India women's cricket team in England in 1986

Indian women's cricket team in England in 1986
 
  India England
Dates 11 June – 27 July 1986
Captains Shubhangi Kulkarni
(1st WTest, 1st WODI)
Diana Edulji
(2nd, 3rd WTests; 3rd WODI)
Purnima Rau (2nd WODI)		 Carole Hodges
Karen Smithies
(2nd WODI)
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs Sandhya Agarwal (359) Carole Hodges (318)
Most wickets Shashi Gupta (8) Gillian McConway (13)
One Day International series
Results England won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Sandhya Agarwal (115) Jacqueline Court (112)
Most wickets Arunadhati Ghosh (5) Gillian McConway (6)

The Indian women's cricket team toured England in month June–July of Season 1986.[1] 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.[2] England women won the ODI series 3-0 and the Test series ended in a draw 0-0.

Squads

WTests 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)
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

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

Third WODI

27 July 1986
Scorecard
England 
140/9 (37 overs)
v
 India
99 (36.3 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
v
323 (135 overs)
Shubhangi Kulkarni 118
Avril Starling 4/61 (30 overs)
198 (100.3 overs)
Sarah Potter 86
Shantha Rangaswamy 4/42 (29.3 overs)
128 (69.3 overs)
Venkatacher Kalpana 34
Avril Starling 3/36 (21 overs)
229/5 (61 overs)
Lesley Cooke 117
Shantha Rangaswamy 2/72 (18 overs)
Match drawn
Harewood Road, Collingham
Umpires: June Bragger (Eng) and John West (Eng)

Second Women's Test

3–7 July 1986
Scorecard
v
426/9d (175.2 overs)
Sandhya Agarwal 132
Gillian McConway 2/38 (34.2 overs)
350/6d (132 overs)
Jane Powell 115*
Diana Edulji 3/92 (44 overs)
176/2d (70 overs)
Gargi Banerji 75
Sarah Potter 1/18 (8 overs)
54/2 (31 overs)
Carole Hodges 25
Diana Edulji 1/5 (6 overs)
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
v
332/7d (105 overs)
Jan Brittin 125
Diana Edulji 4/94 (42 overs)
374 (168.4 overs)
Sandhya Agarwal 190
Gillian McConway 7/34 (42 overs)
253/7d (121 overs)
Sarah Potter 102
Shashi Gupta 3/50 (22 overs)
54/1 (19 overs)
Sandhya Agarwal 24*
Avril Starling 1/17 (7 overs)
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).[3]

References

  1. ^ Tour home at Espncricinfo
  2. ^ Fixtures at CricketArchive
  3. ^ Patnaik, Sidhanta (12 August 2014). "Women's cricket in India: A progressive journey". Wisden. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2017.