Sophie Ecclestone, Em Arlott, Lauren Filer, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Shree Charani

England Women have won the toss and have opted to field

Talking about England, they are usually a force to reckon with in their home conditions. England whitewashed West Indies in their last T20I assignment and will be eyeing to keep their form intact. Sophie Ecclestone returns to the side after recovering from a quad issue while Heather Knight has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury. Their skipper, Nat Sciver-Brunt has led from the front for England and her contributions with both bat and ball can play a pivotal role once again. These two sides last faced each other in the T20I format in 2023 with England clinching the series 2-1. Stick around as toss and team lineups will be announced shortly...

13:30 Local Time, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST: India Women gear up to face England women in Nottingham as they begin their tour for the 5-match T20I series and it will then be followed by 3 ODIs. The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be held next year in England itself and this series will serve as an ideal preparation ground for India. India do possess a strong batting lineup but there’s dearth of experience when it comes to their bowling. Renuka Thakur and Pooja Vastrakar miss out do to injuries. There are a few fresh faces in their camp as pace bowling-allrounders Sayali Satghare and Kranti Gaud and left-arm spinner Shree Charani have received their maiden T20I call-ups. The big headline is that Sneh Rana makes a return to the T20Is after more than two years, thanks to her strong showing in WPL 2025.